THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER (1940 Hymnal #142), a Devotion on a Hymn for Veteran’s Day, 7 November 2017 Anno Domini (St. Andrews Parish Church) Since Veteran’s Day is fast approaching (November 11) I have decided to write, for the first time, a devotion on our National Anthem. Most Americans whose heads are graced with at [...]
Twenty-First Sunday after Trinity GRANT, we beseech thee, merciful Lord, to thy faithful people pardon and peace, that they may be cleansed from all their sins, and serve thee with a quiet mind; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. As this biblically-based prayer of Collect clearly reveals, forgiveness and comfort can only come to [...]
“And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second beast say, Come and see. And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a [...]
The land of Ancient Persia (modern day Iran) is rich in literary works of great writers such as Ferdowsi (The Shanameh), Kayyam’s Rubaiyat, Hafez, Attar of Nishapur, and Saadi Shirazi, just to name a few. Below is a Persian Parable by Saadi Shirazi (around 1000 A.D.) that has strong application to our own day: [...]
This powerful hymn may be the greatest of all to come out of the Reformation. Written by the leading Reformer, Martin Luther, in 1529, this hymn became the rallying anthem of the Reformation. Very like the French La Marseillaise whose rousing strains aided Napoleon to win many victories, or the British Anthem, God Save the [...]
THE WHITE HORSE (First Seal) “And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see. And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a [...]
Today is the Twentieth Sunday after Trinity in the Endless Green Season. On Point Someone asked, where do the quotes come from? The answer is from the people who uttered them. But, how did you find them? Oh, that. Some from Bishop Jerry, many from Rev Bryan Dabney, a few from other places, some [...]
St Andrews Anglican Orthodox Church 29 October 2017 Anno Domini PRAYER Matthew 19: 3 The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause? 4 And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made [...]
Today is the Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity in the Endless Green Season. On Point Someone asked, where do the quotes come from? The answer is from the people who uttered them. But, how did you find them? Oh, that. Some from Bishop Jerry, many from Rev Bryan Dabney, a few from other places, [...]
“1 After this there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.2 Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches. 3In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the [...]