First Sunday of Lent 2018 The Rev. Justin R. Cannon “Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect.” Chief Seattle “When one tugs at a single thing in Nature, he […]
Transfiguration Sunday 2018 The Rev. Justin R. Cannon
The Feast of the Nativity of our Lord Jesus Christ “The Swaddling of God” December 31, 2017 The Rev. Justin R. Cannon Pope Pius the Twelfth once described the contemporary Swiss Reformed theologian Karl Barth as the most important theologian since Thomas Aquinas. Karl Barth, a prolific theologian who died in 1968, was once […]
My friend Jeremy recently told me a story about a radio station in his home state of Nebraska. The station was 101.9 The Edge, located in Omaha and it was know for its excellent selections of alternative rock. It had quite a powerful transmitter, broadcasting at 100,000 watts, and on nights where the conditions were […]
Occasion of Rev. Ward’s Birthday – Today, we are using the lectionary for St. Michael and All Angels Day, which occurred on my birthday, Friday, September 29. You heard the readings but I always like to review them so you will remember them vividly. The Old Testament Lesson describes Jacob’s dream of angels ascending and […]
Little Bobby: Mom, why was nothing said about the other persons that Jesus raised from the dead together with Lazarus?Mom: Oh dear, now were did you learn that there were other persons? It was only Lazarus.Little Bobby: But mom, every time I read that verse I cannot help but assume that there were at least […]
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Welcome to the second Sunday in Lent. As I was reflecting on the spiritual journey that is at the heart of Lent and reading through many email messages that include Lenten reflections, I remembered something I heard several years ago. In an interview, Anne Lamott, Bay Area writer, told a story about herself. Some of […]
This past Wednesday, Ash Wednesday, marked the beginning of our Lenten journey together. Before jumping into a reflection on today’s Gospel, I have three Lenten Frequently Asked Questions to address. The first: Why 40 days? 40 days is a significant number in the Scriptures. In Genesis, the flood which destroyed the earth lasted 40 days […]
How many of you have read that poem called Footprints in the Sand about the fellow who had a dream he was walking along the beach with God (raise hands)? So, I saw this cartoon the other day, the first part of it had God with his arm around the fellow saying, “Where you see […]