Dec 5 Morning Prayer

Who hasn’t felt the urge to scream at the top of their lungs, “I’m free to be what I want?” The question is, “Are you?” The answer is complicated—in some ways you are, but in some ways, you aren’t. We have all been in situations where we felt pressure to conform to someone else’s expectations…

Prelude                                Prelude for Soft Stops in G Major             Henry Smart Henry Smart (1813-1879) was organist in several London churches and an organ designer. Known for the hymn tunes Regent Square and Lancashire, he was one of the earliest in England to compose pedal parts in his organ music. (English organs commonly had a pedal keyboard…

  CHAPTER 5 Overall discussion of Sacraments and early church: Holy Order: The Church has recognized three distinct orders of ordained ministry since the time of the apostles. Bishops, priests, and deacons each have distinct leadership functions. Through a process of mutual discernment, the Church recognizes those who are called by God to ordained ministry…

Morning Prayer video June 26 2019: Begins at 7:50 mark, turn on volume to listen…  If you enjoy, please feel free to share.

OBSERVATIONS ON THE COMMANDMENTS OF JESUS  The Rev’d. Allen Fisher Your Lord is Whom You Obey Jesus says to all of His followers, “If you truly love me, obey my commandments” (cf.Jhn.14:15;Matt.19:17), and “Go and make other disciples of all peoples baptizing them in the Name of the Father and the Son and the Holy…

The Wall Street Journal By  CLARE ANSBERRY  March 3, 2015 1:08 p.m. ET Many people change faiths, but not like Brad and Chad Jones. Identical twins, the brothers grew up in Elkin, N.C., a small town in the Bible Belt, the only children of devout Baptists. As boys, they attended the First Baptist Church of…