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Rector's Blog: Learning what I Believe
posted on May 13, 2022 This blog is also available as a podcast.
I have not always believed in someone's right to have an abortion. In fact, my change in belief is fairly recent . I grew up in a religious tradition that taught me in no uncertain term...
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Rector's Blog: We Believe
posted on May 6, 2022 This blog post is also available as a podcast
Friends, in the weeks to come, I will be devoting my blog(podcast) to the conversation about reproductive rights, and especially abortion. It is a difficult topic. The Christian co...
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Rector's Blog: Magnificent and Complicated
posted on Apr 29, 2022 The blog post is also available as a podcast.
I was at a wedding once back in my mid-20's where both the bride and the groom had lost a parent - both their fathers had died. I remember this for two reasons: First, because my own fath...
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Rector's Blog Throwback Series, Hoping for Peace
posted on Apr 22, 2022 Editor's note: This blog is part of our Throwback Series and was originally posted on December 17, 2021. The blog post is also available as a podcast. "This year I resolve to be more sexist." It was New Year's Eve ten years ago and we were s...
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Rector's Blog: For The Unprepared
posted on Apr 14, 2022 This blog post is also available as a podcast
We are in the midst of Holy Week, and Easter is upon us, and that can only mean one thing for me: I have failed at another Lent. It has become my new tradition, failing at Lent. I cann...
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Rector's Blog: Throwback Series, Proclaiming the Blessing You See
posted on Apr 8, 2022 Editor's note: This blog is part of our Throwback Series. This blog post was originally posted on March 17, 2021.
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I believe that LGBTQ+ people are a blessing to this world. The church ...
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Rector's Blog: Thy Kingdom Come
posted on Apr 1, 2022 This blog is also available as a podcast
Episcopal author and activist Vida Scudder wrote these words in 1917: "This is the hour of opportunity ; this is the hour of the Church. In the last fifty years she has accomplished a great prep...
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Rector's Blog: Incompletely White
posted on Mar 25, 2022 This blog is also available as a podcast.
During one of our Lenten Series discussions, I saw a really beautiful moment of vulnerability, curiosity, and affection . I want to share it with you because I t hink it illustrates some o...
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Rector's Blog: Angry and Beautiful
posted on Mar 18, 2022 The blog is also available as a podcast.
The first time I heard the band Nirvana , I was in 7 th grade. Their breakout song "Smells Like Teen Spirit" was all over the radio, and its video was in constant rotation ...
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Rector's Blog: Practicing Promise
posted on Mar 11, 2022 The blog is also available as a podcast.
The first five books of the Bible, t he Tora h, comprise the narrative that shapes and defines the people called Israel. The other books of what we Christians call the Old Testament ...
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