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Troubled Parish Cultures

Bits & Pieces

The menorah and the swastika

A return to religion in the West?

You have crossed a border into a new land

Unable to make a free choice

God graciously accepts that service

Saying no and saying yes

We are a sanctifying presence

Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep

Three parishes

Amsterdam

Baptismal Identity, Purpose, and Destiny

Assessing with the Benedictine Promise

Intention or effect?

The Election and the Psalms

Faith, hope, and love abide

Humility

A new equilibrium

Quincy Jones

Bread and circuses

Earth's proud empires, pass away

To seek the presence of Jesus Christ

How do you mark time?

Christian Faith and Public Disorder

Why Politically Engaged Christians Are Good for Our Politics

How Media Outlets on the Left and Right Covered Trump’s Musical Town Hall

New occasions teach new duties

Stay in the City

Remember

Improving Vestry Meetings

Antisemitism is a shape-shifting virus

The tender compassion of our God

Too high for mortal tongue

Overwhelmed

To lose ourselves in something larger than ourselves

Disciplined reflection on experience

The indelible stamp of the Creator

THE FEASTS OF SAINT MARY THE VIRGIN & JONATHAN MYRICK DANIELS

Friendship

Nudging

Do it often

Organizations in a World of Choices

Is St. Clements, Seattle poised for growth? Part Four

Is St. Clements, Seattle poised for growth? Part Three

To visit the abbey of St. Leibowitz

Benedict and the Christian Membrane

Is St. Clements, Seattle poised for growth? Part Two

Is St. Clement's, Seattle poised for growth?

Keep us steadfast in your true religion

Bits & Pieces

Palestinian Christians

PREFERENCE FOR THE POOR

Parish Cultural Density

Teaching social ethics in the parish

Enchantment & Suffering

The worship of God

The United States still prioritizes interests over values.

General Convention

It’s Stage IV

Scrubbing white marble steps

BLESSED DESMOND TUTU: SPIRITUAL PRACTICE AND CHRISTIAN ACTION

Sitting in church

quantum satis

Purity of heart needs wisdom

Four Growth Strategies

A life, not a program

Antisemitism is like crabgrass

Benedictine Balance and Social Ethics

How he changed

Humility is the antidote to grievance

Jumping into our place

Easter

Subcultures in the parish

To open ourselves to holiness and to learn the habits of heaven

Loving critics

Make yourself at home

Building an Apostolic Core

Where should I begin?

The Psalms

Defining and marketing the parish

Lent 2024

That you may not become sluggish

The Daily Office