from Christian Century
The parish liturgy committee decided to adopt the contemporary version of the Lord’s Prayer for use during worship. From now on, at least at one of the services, we’d be “sinners” instead of “trespassers.” The next Sunday a distraught man cornered me. “You’ve taken the Lord’s Prayer away from us!”
I was shocked. What did he mean? We’d been preparing and educating people for this small change for years. How could changing a few words “take away” the Lord’s Prayer?
I thought: maybe the Lord’s Prayer was not part of …

From where comes our worth?  For those of you who prefer Rite I, from whence cometh our worth?
I think this is a fundamental question that so many, especially those in younger generations, have never asked themselves.  Even worse – they’ve never been told.  What defines us a human beings and grants us intrinsic value?  Because the question has been left unanswered and too often, unasked, we embark on a misguided voyage to find out for ourselves.  We look for our worth in the eyes of others.   We engage in …

This week, on at least three nights, members of St Timothy’s spent the night at Samaritan Ministries downtown.  On Thursday night, the group included four of your ministry staff.  We arrived at 6pm, received our instructions, served beef stew and rice, chatted with the men, cleaned up, had a devotion at 10pm, and then we all took turns watching the security monitors for two hours during the night.  For all the nuts and bolts and more, go to Samaritan’s website.
This was the second time I’ve been to Samaritan this year …