On May 13 as I sit in the National Cathedral, I will be a stranger sitting next to people who are walking a similar journey to mine. They may become colleagues of mine in the Virginia Annual Conference or maybe, I will never see or speak to them again.
Read MoreWe all operate in worlds distant from others living in the same community. Culture, history, socio-economics, and geography cause our worlds to be distant from those who are our neighbors.
Read More“Visions are messages. They are messages transmitted through the medium of our senses. We see things, hear things, even feel or smell things that we accept as real…We do not generate or control them. We cannot fix them into a particular time or space.”
Read MoreThe incarnation reveals to us is that while the darkness may seem dark, the Light of Christ always prevails.
Read MoreThe crucifixion of Jesus alone illustrates that violence is not a form of justice compatible with His teachings. Leading up to Jesus’ moment of death on Calvary, His own disciples attempted to use violence in the prevention of His arrest.
Read MoreIn our endless conflict over relevancy, which essentially has become how do we get millennials to walk through our doors we are moving like the walking dead. Not quite dead but not quite living. Not quite living because we have forgotten that the one who called us and sent us was not concerned with relevancy. Christ himself was concerned with two things: loving God and loving each other.
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