It has been months since I have written here... many times I have thought of posting something, but life just gets in the way...
The things I would have written in the three months I have been silent:
-- how Ezekiel 37 ('Dem dry bones) so spoke to me this Easter Vigil as I came out of 18 months of unemployment and re-entered parish life, that what had been a personal disaster, a desert time, was finally resurrected with the knowledge that once again I was back in parish ministry... at Church of Our Saviour, Killington, where I have been living since 7 September 2012, but now it is official that we are partners in ministry...
-- my utter awe and gratitude to wake up every morning in such a gorgeous place, knowing how blessed I am to live here for how ever long...
-- dealing with elderly cats and parents...
So there I am... so much, too much to the point of being on overload.
candles
Light one in your heart.... click on the photo to see a short video of burning velas.
caminante sign
IAES symbol
“The Windsor report. It’s just a report. When did it become like the Bible? The Covenant. Why do we need another Covenant? We have the Baptismal Covenant. We have the Creeds. What else do we need?” Bishop Martín Barahona, former Primate of la Iglesia de la Región de Central América and Bishop of the Iglesia Anglicana Episcopal de El Salvador
About Me
- Caminante
- I am a life-long Episcopalian, who has been ordained since 1993. I was rector of a family-size congregation from 1994-2008 and and ended three years as priest in partnership at a pastoral-size congregation in Vermont's fourth-largest city (Rutland) in 2011. Now I am vicar of a tiny congregation in the Green Mountains of Vermont. I am involved in church governance at the diocesan, church-wide and international Anglican levels. I was a member of a CREDO faculty team working with the clergy and lay leaders of l'Eglise Episcopale d'Haiti. I also try to go to El Salvador a few times a year and am officially Canon Missioner of the Anglican Episcopal Church of El Salvador (since 2004). In 2007, I finished the 1570 km Chemin de Saint Jacques/Camino de Santiago de Compostela. I greatly enjoy hiking in the Vermont Greens and NH Whites and reflect on those hikes. In 2010 I also completed walking the 273 mile-long Long Trail in the Green Mountains of Vermont... maybe next the Appalachian Trail? Lastly but most important, I am a cat-fanatic. (N.B. Whatever I post here does not reflect either the opinions of my congregation or of The Episcopal Church but merely those of an individual.)
Inspiration Pilgrimage
Photos and description of the Camino de Santiago/Chemin de Saint Jaques
la prêtre branchée
You said what???
Cats for Obama
Mooooo
One campaign
MDGs
Sisyphus
Life in Vermont
Free Zone
¡Gracias!, Padre Mickey
4 comments:
We are still with you...
Keeping ones eye on the immediate, the actual, the trust is what works for me. I am always amazed by your continued walk up and down the trail...you are much admired by me and thanks for this full-up posting of spiritual stamina in the face of difficult times and self-searching. Wonderful vista...onward we go.
Thank you both for your kind comments. I deeply appreciate your accompaniment.
TBTG!
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