Jury Clears Patrick Sookhdeo

Tola Mbakwe reports for Premier: The founder of Christian charity Barnabas Fund has been found not guilty of an indecent assault alleged to have taken place in 1977. After deliberating for less than two hours, the jury at Snaresbrook Crown Court unanimously found Dr...

8/12: A Death Like His

Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld | Wikimedia Commons 12 Pentecost, August 12 2 Sam. 18:5-9, 15, 31-33 or 1 Kings 19:4-8 Ps. 130 or Ps. 34:1-8 • Eph. 4:25-5:2 • John 6:35, 41-51 Trying to reclaim Jerusalem, David was in locked battle against the armies of his son Absalom,...

Forward Day By Day – August 6, 2018

In today’s reading, Peter writes that the Lord has revealed the knowledge of his forthcoming death to him. I read Peter’s knowledge of his coming death as one of the greatest of God’s many, many mercies.The Ash Wednesday liturgy is one of my favorite Christian...

Transfiguration and the Word

What a blessed treasury of riches. It is the feast of the Transfiguration. If it were not, the daily Gospel reading is from John starting at Chapter 1, Verse 1. “In the beginning was the Word.”  And the summary of all the Christology needed for salvation, all the rest...

Forward Day By Day – August 5, 2018

Today’s psalm describes chronic sin, which is something that I think most people of faith struggle against (and perhaps with). We want to believe that being a person of faith means we live mostly sin-free lives. We lie to ourselves that our sins are always minor and...

Remember When…

Exodus 16:2-4, 9-15 If you’ve spent five minutes on Facebook you’ve probably seen a meme that begins with, “Remember when…” or maybe it was, “Are you old enough to remember when…” and then it goes on to extol the virtues of something or another, often execrating young...

Forward Day By Day – August 4, 2018

In today’s reading from Matthew, the guards posted to watch Jesus’ tomb go to the chief priests and report the resurrection. The chief priests, threatened and probably scared by this knowledge, pay the guards a bribe to say that Jesus’ disciples stole his body.I have...

Moneychanging

While they were going, some of the guard went into the city and told the chief priests everything that had happened. After the priests* had assembled with the elders, they devised a plan to give a large sum of money to the soldiers, telling them, ‘You must say, “His...

8/3 People & Places

Appointments The Rev. Lee Anne is canon for formation in the Diocese of Southern Ohio. The Rev. Karri Backer is head of school at St. Mark’s, Upland, CA. The Rev. Kirsten Baer is assistant chaplain at Casady School, Oklahoma City. The Rev. Kevin Bartle is deacon in...