John One Five

John 1:5-- "The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness could not overpower it." In the Episcopal Church, in the world, and in the personal lives of many people I know and love, there is much that is discouraging, but at the heart of all things, there is the invincible joy that only Jesus gives.

Saturday, December 05, 2020

The End

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Several times during 2006, members of the church where I was Rector urged me to begin a blog. I was intrigued by the idea, but felt that I w...
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Wednesday, August 26, 2020

What Led to Paul's Martyrdom?

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  Roughly sixty years ago, my parish priest taught the confirmation class I was in that “Gossip is in the same category as murder.” The word...
Wednesday, November 06, 2019

Putting the Puzzle Together

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On Sunday, October 27, three churches and the pastors of six churches in Centralia, Illinois worshiped together under the vision of taking...
Friday, April 26, 2019

The Golden Thread

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When I was a young teenager in the early 1960s I became friends with a boy who lived a couple of doors down from me. We enjoyed many adven...
Monday, July 30, 2018

How Terribly Strange...

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In the spring of 1968, Simon and Garfunkel released their fourth album, “Bookends”. It had a song on it that caught my imagination right a...
Wednesday, July 04, 2018

The Mountaintop Experience

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Note: I've tried everything I know how to eliminate the unwanted underlining in this post, and gotten no results. The underlining ...
Saturday, March 31, 2018

Calm Before the Storm

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There is something undeniably rich and full about silence. On Holy Saturday especially, there is a feeling like a “calm before a storm”. J...
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I am an Episcopal priest, born and raised in the Episcopal Church. I am a member of Forward in Faith and the Society of the Holy Cross. I was Rector of Blessed Sacrament Church, Placentia, California in the Diocese of Los Angeles for 34 years, and retired in November 2012. Now I am part-time Priest-in-Charge of St. John's in Centralia and St. Thomas' in Salem, Illinois. Probably I was a mystic and a theologian from my earliest years, although I wouldn't have used those terms when I was five years old. My interest in astronomy began when I was seven, and that led to fascination with geology, physics (especially the physics of light and time), mathematics, history, languages, literature, music, athletics (gymnastics and martial arts), and art. Eventually I realized that these were all aspects of theology. Becoming a priest made it possible for me to live in all of my interests at once and, most importantly, use them as a basis for loving God and other human beings in my ministry.
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