Loving Arlington, Sunday Corporate Worship 0
In addition to trying to wrap my head around the fact that we’re supposed to get multiple inches of snow tonight, today I’ve been thinking about some of the key moments of yesterday’s worship: Being back! I’d been gone the previous two Sundays, and I missed you all. It felt good to be home. Are […]
Sunday Corporate Worship, Theology 0
Jesus said a really hard thing about unforgiveness in the parable we studied on Sunday… You wicked servant! I’ll admit: it is hard to hear and hard to say. Jesus only uses the descriptor 5 times in the Gospels (2 of them are from the same story!). So it is not a term He throws […]
Church, Sunday Corporate Worship, Thoughts 5
A post from Matt Hoppe: Below are a few quotes concerning worship from people you may or may not recognize. I’m curious about your responses to some of their quotes and was wondering if you had some perspectives or thoughts of your own. “A man can no more diminish God’s glory by refusing to worship […]
Anglican, Community, Gospel, Sunday Corporate Worship 1
Hello from Plano, Texas! I’m here this week for the annual synod of the Diocese of the Holy Spirit (which is the diocese in which I am “canonically resident”) and then for the Anglican1000 Summit, a meeting of church planters from all across the country. In addition to eating some fantastic Texas chili, I’m having […]
Hey everybody! I am really looking forward to the new series we are starting this weekend. We will be taking 8 weeks on the Beatitudes in Matthew. You know, Blessed are the poor in spirit… Blessed are those who mourn… Blessed are the meek… Author Dallas Willard notes that Jesus was always trying to answer […]
Happy New Year! It was great to see so many of you back at church yesterday after the holidays – even a grey and drizzly morning couldn’t dampen the sense of joy. So good to see people reconnect, share holiday tales, and worship our great and very good God. Some of my favorite moments… “I […]
Throughout Advent we have been looking at the stories in Jesus’ family tree. People who were desperate, vulnerable, and proud. The kind of people who really do need to be rescued. Sometimes they remind us of ourselves. Sometimes they remind us of our families and friends. They are real people with real junk who need […]
Loving Arlington, Sunday Corporate Worship 2
Weekend Wrap-up A Joyful Noise was made. Many thanks to everyone who walked through the streets around our church, in the rain, singing songs about the birth of Jesus. It wasn’t always pretty and it was frequently interspersed with ‘watch out! a car is coming, get the kids out of the road’ and it was […]
Christian Calendar, Sunday Corporate Worship 2
Advent starts this Sunday. Advent is the first season of the Christian year. It is a 4 week time of preparation for the incarnation of Christ. Historically the church has used these weeks for quiet, reflection, repentance, and fasting. Traditionally, the parties happen AFTER the 25th, during the 12 days between Christmas and Epiphany. (Perhaps […]
Outreach, Sunday Corporate Worship 0
Weekend round-up Happy Birthday Restoration! A year ago we gathered in the Ballston Hilton and Bishop Minns made us official– we got our own vestry, we got a Rector, we affirmed our financial independence… What a year it has been– we bought a building, we hired 5 more staff, we’ve got kids overflowing downstairs, we […]
