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ContinueA Priest and Her Communion Kit
I’m WAY LATE in posting this entry; I think I’ve been sitting on these pictures for three weeks. :/ One thing Episcopal parishes do better than most Disciples congregations is their emphasis on communion being for the whole church. Most Disciples reading this probably scoff and guffaw at such a claim, but in my experience, […]
ContinueU2Charist: Miracle Drug
I plan to do these weekly/bi-weekly devotionals using U2 songs as we lead up to the May 16th U2Charist. For this first week, we’re using the song Miracle Drug, the second track on U2’s recent (2004) album, How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb. If you don’t already have the CD or song, here are two […]
ContinueWedding Date, Photo Play, and more
Wedding Date Six weeks ago Heidi and I announced our engagement. So many of you responded with congrats, and I know I didn’t do nearly enough personal replies, so here’s a collective THANK YOU!!! Heidi and I set our wedding date for August 30th, 2008. It’ll be on the Saturday morning of Labor Day weekend. […]
Continue“I feel like Clark Gilpin” and Props to Panera #0670
More to the “Clark Gilpin” portion of the title after the jump. Props to Panera Manager Colin (W Boughton in Bolingbrook). Heidi and I ordered dinner there a couple of nights ago. I’d been searching for much of the afternoon for black drinking straws. You wouldn’t believe how hard they are to find. Target doesn’t […]
ContinueI’m a highly functional addict!
In Practicum last week we talked about a bizarre pastoral situation where one of our classmates had a congregation member make one of his addictions obvious to the entire congregation. I can’t go into specifics, but it brought up the discussion in class of “how should churches practice radical hospitality? Can it ever be completely […]
ContinueMDG 1: Extreme Hunger and Poverty
I swear: one of these adult education MDG sessions at Church of the Holy Nativity, I’M NOT GOING TO FORGET MY CAMERA!!! The scene is set for the perfect lifelong-learner shot: the lighting’s decent in the morning, the faces are bright and anxious. I just keep forgetting the second-most important piece of equipment. (The most […]
ContinueObsessive? Impulsive? No, mostly Excelling!
I can’t quite post the full implications of this yet, but this afternoon I left Chicago at 3pm – after a full day of productive work – and went for a drive down to Joliet (to a yet-undisclosed store). Several classmates and I are working on our skit for our Div. School’s annual Ministry Banquet […]
ContinueHealthy Snacks
I’m behind in my queue of blog entries (I even have the titles and pictures ready!), which means that this site will get updated more frequently in the coming week. Heidi and my teaching pastor have been giving me a hard time about what counts as a “healthy snack.” It started at CHN when Rich […]
ContinueBishop Consecration and Ordination
I’d spent ten days looking forward to Saturday. Two months ago the call went out across the Chicago Episcopal Diocese for volunteer photographers. As an “amateur” photographer and seminarian, I quickly volunteered. It didn’t require much: an afternoon meeting at the House of Hope to scout locations and then showing up early the day of […]
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