Luke

Transcending Partisanship: A Response to the Most Rev. Sean Rowe's Independence Day Piece Dear Bishop Rowe,

My letter to the Presiding Bishop. Let me know any thoughts if you have the chance. open.substack.com/pub/lukeamaz...

Augustine thought about this it appears

or does it imply an eventual end of an era, implying the king described by the Psalmist bound by the creation to some extent?

Could the Gospel reading be seen as an expansion of the prophetic description of the Messiah?

Sitting in the tension of the Office Gospel reading of Jesus’ spiritual authority above the elements of creation: physical lack, over the weather, and sickness—alongside Psalm 72 “He shall live as long as the sun and moon endure.” Is the endurance of the moon or sun a poetic symbol of eternity or

Let nothing disturb you, 
Let nothing frighten you, 
All things are passing away: 
God never changes. 
Patience obtains all things
Whoever has God lacks nothing; 
God alone suffices.
 
-- St. Teresa of Avila

RECONSTRUCTING IN THE ANGLICAN ORCHARD — Earth and Altar The Christianity of my high school was a leaning overgrown tree, its roots intertwined with invasive undergrowth and creatures sheltering in its branches. My school affirmed the historic dogmas of the...

Here’s a piece I wrote on finding faith & spirituality after deconstruction. Big thank you to @earthandaltarmag.com for my first online publication. Thank you, @anachronistben.bsky.social, for the opportunity and your insightful editing. earthandaltarmag.com/posts/v29jyh...

Tasted God’s everlasting grace this morning at church. Thanks be to God! Happy Sunday!

other hand, attaching man to God by His own incarnation, and bestowing upon us at His coming immortality durably and truly, by means of communion with God — all the doctrines of the heretics fall to ruin.

St. Irenaeus

Since the Lord thus has redeemed us through His own blood, giving His soul for our souls, and His flesh for our flesh, and has also poured out the Spirit of the Father for the union and communion of God and man, imparting indeed God to men by means of the Spirit, and, on the

#MorningPrayer on Long Beach Island, NJ

Glorify the Lord, O mountains and hills,
and all that grows upon the earth,
praise him and highly exalt him for ever.
…
All birds of the air, glorify the Lord, *
praise him and highly exalt him for ever.

I’m sorry for the way the church has hurt you 💔

A simplistic take of a thorough and evidence-citing piece. I agree with Vines that critiquing the movement or strategy in an effort for progress is not the same thing as being anti-LGBTQ. I suppose we see it differently and I respect your right to. I hope you offer the same in return

“When you position yourself against social norms simply because they are norms,…, and when you relentlessly push the envelope for the sake of shock value, you are asking for a backlash.”

The Paradox of Pride Visibility matters—but it cuts both ways.

A worthwhile read by Matthew Vines

“We desperately need to recover our ability to make real progress again. But getting there will require… [a] return to the appeal to common humanity that once made it so successful.
…it would indeed be something to be proud of.”

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I miss her

#RachelHeldEvans

Sometimes I have a hard time bridging my gay Episcopal niche with my career in performing arts but thanks to theology nerd assistant stage managers, I have the encouragement I need for my posh British hotel manager scene 🤣

in our worship of you, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit; ever one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Almighty God, who has revealed to your church your eternal Being of glorious majesty and perfect love as one God in Trinity of Persons: Give us grace that, like your bishop Basil of Caesarea, we may continue steadfastly in the confession of this faith and remain constant

holy Name; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Almighty and everliving God, who through the Book of Common Prayer restored the language of the people in the prayers of your church: Make us always thankful for this heritage; and help us so to pray in the Spirit and with understanding, that we may worthily magnify your

conception of virtue, from which she has drawn the life of grace, to fix her eye on the needs of her neighbor in particular.”

-God to Catherine of Siena
Dialogue

"When she has discovered the advantage of this unitive love in Me, by means of which, she truly loves herself, extending her desire for the salvation of the whole world, thus coming to the aid of its neediness, she strives, inasmuch as she has done good to herself by the

and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Grant, O God, that we may follow the example of your faithful servant Barnabas, who, seeking not his own renown but the well-being of your Church, gave generously of his life and substance for the relief of the poor and the spread of the Gospel; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives

“like living stones, let yourselves be built into a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.”
1 Peter 2:5 NRSV

Happy Pentecost!

Come Holy Spirit, come like a fire and burn. Come like a wind and cleanse. Convict, convert, and consecrate our hearts to our great good and to your great glory. In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
--Fleming Rutledge

(The Pentecost Window, Messiah, St. Paul) ⚓

St. Catherine of Siena
Dialogue

"…a man proves his patience on his neighbor, when he receives injuries from him. "Similarly, he proves his humility on a proud man, his faith on an infidel, his true hope on one who despairs, his justice on the unjust, his kindness on the cruel, his gentleness and benignity on the irascible.”

Part of it is definitely my work schedule. Was finally able to find out that 7:30 Rite I services have begun so I can make those. I was having to drive to Manahawkin to the lovely people at St. Stephen’s but just not reasonable before a long day of rehearsal

Reading Catherine of Siena’s Dialogue at the right time 😭 in the best most humbling way