By Mark Clavier I sat on a rock beside my tent high up on Cadair Idris, admiring the way the wind tickled the surface of Llyn Cau in the fading autumn sunlight. On three sides of the mountain lake, rock and turf climbed sharply upwards towards the summit. Behind me, the valley Cwm Cau (Welsh for closing valley) dropped away towards the east and south, its centre traced by a … [Read more...] about Timeless & Personal: Finding God on Cwm Cau
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Bp. Scanlan on Prayers
The Rt. Rev. Audrey Scanlan, Bishop of Central Pennsylvania, reflects on different forms of prayer that she practices day by day: There is a soaking or bathing prayer in which I take my prayer list into an intentional time of meditation and intercession, offering to God the needs and concerns of those for whom I [am] praying. I do this every morning as I begin my day. It … [Read more...] about Bp. Scanlan on Prayers
Taizé Brothers to Visit VTS
Adapted from Virginia Theological SeminaryBrother Emmanuel and Brother John of the Taizé Community will lead a musical meditation at 1:30 p.m. April 21 at Virginia Theological Seminary.The Taizé Community is an ecumenical monastic order in Taizé, Saône-et-Loire, Burgundy, France. It is composed of more than 100 brothers, from Protestant and Catholic traditions, who originate … [Read more...] about Taizé Brothers to Visit VTS
Trinitarian palimpsest
Cæli enarrant I’ve grown attached to reading one of the final sentences of Scripture from the end of Morning Prayer, St. Paul’s “Grace” of 2 Corinthians 13:14, through the lens of three images on the wall of my apartment, apportioning its triune blessing among them. And then, as a further “prayer for the principal gifts of the Three Persons” (Marion Hatchett, Commentary on … [Read more...] about Trinitarian palimpsest