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2016-04-18T12:27:45-05:00

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Tuesday of Easter 3 – Ephesians 1:15-23

Last updated on: April 18, 2016 at 12:27 pm By Fr. Charles Erlandson

Ephesians 1:15-23 How would you like to be remembered by your friends? If someone were to honestly say first things that came to their mind about you the – what would they be? A few years ago, a number of my relatives got together. One of my aunts had a friend over to visit while they were there, and it was fascinating to hear how each of the people present came back with a different word to describe this man. ... Read more

inheritance of the saints

reputations

2018-02-09T16:33:22-05:00

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God’s Glorious Plan of Salvation

Last updated on: February 9, 2018 at 4:33 pm By Fr. Charles Erlandson

What's the best sentence you’ve ever read in your life? Read more

2016-04-16T23:33:07-05:00

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Saturday of 2nd Sunday after Easter – 1 Peter 5:8-14

Last updated on: April 16, 2016 at 11:33 pm By Fr. Charles Erlandson

1 Peter 5:8-14 “What went wrong?” This is a question that the Church in every age has asked herself. We should not think that we’re alone in rightly asking this question. It was certainly a question many churchmen asked themselves before, during, and after the Reformation period. In 1833, the Church of England was in sad shape. Remnants of the feudal system and Erastian church – one in which the State has a large say over Church affairs – were... Read more

2016-04-14T12:47:53-05:00

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Friday of 2nd Sunday after Easter – 1 Peter 5:1-7

Last updated on: April 14, 2016 at 12:47 pm By Fr. Charles Erlandson

1 Peter 5:1-7 When my oldest daughter Renee was 2, I began to write Renee Stories, one of which was Renee’s Upsee-dee-dee (her word for “Upside”) Down Day. In this story, her bed and all the books she had not put away from the night before were all on the ceiling, and a light fixture was on the floor. She was glad when she heard Mom come in, because she knew that meant breakfast. Except Mom was wearing a... Read more

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1 Peter 5

Be subject to one another

gives grace to the humble

God resists the proud

2016-04-13T17:25:43-05:00

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Thursday of 2nd Sunday after Easter – 1 Peter 4:12-19

Last updated on: April 13, 2016 at 5:25 pm By Fr. Charles Erlandson

1 Peter 4:12-19 It seems to be strange, hearing Peter talk about Christians suffering after Easter, after we’ve celebrated the Resurrection of Christ. But because we are still in this fallen world, though Christ has passed into glory, we are still living out a movie, our life story that might be called The Passion of Christians. The truth is that we as Christians suffer. As our Lord first suffered, we must suffer. This isn’t a very popular teaching. You won’t... Read more

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1 Peter 4

bearing our cross

commit your soul to God

partakers of Christ’s suffering

suffering and glory

suffering with Christ

The Passion of Christians

2016-04-12T20:14:56-05:00

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Wednesday of 2nd Sunday after Easter – 1 Peter 4:7-11

Last updated on: April 12, 2016 at 8:14 pm By Fr. Charles Erlandson

1 Peter 4:7-11 The Lord’s Prayer is a microcosm of our spiritual lives. It’s easy for it to become boring, repetitive, and stale, but for those who are laboring to see and serve the Lord, it’s always new. There is always some new way of looking at it that gives new meaning in my life. As with the spiritual life, you must first pay attention. Second, sometimes it’s wise to focus on one small part exclusively and milk it for... Read more

2016-04-12T08:51:45-05:00

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Tuesday of 2nd Sunday after Easter – 1 Peter 4:1-6

Last updated on: April 12, 2016 at 8:51 am By Fr. Charles Erlandson

1 Peter 4:1-6 THWACK! ! ! Do you know what that sound is? It’s the sound of one of God’s cosmic “spankings.” Though our first instinct is naturally to cry, it’s a cosmic mistake to misinterpret one of God’s spankings. So let’s get rid of a few misconceptions about God’s spankings right here and now. As parents who discipline their children, you’ll immediately recognize that this is the way things work in your family, or at least the way you... Read more

Second Sunday after Easter

suffering

2016-04-10T13:00:08-05:00

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Monday of 2nd Sunday after Easter – 1 Peter 3:13-22

Last updated on: April 10, 2016 at 1:00 pm By Fr. Charles Erlandson

1 Peter 3:13-22 What’s the answer to the problem of suffering? Sanctify the Lord in your heart. Like St. James and St. Paul and Jesus Himself – pretty much the whole New Testament – St. Peter assumes that there will be suffering in this world for the Christian. Theologically, there is the so-called problem of suffering, as in “How can there be suffering in this world if there is a good and loving Almighty God?” I’m interested in the problem... Read more

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1 Peter 3:15

Christ also suffered once for sins

God transforms suffering

sanctify the Lord

Second Sunday after Easter

suffering

suffering leads us to God

2016-04-08T13:38:44-05:00

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Saturday of 1st Sunday after Easter – 1 Peter 3:1-12

Last updated on: April 8, 2016 at 1:38 pm By Fr. Charles Erlandson

1 Peter 3:1-12 In a world that has more people in it than ever before, there is also more loneliness in the world than ever before. We often live away from our families – either geographically or in degrees of harmony. We don’t know our neighbors. People are looking for a genuinely loving community to belong to. Some look in clubs and some talk to counselors. Some choose to spend more time at work, and some join gangs. But what... Read more

do not repay evil for evil

Holy Trinity

one mind

2016-04-07T10:30:25-05:00

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Friday of 1st Sunday after Easter – 1 Peter 2:18-25

Last updated on: April 7, 2016 at 10:30 am By Fr. Charles Erlandson

1 Peter 2:18-25 One year when I was teaching freshman English at All Saints Episcopal school in Tyler, Texas, and we began the year by coordinating some of the literature with ancient history, I taught my students about Greek philosophy and religion so that they might understand Greek literature. I had them compare and contrast Christianity and the Greek religion, and in my meditation on this comparison, a humorous idea took hold of me (many do, when I’m teaching and... Read more

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