Liturgy for Lent: Explaining the Pieces of The Daily Office (Supplemental Post)

Jason: Our conversation regarding prayer in the liturgical tradition went a bit longer than we anticipated. We felt there were some things we’d leave out if we kept the schedule we set in our initial post. Mike: In the previous posts, we decided not to break down each and every part of the Services ofContinueContinue reading “Liturgy for Lent: Explaining the Pieces of The Daily Office (Supplemental Post)”

Sermon at The Episcopal Church at Yale.

Let these words be more than words, and give us the Spirit of Jesus. It’s a joy to be with you today, here at The Episcopal Church at Yale. I work in The Episcopal Church’s church-wide office of Young Adult and Campus Ministries, and easily the best moments of my job come when I getContinueContinue reading “Sermon at The Episcopal Church at Yale.”

Ministry in Context

Context:  I’ve been enrolled in a course this January looking at the Theology and Practice of Ministry.  Part of the coursework involves Service Learning, basically working with a local non-profit and reflecting on the experience like any of the other text books.  I’ve been assigned to the group at Martha’s Table, a major non-profit inContinueContinue reading “Ministry in Context”

South Africa 1, the journey narrative

July 15-6 We began the trip with an 18 hour plane ride and arrived in Johannesburg pretty jet-lagged. We started our adventure with a trip to the mall to pick up necessities like power converters and a cell phone sim card. It was amazing to both Sam and I the impressive amount of globalization inContinueContinue reading “South Africa 1, the journey narrative”