In our workshop this past Saturday, Michael Gonzalez told us that “dissociation is fundamental to racism,” meaning that racism is perpetuated when we assume we are self-contained individuals, rather than integrally connected to others (both the perpetrators and the victims of racial violence). While most…
Anticipating Physical Presence Again
Dear Church, I have been re-reading Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s classic Life Together, and was struck by this passage, especially in light of the distancing we have had to endure to help stem the tide of the pandemic. The physical presence of other Christians is a source…
A New Opportunity to Participate in God’s Mission Through Giving
(Quick version: we are raising an additional $10,000 this year to give Fr. Spencer a stipend as a Co-Rector at The Table. Click here if you already know you want to give toward that. Read on if you’d like to hear why we are doing…
Beholding and Becoming in Epiphany
Dear Church, Today is the Feast of Epiphany! Epiphany (which means “revealing”) commemorates the Magi who came from the far-flung places of the world bearing gifts and following a star to meet the child who would become the king of the whole cosmos. After today’s…
Defiantly Singing God’s Advent Justice
Dear Church, This past Sunday, we read the Annunciation and the Magnificat, and wondered together and learned from the humble and courageous faith of a 1st-century Palestinian peasant girl that we now know as the Blessed Virgin Mary. In the midst of our deep longing…
Winter Solstice Story Night
On Monday, December 21 at 8pm, Fr. Ben will host an informal online Winter Solstice Story Night. We will gather to: Make an optional cocktail (The Morning Star), Pray the Magnificat and ‘O’ Advent Antiphon for the evening (O Morning Star) together, and Share stories…
Advent is Upon Us!
Dear Church, Advent begins Sunday November 29 this year, and in the words of our friend (and Canon Theologian for our diocese) Emily McGowin: “This is shaping up to be the most Advent-y Advent we’ve ever Advented!” Our theme for Advent this year is “The…
Praying With Our Bodies in a Pandemic
Last Sunday Deb preached on the Lord’s Prayer, proclaiming to us the good news that prayer is a gift from God, whereby he shares his power with us to live out the political vision of the Sermon on the Mount. I was reading this week…
Practicing the Politics of Love
Dear Church, As I said in my sermon this past Sunday, we live in a world where the powerful regularly exploit and oppress the weak, where people are seen as resources to be used. It’s not difficult to find examples of this “out there” in…
Learning Jesus’ Politics Together
Dear Church, Last Sunday we kicked off our new fall series preaching through the Sermon on the Mount: Living the Politics of Jesus in a Partisan America. The first sermon was titled “Neither Left Nor Right Nor ‘Spiritual’: the Politics of Jesus”. As Fr. Matt…
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