Yesterday someone took shots at a friend and pastor. The Rt. Rev. Martín Barahona, Anglican Bishop of El Salvador was the victim of the violence which plagues his country. Thankfully the would-be-killer’s bullets missed the Bishop. Sadly his driver Francisco is in the hospital. Shots fired at a Bishop resound specifically this week. On SaturdayContinueContinue reading “Prophet Bishops and Pilgrimage”
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Church in the Mess
Travelling to Israel as a Christian Pilgrim, you see a lot of churches. I thought I’d write about just two that I’ve seen in the past few days. The first is in Galilee. Capernaum is a small town on the sea where God decided to go local. Jesus of Nazareth moved to town and mostContinueContinue reading “Church in the Mess”
Incarnation and beginnings
Sermon preached Dec. 27 at St Barnabas Church, Denver, CO How does it begin for you? Is there a moment that radically changes your narrative, the story of your life with God? “In the beginning,” these are the words that start the Gospel of John. “In the beginning.” John starts at the beginning because heContinueContinue reading “Incarnation and beginnings”
The Emergent Church Needs an Ignatius
I wrote this for class, but thought it might make for some conversation…Jason… At Convention last Spring, the Diocese of San Diego heard Phyllis Tickle talk about “The Emergent Church” and cite one of my seminary professors, Bishop Mark Dyer, to say that every 500 years or so the church has “a rummage sale.” WhatContinueContinue reading “The Emergent Church Needs an Ignatius”
Mike Angell 