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A Simple Liturgy for Epiphany
Permission to podcast/stream the music obtained from One License #A-727307 Collect O God, by the leading of a star you manifested your...
Dan
Jan 6, 20215 min read
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Have a Happy Childlike New Year
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly...
Dan
Dec 30, 20207 min read
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What is Truth?
"What is truth?" Christ and Pilate, by Nikolaĭ Nikolaevich, 1890 Pilate: So You are a king? Jesus: You say that I am king. For this I...
Dan
Dec 11, 20203 min read
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The Abandon of Liam Rector
Cover image from The Executive Director of the Fallen World by Liam Rector, University of Chicago Press, 2006 Never heard of him before;...
Dan
Dec 8, 20202 min read
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Let's Pretend
The following was a chapter of a radio series by Christian apologist C. S. Lewis, that was later compiled into the book Mere Christianity....
Dan
Dec 5, 20203 min read
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Twin Rocks
The sun bows down as if before an altar To laud their steadfast fight against time and tide Though beaten, he knows they'll never falter...
Dan
Nov 21, 20201 min read
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Be Not Afraid
Some people believe that having faith means checking your brains at the door. I do not. Mindless faith is merely superstition. Faith...
Dan
Nov 1, 20201 min read
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I Wanna See You Be Brave
The Prophet Habakkuk, by Donatello, circa 1425 And then God answered: Write this. Write what you see. Write it out in big block letters...
Dan
Oct 19, 20203 min read
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Why Do I Have to Change the World?
“Therefore, dear Sir, love your solitude and try to sing out with the pain it causes you. For those who are near you are far away... and...
Dan
Oct 16, 20201 min read
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The Essential Sadness of Art
Photo credit: Piers Nye (Creative Commons) By Jeff Goins (https://goinswriter.com/sad-art/) Writing is easy. All you do is sit down at a...
Dan
Oct 9, 20203 min read
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Encountering the Faces of Jesus
Holy Face and Ten Names of God, Dirc van Delf, circa 1404 For now, we can only see a dim and blurry picture of things, as when we stare...
Dan
Sep 23, 20205 min read
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I Stand By The Door
Artist's Mother Opening a Door, Édouard Vuillard, 1891 Samuel Moor Shoemaker III, DD, STD (1893–1963) was a priest of the Episcopal...
Dan
Sep 16, 20204 min read
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Try to Love One Another Right Now
"Smile On Your Brother", Mural on Bleecker Street, Greenwich Village, NY by Rico Fonseca Besides this, you know what time it is, how it...
Dan
Sep 6, 20202 min read
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Conversations in a Porch
A thoughtful essay from Arsenio Rodriguez in the Wall Street International Magazine, https://wsimag.com/feature/62082-conversations-in-a...
Dan
Aug 21, 20208 min read
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If These Walls Could Speak
"If These Walls Could Speak" by Dan Oberg, artist's footprints, watercolor & ink pen, 2020 I had the privilege of participating in an...
Dan
Aug 2, 20202 min read
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How Few Are the Lovers of the Cross of Jesus
A Reading from The Imitation of Christ by Thomas a' Kempis Jesus has many who love His Kingdom in Heaven, but few who bear His Cross...
Dan
Jul 24, 20202 min read
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Deepening Lives Through Community
“Deepening lives through volunteer service, social justice, spiritual practice, and intentional community.” Did you know the Episcopal...
Dan
Jul 19, 20202 min read
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Idolatry of Ideology
Ideology, noun 1. a system of ideas and ideals, especially one which forms the basis of economic or political theory and policy. Each...
Dan
Jul 5, 20203 min read
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Grief's Patient Friend
“Like the rest of the world, I thought, ‘I can sit around listening to my own fears and anxieties and uncertainties or I can do something...
Dan
Jun 28, 20203 min read
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Movements Happen When We Discover We're Not Alone
This is an excerpt of a soon to be released book, Everywhere You Look: Discovering the Church Right Where You Are by Tim Soerens,...
Dan
Jun 27, 20204 min read
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