The Feast of Saint John the Evangelist, the Beloved Disciple
Preached by the Rt. Rev. Arthur E. Walmsley “God is what we have not yet understood, the sign of a strange and unpredictable future.” – Rowan Williams We begin in the ancient world. Go not to...
View ArticleSabbath Keeping
In our culture, the pressures to be busy all the time are intense. Our own Rule of Life acknowledges we brothers are as vulnerable as you or anyone else to the danger of conforming or adapting to our...
View ArticleHide and Seek – Br. Mark Brown
1 Thessalonians 5:1-11 Ps. 27:1-6, 17-18 Luke 4:31-37 “One thing have I asked of the Lord; one thing I seek; That I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life; To behold the fair beauty...
View ArticleI Believe in Churches – Br. James Koester
Ezekiel 34: 11-16; Psalm 87; 2 Timothy 4: 1-8; John 21: 15-19 A friend of mine once proclaimed quite forcefully and with real passion that he believed in churches. What an odd thing to believe in I...
View ArticleWilderness – Br. Geoffrey Tristram
Exodus 33:7–11a Psalm 137:1-6 John 7:4-26 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God and the Word was God…. And the Word became flesh and pitched his tent among us! Were you in the...
View ArticleShrine – Br. James Koester
Genesis 28: 10 – 22 Psalm 63: 1 – 8 John 1: 43 – 51 Several years ago I had the privilege of spending some days on Prince Edward Island, Canada’s smallest province. It was my first, but I hope not my...
View ArticleTemple – Br. Mark Brown
Hosea 6:1-6; Psalm 51:10-19; 1 Peter 2:4-10; John 2:13-22 A few weeks ago I watched a fascinating program on television about the crocodile god of ancient Egypt. The fishermen and farmers along the...
View ArticleFeast of All Saints – Br. Robert L’Esperance
Today, we observe All Saints Day. Of course, today really isn’t All Saints Day. It’s the Eve of All Saints, All Hallows Eve, or what we have come to know as Halloween. But, because All Saints is a...
View ArticleLonging for Heaven – Br. James Koester
Haggai 1:15b-2:9 Psalm 145: 1-5, 18-22 2 Thessalonians 2: 1-5, 13-17 Luke 20: 27-38 I can’t tell you how many times I have been asked. And I know that the other members of the community have also been...
View Article#Praise: Our True Vocation -Br. David Vryhof
We Brothers are helping people write and introduce fresh prayers into the Prayers of the People by learning about the seven principal forms of prayer identified in the Episcopal Book of Common Prayer:...
View Article#Adoration: Prayer of Adoration – Br. Eldridge Pendleton
We Brothers are helping people write and introduce fresh prayers into the Prayers of the People by learning about the seven principal forms of prayer identified in the Episcopal Book of Common Prayer:...
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