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2024-11-12T12:58:21-04:00

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Darkness, Silence, and Prayer

Last updated on: November 12, 2024 at 12:58 pm By Vance Morgan

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One Sunday some time ago as I was listening to our local NPR station in the car during an errand run, I heard a brief piece about “Disturbed,” a heavy metal band that had just received its second Grammy nomination. Their first was in 2009; now, several years later, they had another one. My knowledge of contemporary heavy metal is non-existent, as is my interest in that musical genre—this would have usually been reason for me to switch to the... Read more

2024-11-09T17:48:13-04:00

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I’m Only One Person–What Can I Do?

Last updated on: November 9, 2024 at 5:48 pm By Vance Morgan

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The Proper 27 psalm and gospel readings for today are very appropriate for where we find ourselves post-election. I posted an earlier version of this last summer–here’s the final version that will be in my book A Year of Faith and Philosophy which will be out next year. The Proper 27 Year B gospel reading from Mark draws our attention to the importance of using what one has to further the kingdom of God rather than asking, “I’m only one... Read more

2024-11-07T19:45:21-04:00

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Something for a Day when I’ve Got Nothing

Last updated on: November 7, 2024 at 7:45 pm By Vance Morgan

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I know I’m not the only person who has been feeling like a zombie for the last few days. I have nothing insightful to post, nothing promising to say at this point. I did find the following from Diana Butler Bass helpful, though. She posted it in her newsletter late on Tuesday night when it was becoming more clear what was going to happen. I hope it help you too. Be well. This evening is painful. It seems as if... Read more

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2024-11-03T14:03:12-04:00

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Election Day: What’s the Worst that Could Happen?

Last updated on: November 3, 2024 at 2:03 pm By Vance Morgan

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Yesterday I posted what I wrote the day before the presidential election in 2016. Today I am reposting what I wrote on Election Day in 2020, the second of three consecutive “most important elections of our lifetime.” Other than changing the names of the candidates, I’ve changed nothing else in this post from four years ago. As you’ll see, very little has changed from four years ago. In 1969, Johnny Maestro and the Brooklyn Bridge released the single ‘Worst That... Read more

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2024-11-04T13:35:21-04:00

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Life After Tomorrow

Last updated on: November 4, 2024 at 1:35 pm By Vance Morgan

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As we approach the long anticipated and stress inducing Election Day tomorrow, I looked back over the weekend at what I’ve written for each of the last two elections–both of which were billed, as is this year’s election, as “the most important election of our lifetimes”–and found that both of them were eerily relevant to our current predicament. This one is from eight years ago. At the time I was certain, as were millions of other people, that I knew... Read more

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2024-11-03T09:32:18-04:00

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How To Become a Saint

Last updated on: November 3, 2024 at 9:32 am By Vance Morgan

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Last Friday was All Saints Day, which is usually celebrated on the first Sunday of November–making today All Saints Sunday. Here’s what I wrote about All Saints Sunday in my book A Year of Faith and Philosophy. I am currently reading through the copyedited manuscript that I received from the publisher ten days or so ago–I’ll be sending it back to them in a couple of days. Typesetting and marketing are next! November 1 is All Saints’ Day; when it falls... Read more

2024-10-31T13:01:26-04:00

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Getting Rid of Halloween Jesus

Last updated on: October 31, 2024 at 1:01 pm By Vance Morgan

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It’s Halloween. Halloween gives me the opportunity to consider my long and checkered past with the Christian faith, as well as why I stay within the Christian tent in spite of what appear to be good reasons to leave. One Sunday, toward the end of a particularly lively and deep seminar with my “Living Stones” adult Christian education group after the morning service, I asked the group “so what makes us think that we are anything special, that Episcopalians have... Read more

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2024-10-29T06:34:30-04:00

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Broken Windows and Empty Hallways

Last updated on: October 29, 2024 at 6:34 am By Vance Morgan

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Broken windows and empty hallways, a pale dead moon and a sky streaked with gray. Human kindness is overflowing, and I think it’s going to rain today. Randy Newman One week from today is Election Day, although people have been voting for more than a couple of weeks already (Jeanne and I put our ballots in the mail a few days ago) and chances are it will be a fes days (at the very least) after next Tuesday before we... Read more

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2024-10-27T07:43:41-04:00

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Now My Eye Sees You

Last updated on: October 27, 2024 at 7:43 am By Vance Morgan

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The lectionary readings from the Jewish scriptures this month have walked us through the Book of Job, concluding today with Job’s response once God finally answers Job’s complaints about how unjustly he has been treated. The dramatic setting of Job is so familiar that it can be summarized in just a few sentences. Job is presented as the most honorable of men, one who “feared God and avoided evil.” He is wealthy, happy, content, and living the good life. Then in... Read more

2024-10-24T13:14:18-04:00

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Is it Strange that I Love God?

Last updated on: October 24, 2024 at 1:14 pm By Vance Morgan

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One of the authors mentioned frequently by participants at Theology Beer Camp last weekend was Walter Rauschbusch, one of the most important theologians of the 20th century and a powerful force in the development of the social gospel movement. I recently wrote about Rauschenbusch on this blog; it was great to encounter any number of people at Beer Camp whose thought has been influenced by his work. Living the Social Gospel In addition to his influential theological work, Rauschenbusch was... Read more

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