June 2011
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Photos of Caleb
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March 2011
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The Sonorous Banalities
On interpreting the Scriptures:“And surely, in a country that has demonstrated a decided preference for the sonorous banalities of Kahlil Gibran over the austere bluntness of St. Paul, it is hermeneutical common sense to make the rough places smooth.” - Eugene Peterson, Working the Angles Posted via email from Blake Schwendimann | Comment »
PHOTOS: St. Matthew's Church Details
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Earning Respect Instead of Making Noise
A lot of pundits spend all day on their blogs telling everyone why they right and you are wrong. Unfortunately, no matter how cunning their rhetoric is, no matter how many proof texts they have, and no matter how “right” they are, people aren’t listening. Why? Is it because no one believes in right or wrong anymore? Should we just blame it on the evils of society that people...
February 2011
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Good Fruit Starts with Dirt
The past year I’ve been giving a shot at gardening. My wife and I have a small garden where we grow basil, thyme, mint, rosemary, tomatoes, a fig tree and other plants/herbs we find useful in the kitchen. I’ve learned is that gardening is messy and it takes time. I’ve also learned that it is dirty, and each time I go into my small garden, look at the soil, and look at the fig...
What's Next? Adorn Yourself With Christ
Epiphany 5 Meditation April 6, 7:30 AM Eucharist Colossians 3 :12 What’s next? Adorn yourself with Christ. As we approach the end of the Epiphany Season, the themes in the prayer book get very practical and indirectly, are challenging us to ask, “What’s next?” Christmas to Epiphany/ Epiphany to LentChrist has come to us in Christmas, and He has been made manifest to us as...
Prayer: Space and Time Matter
“I was glad when they said unto me, we will go into the house of the Lord.”- King David, Psalm 122“There’s a reason they built those cathedrals.” -Seth Godin This morning, Seth Godin pointed out that space matters. Sorry astronomers, not outer space, but the space you accomplish your work, get creative, get angry, or even, pray. This got me...
Kid's Chapel & The Presentation of Christ in the...
Wow. It’s been 40 days since Christmas, so for Chapel today, we spoke about Jesus being brought to the Temple, from Luke 2. I admit, I didn’t know where to begin. The kids aren’t necessarily interested in the various names of the season, that it’s also known as Candlemas or the Purification of the Virgin Mary. Besides being good for them to know the history of Christian...
January 2011
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The history of Christendom is the history of an...
“The beginning of Christendom is, strictly, at a point out of time. A metaphysical trigonometry finds it among the spiritual Secrets, at the meeting of two heavenward lines, one drawn from Bethany along the Ascent of the Messias, the other from Jerusalem against the Descent of the Paraclete. That measurement, the measurement of eternity in operation, of the bright cloud and the rushing wind,...
The Sanctification of Time
by The Rev’d Canon Stephen C. Scarlett Rector of St. Matthew’s Church Advent, Christmas and Epiphany focus on the coming, arrival and revelation of the Messiah. These themes work on two levels. The first level is centered on the Incarnation. We await and prepare for this in Advent. We celebrate it at Christmas. We discover what it means in Epiphany. The second level is centered on...
March 2010
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December 2009
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Advent and the Modern Mind
Matthew J. Smith is a Candidate for the Ph.D. in literature at the University of Southern California. He holds an M.A. from the University of Connecticut and a B.A. from Biola University. Matthew will be co-leading the elective adult class in the forthcoming Education Hour at St. Matthew’s Church.—- In Anglicanism, the season of Advent is linked to the remembrance of end-times events. This...
Sermon for the Last Sunday in Advent
By my friend, The Rev. William Martin of All Saints Anglican Church, Mills River, NC -blakeAdvent IV December 18, 2009 Rejoice in the Lord always, and again I say, Rejoice. The theme of this Sunday is truly one of repentance and mourning. The Gospel and Epistle for the day do not exactly reveal these spiritual habits, but they are clearly present. They are to be found...
The Riches of the Poor: A Glimpse of our Haitian...
by Christopher Becher and Ted de la Haye As the sun beats down high onto the coastal hills northeast of Haiti’s capital, a group of young children, boys and girls all under the age of 14, walk down a dirt trail following the valley’s contours to the sea. Three boys lead the way with buckets in each hand, silent save the sound of dry dust kicked up with each step. The tallest wears rain...
November 2009
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Bishop Wilson: A First Century Disciple
Bishop Wilson - A First Century Disciple Lisa Marion, O/OSB St. Matthew’s Church, Newport Beach, CA My anxiety grew as I circled the parking lot looking for a place to park. I had been invited to dinner with Bishop Wilson from the Sudan and the clergy from our church. I had been waiting for this day for some time. It was the culmination of weeks of planning; emails, phone calls and...
October 2009
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Captain James T. Kirk
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My first Baptism as a deacon
The mother of the child I baptized snapped this pic of me, unknowingly. I love the clouds. It was a peaceful day at Crystal Cove. Posted via email from Blake Schwendimann | Comment »
My life in books
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Ritual, Eucharist, & Wendell Berry
I’ve been re-reading Wendell Berry’s short novel, Remembering. This book deals with a man’s relationship to himself, his family and his heritage. He is seeking to find his place in his vocation and his familial environments. Every act of remembrance is sacramental and pulls him into deeper meaning. Berry’s writing is so poetic and beautiful it is easy to get caught up in...
September 2009
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August 2009
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