What the Monarch Knows About Undoing Racism
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How do monarch butterflies know the precise route of their migration, when it takes more
Twenty-five years ago, while doing some research on the dazzling Byzantine mosaics in Ravenna, I
Photo courtesy of Dayna DeHoyos The other morning, I was picking up the newspaper and
Readings Ecclesiasticus 44:1–10, 13–14 Psalm 149 Luke 6:20–26
As we’ve shuddered through church shootings, school shootings, package bombs; accounts of people hiding
<<Return to Advent Meditations page Psalm 146, 147; 111, 112, 113; Amos 1:1-5, 13-2:8; Luke
The enormous, irregular standing-stone that is Freethinkers’ Rock rises at the edge of Turkey Bottom
Today we were fed the bread of heaven at dawn in the desert. Cynthia presided
We had the honor of meeting with the Most Rev. Suheil Dawani, of praying for
Rising seniors, Richelle Thompson and Reagan Gonzalez, dressed for the Western Wall and Temple Mount. –
We entered the Church of John the Baptist, in Ein Kerem (“spring of the vineyard”),
For the next two weeks, the Sowing Holy Questions blog breaks from its normal routine
The advance team (Jane and Dow Patterson, John Lewis, Pat Bridwell, Katherine Buzzini, and Kathy
For the next two weeks, the Sowing Holy Questions blog breaks from its normal routine
“The long conversation” is one way I refer to the Bible in my New Testament
Recently I discovered a very brief video on my phone that I must have taken
Sunday, December 13 Psalms 63:1-11, 98; Amos 9:11-15; John 5:30-47 Listen to the author
The biblical expression of history is not so much like a line moving steadily from
What do you mean by that? How did you come to that thought? Do you
After years of drought, this year’s winter and spring rains have brought almost unbearable beauty to Austin. I had gotten used to a minimal landscape, the trees calligraphic in their bare-branched simplicity – and then all of a sudden the world was shaggy and colorful and fragrant with blossoms on every branch. When I run in the neighborhood around the seminary, I find my head swiveling to take in a sweet smell or a brilliantly colored sidewalk garden.
In the midst of all this blooming, three of us realized that we had significant ordination anniversaries: Cynthia Kittredge 30 years, Kathleen Russell 25 years, and my 20, all adding up to a stunning 75 years of ordained life. We celebrated the occasion at noon Eucharist in Christ chapel on April 17, by remembering also the courageous women who went before us and made the path that we walk on. You can hear Kathleen’s beautiful sermon here. What follows is the Eucharistic prayer I wrote for the day, inspired both by the physical beauty that surrounds us here and by the beauty of the work that involves us day in and day out at Seminary of the Southwest: forming students to live and lead as Christ in all the contexts to which they are called.
Our Dean has said: “The Jesus Prayer may be said while immobile.”
Anyone who has studied the Prayer Book knows the difference between a permissive rubric and a strict rubric. The Jesus Prayer may – or may not – be said while immobile. The important thing in the summer in Austin is to remain immobile some of the time. The Jesus Prayer is optional. Other things you could do while immobile: someone could bring you a Shiner in a CamelBak, so you could suck your favorite cold beverage through a straw, without moving. Icees work, too. Just lie there and let someone bring it to you. Mmmmm.
Jane Patterson is the Assistant Professor of New Testament at Seminary of the Southwest. In addition to teaching Bible courses at the seminary, Jane serves as co-director of The Workshop, a ministry that guides laity in using the Bible to discern how to live faithfully.
Lately I’ve noticed that what I thought was an elite club of which I was the only member turns out to be a very popular club, with each member assuming he or she is the only one. This is the club of people for whom Lent is their favorite liturgical season. In whispers and asides, we are beginning to locate one another and to proclaim our allegiance: “I don’t mean to sound weird or anything, but really, Lent is my favorite season.”
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