CONFIRM MY HEART'S DESIRE

Welcome! You'll find here occasional writings, a few rants, and hopefully some insights too, about Christian discipleship, the Episcopal Church, and on faith community's life (at least from my viewpoint) at the Parish of the Epiphany in Winchester, Massachusetts, where I am blessed to serve as the rector. At the Epiphany we understand ourselves to be "a welcoming Episcopal community, united in God, called to seek and serve Christ in all persons, and to transform the world with love and generosity."
Why this title, "confirm my heart's desire"?
The title comes from a line in Charles Wesley's hymn, O Thou Who Camest from Above. You can read the text and listen to a schmaltzy-sounding version of the tune here. The hymn is not widely known, except in England, but with persistence on my part, and with the persuasion of other musicians, priests, and hymn-nerds, it's gaining, slowly, additional admirers.




09 February 2013

Snow...doing God's will


The glory of a New England blizzard. Now the storms are given names, and this weekend's was Nemo.
I love everything about a blizzard: I love watching it, listening to it, I love it that there is still snow, and I even love shoveling it.

In Psalm 148:8 the psalmist bids us to praise God..."fire and hail, snow and fog, tempestuous wind, doing God's will."

I'm praying tonight for all those for whom this blizzard was not welcomed, or for whom it has meant increased hardship, or stress. I pray God's blessing and protection on the men and women from the Parish of the Epiphany who are trying to make their way home from Haiti (they're stuck in Miami).

Tomorrow we'll gather to praise God for gathering us once again, we'll welcome the newest members to our community, and after our worship, we'll have the Junior Choir play. See you in church.