All Meditations
Unclean
posted on Jan 31, 2012I was young, 29 years old, when I became Rector of my first church. There I encountered my first raging alcoholic. He was my Senior Warden and his story is one which he openly shares. It is the story of a war with an unclean spirit known as alcoho...
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I will make you fish for people.
posted on Jan 24, 2012My grandfather was the quietest, most gentle man. He used to make us lie on the floor and he would say "Stiff as a board! Stiff as a board!" and he would place his gentle old hands behind our little shoulders and lift us up to a standing position,...
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The Name of Jesus
posted on Jan 5, 2012Seventeen years ago, I came to this Cathedral to work as an Intern. I was in Seminary and my husband, JD had a clerkship with Judge Tjoflat. I was blessed to be here, to preach my first sermon, teach my first bible study, learn to listen and sing ...
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The Baby is God
posted on Jan 5, 2012It is possible that the baby Jesus may have been premature. Mary had to walk or ride a donkey from Nazareth to Bethlehem, a distance of many miles. She was young. This was her first child. It would be very possible that she delivered that baby ear...
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Mary
posted on Dec 19, 2011As a young girl, I played Mary over and over again in a small but simple opera that my mother wrote. We traveled from church to church performing this opera for congregations of all different denominations. The result of all this was that I really...
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Advent
posted on Dec 3, 2011I was nine years old when they first asked me to babysit. Nine. The couple who lived right down Willow Street had a toddler girl. She must have been close to two years old. I came over at 6 and her parents were so happy to go on a date. I fed her ...
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The Saints
posted on Nov 11, 2011When I was in third grade, I had to take a test to see if I was gifted and talented. We were all told what the test was about. I remember it so well. I wanted desperately to be gifted and talented and the test was going to tell me I was. I sat at ...
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The Saints and Self-Esteem
posted on Oct 31, 2011This sermon was preached at Episcopal High School in Jacksonville, Florida.I was new in 10th grade. My father sent me to a private school, much like this one, but not so cool. It was not a Christian school, just a secular, private school. I had gr...
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Idolatry
posted on Oct 10, 2011Last week, a hen came to church. It was St Francis day and her owner brought her at 10:30 inside instead of at 9 outside, where most of our animals were blessed. But this hen did a wonderful thing. She laid an egg in the back of the church. And th...
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Remembering September 11th
posted on Sep 12, 2011When I was a child, my parents built a bomb shelter in the basement. It was the height of the Cold War. We lived in New Haven Connecticut where the Yale intellectuals were telling us that nuclear war was simply a matter of time. We watched the mov...
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Saint Thomas
Saint Andrew
The Feast of All Saints
St. Michael and All Angels