Posts Tagged ‘Acts 17:22-31’
A Home in Your Heart – Br. James Koester
Br. James Koester
Preached at Church of St. Augustine and St. Martin, Boston
The Sixth Sunday of Easter
Over the last several weeks I have been busy in the greenhouse and the kitchen garden. I have begun to create a food forest by planting some fruit trees. Last week another Brother and I set up two bee hives. I have all kinds of things starting in the greenhouse. As I dig, and plant, and watch, a long-ago memory comes to mind as I remember that as a five-year-old, I wanted to be a farmer when I grew up. As I stand surveying the garden a deep sense of satisfaction comes over me as the dreams of that five-year-old unfold all over again.
And I am also aware of something else. I am aware of the presence and mystery of God. What I am doing as I dig and plant may not be prayer in the technical sense, but it is prayerful, and I am aware of the presence and mystery of God. Read More
Encountering Love – Br. Lain Wilson
Br. Lain Wilson
Preached at The Church of the Redeemer, Lexington, MA
The Sixth Sunday of Easter
On behalf of my Brothers of the Society of Saint John the Evangelist in Cambridge, I’m delighted to be with you all this morning. And happy Mother’s Day to everyone here, and to those watching online (including my mom!).
I’m especially delighted to be with you all on this Music Appreciation Sunday. I grew up surrounded by music. My earliest memories are filled with it. As a teenager, I sang in the cathedral choir. There, I learned what it was to be an Episcopalian. I learned the treasures of the Anglican musical tradition. Hymns and anthems continue to be one of my primary encounters with scripture and theology – including today’s gospel, which I still can’t help but hear in Thomas Tallis’s lush setting, “If ye love me.”
Music has also, in an important way, saved my life. Read More
Worship of God – Br. Curtis Almquist
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Acts 17:22-31
John 14:15-21
In the life of Moses, in Hebrew folklore, there is a remarkable passage. (1) Moses finds a shepherd in the desert. Moses spends the day with the shepherd and helps him milk his ewes. At the end of the day Moses sees that the shepherd puts the best milk he has in a wooden bowl, which he places on a flat stone, some distance away. So Moses asks him what it is for, and the shepherd replies, “This is God’s milk.” Moses is puzzled, and asks the shepherd what he means. The shepherd says, “I always take the best milk I possess, and I bring it as an offering to God.” Moses, who is far more sophisticated than the shepherd with his naïve faith, asks, “And does God drink it?” “Yes,” replies the shepherd, “God does.” Read More