Almighty and everlasting God, you hate nothing you have made and forgive the sins of all who are penitent: Create and make in us new and contrite
The Campaign of Repentance
I was stirred by the one word in the Collect: “Grant, O Lord, that we may begin with holy fasting this campaign [my emphasis] of Christian service,
A Season to Remember: An Ash Wednesday Message to the Anglican Communities of Charlotte
Joel 2:1-2,12-17; 2 Corinthians 5:20b-6:10 Many of us instinctively feel the need for seasons. We can look at my own state of North Carolina as an
Perfect Hatred: An Ash Wednesday Response to Those Not on My Side (Or God’s for that matter)
The Psalmist, David, wrote, in one of the several so-called imprecatory Psalms these words: "Do not I hate them, O Lord, that hate thee? And am not I
The Secret Life of a Seminary President: Reflections on Ash Wednesday
Introduction to the ReadingYou have heard the old adage, "I must catch up with the others for I am their leader. Well that is the way that I feel. I