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Keeping Holy Places Holy

BlogNovember 26, 2019521Views 0Likes 0Comments

"I can pray out in the woods so much better than in a church!" But do you do that? Seriously, I hear so many excuses as a priest from folks who can't seem to make regular church attendance a priority in their lives. And most of those lives are marked by a consistent inattentiveness to…

There Is Neither Jew Nor Greek

BlogNovember 25, 2019507Views 0Likes 0Comments

I grew up in the American South in the 1960's when the country was tearing itself apart over the war in Vietnam and the horrible cancer of racism and prejudice. I remember the funeral of Dr. Martin Luther King in Atlanta and the fact that my grandfather was a policeman in Atlanta during those scary…

The Slave Who Became Bishop

BlogNovember 22, 2019589Views 0Likes 0Comments

The transformation in our world from a time when slavery was a “peculiar institution” to a time when the notion of “purchasing” a human being is unthinkable is nothing short of wonderful! And yet, human trafficking is still a very real crime in our modern world, even in our own “land of the free.” Look…

A Mother’s Love

BlogNovember 21, 2019646Views 0Likes 0Comments

I suppose the whole world couldn’t contain the poems, stories, and memories we children collect about our mothers. I know I owe much of my good qualities to the brave lady who raised me and my little brother. And the one quality I always remember is that, no matter what was going on in my…

Entrusted With The Gospel

BlogNovember 20, 2019393Views 0Likes 1Comment

“He just doesn’t get it.” Two of my friends were talking about me and they didn’t know I could hear them. They were right. I didn’t get what they were trying to teach me. My mind doesn’t work that way. They were both trying to teach me how to do some complicated electrical wiring for…

Look Inward, Look Upward!

BlogNovember 19, 2019480Views 0Likes 0Comments

One of the most fundamental marks of maturity is the clear and unmistakable realization that actions have consequences. Ideas have consequences because they become actions. And avoiding consequences is always a sign of immaturity. No wonder our modern world is struggling, as it has always struggled, with the consequences of ideologies and actions. And we see…

The Kingdom is a PERSON, Not a Place!

BlogNovember 18, 2019560Views 0Likes 1Comment

Through all of human history, humanity has conceived of the “perfect” society and each time we humans have endeavored to build it, it turned out to either fail or become a nightmare. In 1787, the Founding Fathers of the United States met in Independence Hall in Philadelphia to hammer out the Constitution of the United…

A Violent Salvation

BlogNovember 15, 2019503Views 0Likes 1Comment

Our modern world seems to run on violence. And it seems that every day the news is of more violence there and more violence here. From college campuses arguing over speech and “safe zones” and “trigger warnings” to the very real violence of terrorism all meant to disrupt and destroy. And can we even talk…

Are You a Hater?

BlogNovember 14, 2019544Views 0Likes 3Comments

Prejudice is always the ugly counterfeit to true discernment and good judgment. But we humans all too often confuse these realities to our own detriment. As a man who has grown up in the American South, I can readily attest to the sickness of prejudice in society, in communities, and in my own heart. By God’s…

A Stranger They Will Not Follow

BlogNovember 13, 2019570Views 0Likes 1Comment

I was a nervous wreck! A 15-year-old teenager with his best buddies was sneaking into a movie theater without paying! I can hear the voice of my mother in my head “Young man, you carry your family name. That should make you think twice about doing things you know you shouldn’t!” We didn’t get caught. We loved…

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Are You a Hater?

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