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Christmas Day sermon at CSMSG
May the Lord God grant that my words are acceptable to Him, and useful to His people. Amen. “O ineffable grace!” St. John Chrysostom exclaims in his first Christmas Day sermon, “The Only Begotten, who is before all ages, who … Continue reading
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Technology in church and the Benedictine practice of stability
From the Huffington Post this morning, “Churches Adopt Technology to Reach out to Congregants” There’s a great deal of good ministry to be done with technology, and the article addresses quite a bit of it: streaming services so shut-in parishioners … Continue reading
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Answering Tony Jones’ question about prayer
Tony Jones posted a poll on his blog a couple of weeks ago. “Why do we pray?” it asked, and provided just two possible answers: “Because prayer changes God,” and “Because prayer changes me.” Fred Clark took up the discussion … Continue reading
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The Church and Zach Galifianakis
The youth ministry here at CSMSG recently finished a Bible study series built around the Zack Galifianakis movie It’s Kind of a Funny Story. Our discussion one particular week focused on the way the movie parallels the experience a typical … Continue reading
Sunday’s Sermon
With the rector out of town, the youth minister took over the pulpit this weekend! Four services and youth group in between them… I completely respect the priests at St. Michael’s and everyone else who has to preach weekly! Here’s … Continue reading
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