This Blog has Moved
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You can find my new postings at http://sdchp.org/featured/ Peace be with you, The Rev. David Marshall… Continue Reading »
Why Hasn’t the World Stopped?
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This week, our conversations at St. Dunstan’s Church start with Elizabeth Ann. As most of you already know, Elizabeth Ann Hutson died on Monday morning after surgery for injuries suffered in a fall. Around the church, and in our conversations, there is a sense of unreality, of dislocation, and of grief. Elizabeth Ann has been… Continue Reading »
12 Baskets? 164 Pounds!
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One of the most beautiful and hopeful of Jesus’ miracles was his feeding of the five thousand. Something like that miracle has happened again, right here. The feeding of the five thousand took place at a time when Jesus’ fame and notoriety was growing. Having just learned that John the Baptist had been beheaded, Jesus… Continue Reading »
What Will You Do Now?
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On Sunday I lead our congregation in an exercise of reconciliation, repentance and forgiveness. We brought slips of paper on which we had written the burdens, disappointments, failures, embarrassments, things we wish we hadn’t done, and things we wish we had done forward, and threw them into a waste bin. Then I spoke the words… Continue Reading »
Introducing Brother John Ryan, OCP
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I am very pleased to introduce you to a new member of our congregation, Brother John Ryan, OCP. John is a member of The Community of the Paraclete, an Episcopal Christian Community. He has been attending our services for the past month and after a couple of delightful meetings to get to know each other… Continue Reading »
July 4th and Religious Freedom
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We are greatly blessed to have religious freedom in the United States of America. This weekend we will celebrate our Independence Day by singing patriotic songs, eating fun food together at picnics and BBQ’s and enjoying fireworks displays. In the last few days I have been reminded very forcefully of the value and importance of… Continue Reading »
The Fruits of the Spirit
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This is a picture of St Mark’s Cathedral seen over the tops of the tents of Tent City 3 (TC3). Right now TC3 is located in the parking lot of St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, about half a mile east of St. Mark’s. On Tuesday afternoon, Josef Hinkofer and I visited TC3 and were given a… Continue Reading »
Signs of the Holy Spirit
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On Monday evening I stepped into the Narthex and saw the baptismal font glowing with light in many colors. The sun was shining through our new stained glass window directly onto the font. On Sunday, at our Pentecost celebration, we baptized baby Iris in this font, with the light of that window glowing around us… Continue Reading »
The Season of the Spirit
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We are used to thinking of Advent as a season of preparation for Christmas. We are used to thinking of Lent as a season of preparation for Easter. What if the season of Easter is here to prepare us for Pentecost? We usually think of Easter as a season of celebration, but the 50 days… Continue Reading »
Word is Out
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The word is out. St. Dunstan’s Church is a lively and engaged congregation, involved in the community, doing God’s work and worshiping God with joy. When I am with other clergy, they ask about our congregation. People have heard. God is at work among us. In a time of economic challenge and social change, when… Continue Reading »