The Conscience of the Via Media: Faith, Liberty, and the Common Good By +Brian Ernest Brown, CWC I’ve often found myself too conservative for my progressive friends and too liberal for my conservative friends. I understand why. I believe in universal medical care, free education, fair wages, and our duty…
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Love that Fulfills the Law
Love that Fulfills the LawBy +Brian Ernest Brown, CWC Proper 18 Year AExodus 12:1-14 Psalm 149 Romans 13:8-14 Matthew 18:15-20 When we hear these readings together, we’re drawn into the very heart of what it means to belong to God and to one another. Exodus takes us back to the…
The Rest We Cannot Earn
Sunday Closest to July 6Proper 9Year ARCL Genesis 24:34-38, 42-49, 58-67Psalm 45: 11-18Romans 7:15-25aMatthew 11:16-19, 25-30 The Rest We Cannot Earn By +Brian Ernest Brown, CWC Every single one of us knows what it feels like to be completely exhausted from the inside out. I am not just talking about…
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The God Who Draws Us Into Love
Genesis 1:1-2:4aPsalm 82 Corinthians 13:11-13Matthew 28:16-20 The Sunday after Pentecost, which we often celebrate as Trinity Sunday, can feel a little intimidating. Over the centuries, theologians have filled libraries trying to explain how God can be Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, three persons and yet one God. Those reflections have…