Today Jesus sets the bar pretty high, don’t you think? That last sentence is really the clincher: “Be perfect, you know, like God is perfect.”Really Jesus? You wonder how he thought the disciples would respond: “Oh, oh, now I get it. Be perfect, like God, that’s where we were going wrong. Thanks Jesus.” Now, I’mContinue reading “Faith and the American Dream”
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Vines and Roots
Luis asked me to preach today, and when I saw the Gospel reading I thought really? The parish wine expert is not going to tackle “I am the true vine?” I have learned a lot in my time so far as an Assistant at St. John’s…important life skills like: good wine does not come inContinue reading “Vines and Roots”
OWLs for Priests, The GOE (General Ordination Exams)
The past week of my life has been spent taking a massive test. The Episcopal Church requires that each person preparing for ordained ministry be examined in the areas of: Holy Scripture, Contemporary Society, Christian Theology & Missiology, Liturgy & Church Music, Christian Ethics & Moral Theology, the Theory & Practice of Ministry, and Church History.Continue reading “OWLs for Priests, The GOE (General Ordination Exams)”
Mike Angell 