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The Flames of Pentecost, a World on Fire, and the Hope of the Kingdom
Today we are supposed to talk about the miraculous birth of the church in the flames of Pentecost when tongues of fire descended upon those gathered and the gospel was heard in the varied languages of the world. Pentecost is the miracle that follows [...]
Holy Saturday: The Earth Holds its Breath
There is a lot going on during Holy Week. On what we call Maundy Thursday we remember the installation of the Eucharist and Jesus’ command that we love one another as seen in his washing of the disciple's feet. The Maundy Thursday does not service does not [...]
Come Let us Read Together: A (Hopefully Warm) Invitation to Think the Best of Each Other in the Women’s Ordination Discussion
“Roots at St Ebbes Church, Oxford” by readephotography is licensed under CC BY-ND 2.0 We live in a church that is attempting to discern the kinds of disagreement that are tolerable and those that are not. Paul allowed Christians to agree to disagree about things such [...]
Black and Anglican: A Maundy Thursday Conversion Story
The question that follows me as I move through the world as an African American Anglican priest, who identifies deeply with Black culture, is how did such an anomaly occur? How did I move from the Black Baptist tradition of my childhood to a form [...]
Esau McCaulley Sr., A Son’s Eulogy for His Father
I came home from a conference and my son met me at the door. He was upset because the kids at his school had laughed at him. I asked him what happened. He said that the teacher caught him scribbling on a sheet of paper [...]
Graduation: Black PhDs and the Title that Endures
I ain’t in the clan, but I brought my hood with me – Kanye West It’s beautiful to change; it’s beautiful to grow into my name – Taelor Gray Glory to God, whose power working in us, can do infinitely more than we can ask [...]