Tuesday, October 10, 2017

Growing step by step includes giving

Good morning.  Tim kicked us off last week with a great illustration of how Christian stewardship is a celebration of returning to God what He has so graciously given to us. It’s about recognizing that our time, talents and resources are His. I love the words Paul used in his letter to the Philippians when he thanked them for their gifts and concerns while reminding them that God would meet all of their needs according to the riches of His... Read More
Posted by Jane Roberts at Tuesday, October 10, 2017
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Monday, October 9, 2017

Now, the story of Haiti takes shape on the loom of our lives

WEAVERS Haiti Dispatch #5 (October 8, 2017) The Reverend Sandy Webb I am traveling with weavers! All five of our students (and some of their teachers) have been passing their idle time this week by weaving bracelets out of string. Each project begins with four or five strands. In turn, each strand is looped around the strand next to it until a pattern emerges. Each weaver interacts with her string in her own way, which means that each bracelet is unique. The strands of our... Read More
Posted by The Reverend Sandy Webb at Monday, October 9, 2017
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Sunday, October 8, 2017

Exactly how salvation will come to Haiti is hard to guess

DELIVERANCE Haiti Dispatch #4 (October 7, 2017) The Reverend Sandy Webb Good fortune does not seem to smile on Haiti very often, but some here still hope it will. The most common advertisement on the short drive from the Eucalyptus Guest House to St. Vincent’s Episcopal School is brief but clear: “Loto.” There are at least half a dozen lottery sales points on that stretch of road, and we passed dozens more on Saturday when we journeyed to the coast.... Read More
Posted by The Reverend Sandy Webb at Sunday, October 8, 2017
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Saturday, October 7, 2017

Lessons from Haiti simple but startlingly profound

MON PERE Haiti Dispatch #3 (October 6, 2017) The Reverend Sandy Webb “ Mon pere ! Mon pere !” Pere Fan Fan, director of St. Vincent’s Episcopal School, greeted me with these words at the Port-au-Prince airport on Wednesday afternoon: “My father! My father!” The Church has described her male priests as “father” for centuries, but this time it felt somewhat undeserved. I am a priest, but my purpose in Haiti is to observe the good work... Read More
Posted by The Reverend Sandy Webb at Saturday, October 7, 2017
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Thursday, October 5, 2017

Today, a soccer ball was a Kingdom vessel

USEFUL ONESIMUSES Haiti Dispatch #2 (October 5, 2017) The Reverend Sandy Webb My favorite biblical characters are the ones who get the least amount of publicity, the fewest references in the biblical text. For me, they are the patron saints of everyone who simply goes about her daily life doing the nitty-gritty work that must be done if God’s kingdom is going to advance. In St. Paul’s Letter to Philemon, we meet one such character: Onesimus. In Greek,... Read More
Posted by The Reverend Sandy Webb at Thursday, October 5, 2017
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Thursday, October 5, 2017

Haiti distant but familiar already

THE GOD SQUAD Haiti Dispatch #1 (October 4, 2017) The Reverend Sandy Webb   One of our students found the words that I could not: “I’ve never been here before, but it feels so familiar.” I have never been to Haiti before, but I feel like I have. I k.now the experience of taking travel medicine, of surviving rides in taxis that are older than I am, and of meeting people who are rich of spirit despite their poverty of estate. The experience is familiar,... Read More
Posted by The Reverend Sandy Webb at Thursday, October 5, 2017
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Wednesday, October 4, 2017

Remember how He said, "It is more blessed to give than to receive"

Remember the words of our Lord Jesus Christ how He said, “It is more blessed to give than to receive.” Growing up in this parish, Church of the Holy Communion, I heard those words hundreds and hundreds of times. The Reverend Dr. Eric S. Greenwood, the first rector of this parish, spoke them for the offertory sentence at every single service, and I believed his words, because he said so! Before Dr. Greenwood would proclaim the offertory sentence though, he would give the... Read More
Posted by Jane Roberts at Wednesday, October 4, 2017
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