“In seconds, the potential scene of bloodshed at WikiConference North America at Civic Hall in Union Square had been averted, a life may have been saved, and two volunteer editors of an online encyclopedia had become unlikely heroes.” #wikipedia #unarmed 🙏🏼

On the Feast of St. Luke the Evangelist: Jesus, the crucified, let not our feet take us from suffering to the other side of the road; keep us, with Luke, helpers, healers, and bearers of hope. Amen. - "A New Zealand Prayer Book"

Ebed-melech the Cushite, a eunuch in the king’s house, heard that they had put Jeremiah into the cistern. So Ebed-melech spoke to the king, “My lord king, these men have acted wickedly in all they did to the prophet Jeremiah by throwing him into the cistern to die there of hunger.” #Jeremiah38 1/3

“See, I am sending you out like sheep into the midst of wolves; so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves. When they hand you over, do not worry about what you are to say; for what you are to say will be given to you at that time; for it is the Spirit speaking.” #Matthew10 #dailyoffice

Giving thanks for the Israelis and Palestinians returning home today! Praying for the families of those who have died and for peace 🙏🏼

Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice in wrongdoing, but rejoices in the truth. #1Corinthians13 #dailyoffice

Ps. 1 To be happy, don’t be a jerk. Bask in the divine glow. Cultivate and delight in wisdom. Be like a tree whose roots drink in water and branches burst forth fruit season after season. Wicked ways lead to withered days. #Psalm1 #dailyoffice #poem

Seek the welfare of the city where I have sent you into exile, and pray to the Lord on its behalf, for in its welfare you will find your welfare. #Jeremiah29 #lectionary

If I speak in the tongues of mortals & of angels, but do not have love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have prophetic powers & understand all mysteries & all knowledge & if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. #1Corinthians12 #dailyoffice

Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit & there are varieties of services, but the same Lord & there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who activates them in everyone. To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good. #1Corinthians12 #dailyoffice

Good Lord, deliver us. 📕

OPINION: Unlike Trump, Leo acknowledges the reality of climate change and reaffirmed the church’s commitment to protect God’s creation. religionnews.com/2025/10/07/p...

"Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?" But when Jesus heard this, he said, "Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick.” #Matthew9 #dailyoffice

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

"The source of justice is not vengeance but charity." - Birgitta of Sweden, (c. 1303-1373)

The bread that we break, is it not a sharing in the body of Christ? Because there is one bread, we who are many are one body, for we all partake of the one bread. #1Corinthians10 #dailyoffice

The apostles said to the Lord, "Increase our faith!" The Lord replied, "If you had faith the size of a mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, 'Be uprooted and planted in the sea,' and it would obey you.” #Luke17 #lectionary

They went and woke him up, saying, "Lord, save us! We are perishing!" Jesus said to them, "Why are you afraid, you of little faith?" Then he got up and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a dead calm. They were amazed #Matthew8 #dailyoffice

I wrote this as the motivational speech I needed to hear at the start of summer and am sharing it now as autumn begins. Q: Is there a poem that reminds you of the change of seasons in life? #poem #poetry

BREAKING: The next Archbishop of Canterbury is to be the Rt Revd Sarah Mullally, the Bishop of London since 2018, Downing Street has announced. She is to be the first woman to hold the post #archbishopofcanterbury #nextABC #Archbishop106 www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/202...

Our former Canon Treasurer, The Rt Revd and Rt Hon Dame Sarah Mullally, has been named the new Archbishop of Canterbury ✝️ We welcome her appointment and look forward to the vital ministry that she will exercise in the Church of England, the nation, and the global Communion.

When Jesus had come down from the mountain, great crowds followed him; and there was a leper who came to him and knelt before him, saying, "Lord, if you choose, you can make me clean." He stretched out his hand and touched him, saying, "I do choose. Be made clean!" #Matthew8 #dailyoffice

Praying for repentance and mercy For all observing Yom Kippur For all affected by the Shutdown For all detained & terrified by ICE For hate to cease & wars to end For peace and true renewal 🙏🏼

"Everyone who hears these words of mine and does not act on them will be like a foolish man who built his house on sand. The rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell-- and great was its fall!" #Matthew7 #dailyoffice

"Ask, and it will be given you; search, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you. For everyone who asks receives, and everyone who searches finds, and for everyone who knocks, the door will be opened.” #Matthew7 #dailyoffice

For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, and in their eagerness to be rich some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pains. But as for you, shun all this; pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance, gentleness. #1Timothy6 #lectionary

“Have patience with me, Lord; yet I have not wherewith to pay, I confess to Thee; forgive me the whole debt, I beseech Thee.” - Lancelot Andrewes, Bishop of Winchester(1555-1626), oversaw translation of the King James Version Bible #KJV 🕯️

"You have heard that it was said, 'You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.' But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be children of your Father in heaven” - Jesus #Matthew5 #dailyoffice #morningprayer

As one was felling a log, his ax head fell into the water; he cried out, "Alas, master! It was borrowed." Then the man of God said, "Where did it fall?" When he showed him the place, Elisha cut off a stick, threw it in there & made the iron float. He said, "Pick it up." #2Kings6 #dailyoffice

Happy Rosh Hashanah and shana tova! 🍎 🍯

“His education in practical poetics, to coin a useful phrase, forged ahead at the Poetry Project at St Mark’s Church in Manhattan” #tec

Happy 21st night of September!

"The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved." For the hurt of my poor people I am hurt, I mourn, and dismay has taken hold of me. Is there no balm in Gilead? #Jeremiah8 #lectionary

I put my phone in my pocket and heard a bird saw a butterfly looking up a pair of woodpeckers squirrels playing in the treetops across the way a robin with a worm last weeks’ buds, now blossoms (1/2)

There is a balm in Gilead To make the wounded whole; There is a balm in Gilead To heal the sin-sick soul. Some times I feel discouraged, And think my work’s in vain, But then the Holy Spirit Revives my soul again. #Spiritual #Proper20C #lectionary #sermonearworm

"You are the light of the world. No one after lighting a lamp puts it under the basket, but on the lampstand & it gives light to all in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works & give glory to your Father in heaven.” #Matthew5 #dailyoffice

"Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled. "Blessed are the merciful, for they will receive mercy. "Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God. "Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God #Matthew5 #dailyoffice

As he walked by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon, who is called Peter & Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea-- for they were fishermen. He said to them, "Follow me & I will make you fish for people." Immediately they left their nets & followed him. #Matthew4 #dailyoffice

Now when Jesus heard that John had been arrested, he withdrew to Galilee. He left Nazareth and made his home in Capernaum by the sea From that time Jesus began to proclaim, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near." #Matthew4 #dailyoffice

If I have told you about earthly things and you do not believe, how can you believe if I tell you about heavenly things? #John3 #dailyoffice #HolyCrossDay Photo from #HolyCrossMonastery #tec

Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. #Philippians4 #dailyoffice

Revive your church, Lord God of hosts, whenever it falls into complacency and sloth, by raising up devoted leaders like your servant John Henry Hobart; and grant that their faith and vigor of mind may awaken your people to your message & their mission www.christchurchshorthills.org/bishop-john-...

Something within my being has been stirred; my seeking brought a gift beyond compare: the gift of language loosed my halting tongue; God’s praise is now my prayer. - Patricia B. Clark #Ecc51 #wisdom #WonderLoveandPraise #DailyPrayerforAllSeasons

I remember sitting in this room in 2001…when someone burst in to tell us the World Trade Center Towers had been hit. That shock and confusion, which led to protests and depression, led to a call to ministry, and years later, a son born on 9/11. From a “Postcard to God” #september11 #nyc #uts Rm207

Do all things without murmuring and arguing, so that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, in which you shine like stars in the world. #Philippians2 #dailyoffice

Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility regard others as better than yourselves. Let each of you look not to your own interests, but to the interests of others. Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus #Philippians2 #dailyoffice

Happy are they who consider the poor and needy! the Lord will deliver them in the time of trouble. #Psalm41 #dailyoffice

Be patient, therefore, beloved, until the coming of the Lord. The farmer waits for the precious crop from the earth, being patient with it until it receives the early and the late rains. You also must be patient. #James5 #dailyoffice #patient

Ps 139 and Ps 146 are the last (for now) in a series of short poems inspired by the Psalms that I’ve written over the past year (links to all in post below). These 15 offerings are a tithe in gratitude for the endless richness of the Psalter.

Show by your good life that your works are done with gentleness born of wisdom. #James3 #dailyoffice