Monthly Archives: January 2010
a saint ben’s weekend away… the noisy version!
S o, alongside of the contemplative retreat that we’re holding at St Benedict’s Monastery in February, we’re going to once again head out to Camp Cedarwood for a decidedly noisier and more active version of a church weekend. The theme
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Prayers of the people | January 24
Blessed are you, Sovereign God, our light and our salvation, to you be glory and praise for ever. Your light springs up for the righteous and all the peoples have seen your glory. You gave the Christ as a light
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What a child taught Kathleen Norris about silence
O n this past Sunday night in the sermon, I offered a bit of reflection as to why we structure worship the way that we do at saint ben’s, and specifically why we use silence, contemplative music, and the kind
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Prayers of the people | January 17
Blessed is the bride whose groom keeps his promises. More blessed are the people who know you and the covenant God. For in knowing you we are assured that your promises are ever true and that your “I will”s and
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Thinking about my baptism
a bit of a meditation by Byron O’Donnell, on his baptism on January 10, 2010 T here I sat, enjoying Jamie’s lighthearted remark about the tiny infant who was to be baptized in the same ceremony as me. “She has
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To wipe away the tears
O n Tuesday, I shared a wonderful lunch conversation with Dr Pierre Plourde, listening as he outlined the plans for an upcoming medical mission trip to Haiti he was to have spearheaded. Along with his son Daniel and a team
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"He Will Know": Reflections on a Baptism
O n Sunday January 10, 2010, our community marked the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord by celebrating the baptism of two people, one an infant girl named Maddie and the other an adult candidate named Byron O’Donnell. In
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Thinking faithfully about sexual misconduct
Jamie Howison reflects on the issue of sexual misconduct as it impacts the church S everal years ago, I invited Dr Brett Cane, a priest-colleague then new to our diocese, to come to the parish I was pastoring and lead
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Prayers of the people | January 10
God we gather as a community this evening to recognize and celebrate the baptisms of Maddie and of Byron. May their lives be a testament of your love and may those around them affirm and support them in their walk
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“The country is hungry for greatness”
Our first round of doing theology in the dark… W hile racial segregation in South Africa had its roots firmly planted in colonial times it wasn’t until the general election of 1948 that the outgrowth was fully felt as Apartheid