Posts from: Sunday, November 1, 2020
Wearing Light by Amma Susan Nov. 1, 2020
“Knit together your elect in one communion and fellowship in the mystical body of Christ.” This Collect so beautifully distills the essence of All Saints’, a day to pause and remember our inherited tradition dating back to at least the 4th century. More importantly, we remember that we are joined together, all saints: past, present,…
You Shall by Amma Susan Oct. 25, 2020
You shall, love God with every fiber of your being. You shall love your neighbor as yourself. On this hangs all the law and prophets. No divided camps. One camp – the people of God. Jesus points out that it’s a win/win situation. Why seek to divide? Instead, reach across the aisle and invest in…
Garment of Love by Amma Susan Oct. 11, 2020
Love is the robe that binds us together. One body, all people. But I don’t think Satan is welcome… it’s not possible to dwell in heaven, clothed in a garment of hate. But for the good and the bad, the saint and the sinner- Love is the invitation and the warning.
Creature Comforts by Amma Susan Oct. 4, 2020
If you look up the phrase “creature comforts” it generally refers to things that enhance or contribute to one’s physical well-being: food, clothing, furnishings, housing. The example given on dictionary.com uses this sentence: “Dean always stayed in the best hotels, he valued his creature comforts.” …I’m confident that animal lovers will concur, that it would…
Last Will Be First by Amma Susan Sep. 20, 2020
“So the last will be first, and the first will be last.” (Mt. 19:30; 20:16) Some of you may relate to this childhood scenario: the school bell rings and we all flood out of the classroom onto the playground for recess. Before the ‘fun’ game of kickball can take place, the team captains firstly choose…
Keeping Score? by Amma Susan Sep. 13, 2020
An eye for an eye. A tooth for a tooth. I have a score to settle. An accounting must be made. Justice must be served. This is the economy of the world. It is not God’s economy. It is not the way of God’s people; a called-out people. People of faith are called out of…
Love Does No Harm by Amma Susan Sep. 6, 2020
I find it interesting, that even though the Church is a microcosm of society, there seems to be misplaced idealism; an unsubstantiated claim that somehow, we’re above it all, we’re supposed to be perfect in all things, always ready to forgive, always generous beyond measure, always perfectly, morally scrupulous! But if that’s the case, then…
Follow Me by Tom Ward Aug. 30, 2020
For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake will find it. For what will it profit them if they gain the whole world but forfeit their life? (Matthew 16:25) There are many passages from the Bible that have become figures of speech in…