The future, every next moment, not knowing what lies ahead; that is what the Bible is designed to carry us to and through. The past is only an awakening to the future. The present is only the past waiting to happen and the future blossoming in every next present moment. Therefore the question is not what can I do to make myself secure in it but rather how can I experience life in it? This is why the Bible is a book about belief, trust and faith. Faith is the door that makes every next moment…

Is it to feel good about what we already believe? Is it having a safe place to be with others who believe the same things? Is it a search to make sure that what we believe is right? Is it a path to grow and enter each next moment as a conscious disciple of Jesus? These are legitimate questions. The reason I say that is because if we are studying it just for ourselves we are missing why we have it. Its content should define our starting lines for every next moment.   They are our faith…

I always want the full text of remarks someone makes so that the critique is not  overly subjective.  I'd much rather have people read the original document and make their own conclusions.  So read her direct sermon and then my evaluation after.

All Saints Church, Steenrijk, Curaçao [Diocese of Venezuela]

12 May 2013

The Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori

Presiding Bishop and Primate

The Episcopal Church

The beauty of this…

Everybody makes choices. We like the idea of being able to choose and to choose freely. We are by nature pro-choice people.

But what is your initial reaction when the phrase ‘pro-choice’ is used? Does it make you go on the offensive or the defensive? The reaction proves one clear conclusion. The word ‘choice’ has been hi-jacked to argue against moral restraint. To quote Henley’s poem Invictus, “I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul.” Ultimately it implies there is no…