Ken's e-Pistle January 24, 2024 Years ago, Harry Emerson Fosdick wrote in his work, The Manhood of the Master, “The Master prayed as naturally as a sleeping child breathes.” The more I pray, the more I like that phrase. To me it represents the description of how our prayer should be. Over the years [...]
Ken's e-Pistle January 17, 2024 Old Man Winter is knocking on our collective doors. As I type this missive, I am sequestered in my study, warmly bound in a wool sweater and looking out across the frozen landscape. The weather reports say that the main roads are passable but the secondary roads remain treacherous. [...]
Ken's e-Pistle January 10, 2024 We were all saddened to learn of the passing of Coy Temples this past week. As I mentioned in Worship, he was a remarkable scholar, veteran, barrister, judge, presbyter and friend. My memories of him hail from 10-15 years ago, long before his lengthy decline. Truth be told, I [...]
Ken's e-Pistle January 3, 2024 Some years back, probably more than I want to remember now, I took a personal retreat at a monastery. This particular group of religious men observed a discipline called Canonical Hours. It outlined times of work and prayer in such a way that you became keenly aware of the [...]
Ken's e-Pistle December 20, 2023 Well, it is all coming together. By this time in Advent I have reconciled myself to the fact that some things are not going to happen, some events will go unobserved and some of my best hopes for Advent and Christmas won’t be realized. That is OK. I do [...]
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