I’m ready for the purple of Lent this year. I’ve always been confused about why we put on the color of opulence and royalty for a season of penitence and abstention, but I think PeaceBang has given me a legitimate reason for embracing the purple: purple precedes resurrection. I don’t know about you all, but [...]
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bring it on
Posted in discernment, penitence, reconciliation, who i am on March 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
i like holy things and i cannot lie
Posted in altar guilding, chalicing, current loves, discernment, who i am on November 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I was just thinking it’s going to feel like a long couple weeks until my next turn to chalice after I’ve chaliced twice in the last month and won’t have Altar Guild duty for another month. I think I might have a special affinity for holy things. Some people like shiny things, some people like [...]
should i stay or should i go now
Posted in discernment, life, one holy catholic and apostolic church, who i am on August 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Coming from the perspective of a person dissatisfied with a church as an institution, leaving, and finding a satisfactory place, it’s baffling to me how so many people are so dissatisfied with their church as an institution (not just the parish) and yet remain. Some hopeful reformers remain as full members, quietly dissenting. Some vocally [...]
vee bee ess
Posted in education, sick day, the fam, who i am on July 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Vacation Bible School: what do you think of it? Page H. Onorato reminded me of it today, brought to my attention by The Lead. My parish is pretty sizable and like any respectable Protestant church in the area, has a big shebang for VBS. I had prepared myself to flatly resist any calls to teach/assist [...]
blessed are you, o god..
Posted in i heart jews, sick day, who i am on July 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Now that my caretaker is gone and I am trying a new round of pain meds, I’ve got a whole lot of nothing to do. I’ve slept plenty (at least 12 hours today) and network tv doesn’t provide much entertainment for me. I listen to enough NPR that I could probably recite the hourly news [...]
what does your church look like
Posted in discernment, reconciliation, sick day, who i am on July 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Today I had the pleasure of stumbling upon Kathryn at Good in Parts, who shall surely find herself under the “anglican communion” tag here. As I was catching up on some of her older posts, I read one written in response (by Sally of unknown place?) to an address given by the Rev. Eunice Attwood, [...]
alright ok uh-huh amen
Posted in dialogue, discernment, one holy catholic and apostolic church, who i am on June 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
As a result of my interest in ecumenical dialogue (particularly Episcopal/Anglican-Roman Catholic), I read a lot of blogs, books, and columns written by non-Episcopalians: some written by former Episcopalians turned Roman Catholic, some who have always identified as Roman Catholic, some who seek to change the Roman Catholic church, some who think the Roman Catholic [...]
must figure out where to hide puffs plus in dress
Posted in confirmation, who i am on April 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Tonight I had dinner with the other confirmands and the priest who has been our teacher. Before our dinner arrived, Mother went over the service and as she said the prayer the bishop would say over each of us, I had to try really hard to maintain control. And then she started talking about the [...]
SHUT UP
Posted in confirmation, who i am on March 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I need a SHUT UP! filter. If someone could retro-fit me with one, that would be great. Mine is either absent or malfunctioning, judging from tonight’s confirmation class. We were discussing the parable of the prodigal son and I piped up to say that I also read the Buddhist version of the story which helped [...]
let us be the body and blood
Posted in deafness, discernment, life, the communion of saints, who i am on March 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Things I may or may not have done this weekend: threaten the Canon to the Ordinary find out I’m allergic to nature call Jesus a “shit disturber” be mistaken for my immediate priest’s wife talk way too much about oral deaf education walk away with more questions than answers The answer: all of the above. [...]
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