Month: April 2022
Holy Week ’22 at St John the Apostle, Madrid, Spain
Read More: Holy Week ’22 at St John the Apostle, Madrid, SpainThe solemn observance of this year’s holy week at St John the Apostle Parish Church of the Charismatic Episcopal Church (CEC) in Madrid, Spain kicked off with the traditional celebration of Palm Sunday on 10 April at the chapel of Parroquia de Nuestra Señora de las Delicias. Initial activities of displaying, waving, and blessing palms…
A special invitation
Read More: A special invitationPalm Sunday, 10 April 2022 Life is a journey. Paul Coelho said, “Our life is a constant journey, from birth to death. The landscape changes, the people change, our needs change, but the train keeps moving. Life is the train, not the station.”[1] We’re pilgrims and sojourners on earth, a temporary place where nothing is permanent; we won’t…
The Patriarch’s 2022 Easter Message
Read More: The Patriarch’s 2022 Easter MessageDear Brothers, It is hard to believe that Holy Week and the Paschal Feast are here. The ancient liturgical events from Palm Sunday through Holy Week and culminating on Easter morning are so rich. I know each of you will be preparing sermons, and that is good. But the liturgy will do a great deal of the preaching…
The God who does not condemn
Read More: The God who does not condemn5th Sunday in Lent, 2 April 2022 John 8:2-11 C. S. Lewis said people will not understand Christianity until they become a Christian. I cannot judge a country I have never visited. People view something differently from a distance, and often our judgment is influenced by “social media” and news. There are things we won’t understand about Jesus until…
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Everything Will Live Where the River Goes
The Charismatic Episcopal Church is in a season of recovering who we always were. Believing in the active presence of the gifts, and seeing them practiced as normal Christianity, is foundational to our understanding of the Holy Spirit and the Christian life. This year’s Three Streams Ignited conference put that conviction on display for three…
Reflections from Kenya: What Africa Does to You!
It had been more than two decades since I last traveled toKenya, following the late Archbishop Benson Thomas Otieno’sleadership in bringing many churches into the ICCEC. On thatearlier trip, I had the privilege of taking part in theconsecration of three Kenyan bishops. This time, my wife and I joined a team spending two weeksministering across…
The Same as Before, Only More
From Three Streams United Substack: From February through July, I was in Madrid for the selection of our new Patriarch, in Paris for his installation, at 3SI: The River, and finally in San Clemente for the Patriarch’s Council. I have borrowed a phrase from Bishop Jason Epps to describe each of them, because I have…
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