Ruth,
You will notice in the top corners of this icon two angelic beings. Angels are messengers of the divine. They remind us that the hidden mystery we call “God” does speak.
Ruth,
There are not many things I believe a priest must do. But there is one practice of priesthood which for me has proved to be non-negotiable. It is the practice that has enabled me to prosper in priesthood for nearly four decades.
Dear Ruth,
Nearly a year and a half ago, I wrote you a letter that I posted on this blog. The occasion then was your ordination as a deacon in the Anglican Church of Canada. Today I write to you again, this time as you are ordained a priest.
I was reminded last Sunday by John Thatamanil’s sermon what a profound challenge it is to read Genesis 1:26-28 in our current context of global climate crisis.
Enlarging Our Love:
Or How to Become Christians Who Truly Belong to the Earth
by John J. Thatamanil (posted with his permission)
St. Philip Anglican Church November 10, 2019
Sixty-five years ago on this St. Bartholomew Day at 8:50 p.m., I took my first uncertain breath on the labour and delivery floor of the now demolished King’s Daughter’s Hospital in Duncan, British Columbia.
“In A Spacious Place” started on 8 July 2008 at Blogspot. After 74 posts at Blogspot it moved over to its current location at WordPress on 2 April 2010.
Dear Tracey,
Thirty-nine years ago last month I stood up in St. Paul’s Anglican Church in Toronto with eleven other young men and women to do what you are doing this morning – or I suppose by now, have already done.
… yes it is a real word.
Everything I know about Richard Rohr from personal experience in his presence, reading his writing, listening to many addresses he has given, and from others who know him better than I, tells me he is a genuinely gentle, humble, gracious human being.
