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The Reverend Mister
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“And this is the marvel of marvels, that he called me Beloved, me who am but as a dog.”
A thing happened and people on the internet have opinions about it.

Some like it and think it’s good but are probably overestimating how good. Others dislike it and think it’s bad but are probably overestimating how bad.

Stay tuned for more of the same tomorrow and the next day.
January 22, 2025 at 6:57 PM
A stole over clericals???
January 20, 2025 at 5:57 PM
On our own you and I remain water. But in God’s hands we are more. When we encounter the love of the Father in the gift of the Son our ordinary lives marked as they are by sin and death, by weakness and lack, are transformed into a new and more glorious creation.
January 19, 2025 at 12:15 PM
In the first act of violence in the Bible, the shepherd of the sheep is murdered by his brother.
January 18, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Went to Texas (north of Houston) for the first time and I confess to you my siblings in Christ that I did eat,

Brisket
Chicken fried chicken
Steak fajitas
All the fixins
Peach cobbler with vanilla ice cream

and so on and so forth.
January 17, 2025 at 4:58 AM
A hermit advised, “If someone speaks to you about a controversy, do not argue with him. If what he says makes sense, say, ‘Yes,’ If his comments are misguided, say, ‘I don’t know anything about that.’ If you refuse to dispute with his ideas, your mind will be at peace.” Sayings of the Desert Fathers
January 17, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Windowsill stack
January 14, 2025 at 4:01 AM
We are exploring the possibility of making Emmanuel Episcopal Church in Orlando a Canadian territory. Pending vestry approval. Stay tuned.
January 9, 2025 at 12:54 AM
“Ask, and it will be given you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For every one who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.”
‭‭Matthew‬ ‭7‬:‭7‬-‭8‬ ‭RSV‬‬

Be asking.
Be seeking.
Be knocking.
January 8, 2025 at 2:41 PM
“Do not be anxious about your life…which of you by being anxious can add one cubit to his span of life?…But seek first his kingdom and all his righteousness, and all these things shall be yours as well. Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself.”
January 8, 2025 at 2:33 PM
It’s cold in Florida: Boooooo!
You get to wear your Barbour: Yayyyy!
January 7, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Time for one of my favourite poems, by my friend Michael.
December 31, 2024 at 4:17 PM
Name a more iconic duo
December 26, 2024 at 10:27 PM
Our parish does not have a cope. As such, I’m looking to procure a good first cope. Preferable one that could be used in various seasons. What’s a good starter cope?
December 23, 2024 at 11:28 PM
The Christian spiritual tradition is about “how you come to be a native of a particular moral and imaginative world, so that you come to see and think yourself afresh…of occupying a certain sort of place, grasping in a certain way where and who you are…
December 14, 2024 at 8:26 PM
Orlando Weekly also reports that the median cost of childbirth in the state of Florida is $34,489 (uninsured/out-of-network) and $14,911 (in network), and the cost of a C-section is even higher.
December 13, 2024 at 12:34 AM
This week Orlando Weekly reports that abortions at Florida clinics are down 21% compared to this time last year and 28% in Orange County (where Orlando is situated). Further, the number of abortions received by women traveling to Florida from out of state is down nearly 50%.
December 13, 2024 at 12:24 AM
“All flesh is grass, and all its beauty is like the flower of the field. The grass withers, the flower fades, when the breath of the Lord blows upon it; surely the people is grass. The grass withers, the flower fades; but the word of our God will stand for ever.” (Isaiah‬ ‭40‬:‭6‬-‭8‬)
December 12, 2024 at 3:46 PM
“The Last Judgment will reveal that God’s justice triumphs over all the injustices committed by his creatures and that God’s love is stronger than death.” (Catechism of the Catholic Church)
December 11, 2024 at 10:29 PM
“In the economy of the Body of Christ, this becomes the ruling reality: every sign of love and grace bestowed on any person in the Church is given for the sake of all.” (Rowan Williams)
December 10, 2024 at 3:00 PM
“Give us this day our daily bread, and a little extra because this economy.”
December 8, 2024 at 2:43 PM
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December 8, 2024 at 1:07 AM
“Meekness as a habit of calm attentiveness, stillness, freedom from the fretting worry of keeping control, a stillness that allows others to feel welcome around you, can appear as something very different from the shrinking back that the word so easily suggests.” (Rowan Williams)
December 7, 2024 at 10:55 PM
On reintroducing “Jesus to people who thought they knew him but might be missing out on the true good news.”

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December 7, 2024 at 1:17 PM