Here is the sermon for Sunday March 22nd: Lent 5, 2015
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Charlotte long ago resigned herself to the fact that her husband will never be a handyman like her father. Sure, I can change light bulbs, do simple electrical repairs, hew wood, and carry water. But the more complicated tasks involving carpentry or plumbing absolutely defeat me. The best I can rise to is the ancient . . . → Read More: Shame on the bodgers who mess with genius!  The Annunciation, by Henry Ossawa Tanner (1859–1937). From christimages.org via Wikimedia Commons. O Everlasting God, who hast ordained and constituted the services of Angels and men in a wonderful order: Mercifully grant that, as thy holy Angels always do thee service in heaven, so, by thy appointment, they may succour and . . . → Read More: Saint Gabriel, Archangel Almighty and Everlasting God, the source and perfection of all virtues, who didst inspire thy servant James De Koven to do what is right and to preach what is true: Grant that all ministers and stewards of thy mysteries may afford to thy faithful people, by word and example, the knowledge of thy grace; through . . . → Read More: James de Koven, Priest (1879)  
Here is this week’s newsletter: St Stephens News XXVI No 11 
Almighty and everlasting God, whose precepts are the wisdom of a loving Father: Enable us, after the teaching and example of thy servant Saint Benedict, to walk as one family in the excellent paths of obedience, that thy blessing may prosper the works of our hands, and thine ears be open unto our prayers; . . . → Read More: Saint Benedict, Abbot of Monte Cassino 
Cuthbert meets Ælfflæd of Whitby on Coquet Island, from Bede’s Life of Cuthbert, 12th century Almighty God, who didst call thy blessed Saint Cuthbert from following the flock to be a Shepherd and Bishop of souls: Inspire all Bishops and Pastors to tend their flocks after his pattern with gentleness and strength; that . . . → Read More: Saint Cuthbert 
O God, who from the family of thy servant David didst raise up Joseph to be the guardian of thine incarnate Son and the spouse of his virgin mother: Give us grace to imitate his uprightness of life and his obedience to thy commands; through the same Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. ¶ Or . . . → Read More: Saint Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary Fashion and theology are concepts that the average layman would probably consider to be mutually exclusive. Fashions, after all, are ephemeral—mere passing fancies. Yet, curiously, many of our most esteemed divinity schools are now dominated by aficionados of the cutting edge theological fashion known in the trade as scriptural minimalism. Among the leading exemplars of . . . → Read More: A minimal response to minimalist theories |
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