Do not be distressed, or angry with yourselves, because you sold me here; for God sent me before you to preserve life. We Anglicans make quite a big thing about being inclusive. We like to be welcoming and accepting of people. We like to be nice to people! We have a rainbow flag here in […]

Food is a powerful symbol because it is so basic a need – life is not possible without it. When we eat together, whether we are feasting on our bounty or stretching our rations, we recognize our mutual need as bodily creatures –  eating together is an act of solidarity that binds us together. This […]

As our pilgrim group stood by the pools of Bethesda in the Muslim quarter of the old city of Jerusalem the gunfire was so deafening that we couldn’t hear the person who was reading. Inside the serene gardens of the White Fathers, with the French tricolour flying confidently over St Anne’s church, we were quite […]

         For those of us who have just returned from pilgrimage to the Holy Land, this morning’s Gospel story of the sower and the seed has a special resonance.  There is something about the geography and typography of that part of the world that makes this parable of Jesus come vividly to […]

“Come to me, all you that are weary and are carrying burdens, and I will give you rest.” Such beautiful words. They sound like my bed feels at the end of a very long day; or like my mother’s arms when I was a child, frustrated at my inability to get something right; or like […]

I am angry. In fact I am very very angry.  And I know that some of you are angry too. Why is it that we hate each other so much?  Why do we drive each other out to die in the desert? Why do people kill each other.  What is going on. Over this last […]

SERMON: Trinity Sunday: 1st after Pentecost In the name of the holy and undivided Trinity, one God now and forever. Amen. Oddly enough, this morning’s readings are all about beginnings and endings. I’m not sure if this was done on purpose, but it struck me rather unexpectedly as I was preparing this sermon. We have […]

Dr. Damian Zynda teaches spiritual direction at Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska and is the Director of Formation at the Church of the Transfiguration in the Diocese of Rochester, NY. She is the author of “Archbishop Oscar Romero: A Disciple Who Revealed the Glory of God,” published by the University of Scranton Press in 2010. […]