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wnknisely, 6 days ago to random

The Holy Spirit drives us out of our intellectual and emotional fortifications

The Spirit took the disciples into the pagan lands, showed them decisively that God was not going to limit God's love. The Spirit doesn't just lead us into foreign lands - it leads us into the ways of thinking too. If truth is truth, shouldn't scientific truth need to be taken seriously by the Church who seeks the Lord of Truth.

https://entangledstates.org/2024/05/18/the-holy-spirit-drives-us-out-of-our-intellectual-and-emotional-fortifications/

wnknisely, 13 days ago to random

Ascensiontide: The Apostles act on their own, taking a step in faith

What I find fascinating in this week’s reading from Acts is the way the gathered Apostles decided to chose the next Apostle, and the faith that they displayed in so doing. First, they began to prepare for the future. (Twelve was an important number, but it stopped being the defining number. Apostles were killed, or died. New Apostles emerged or were elected.

https://entangledstates.org/2024/05/11/ascensiontide-the-apostles-act-on-their-own-taking-a-step-in-faith/

wnknisely, 16 days ago to random

The Conversation: Political polarization may resolve itself

Polarization may phase out of American politics as younger generations shift into power: The sharp increase in political polarization in America over the past 50 years has been driven in part by how different generations think about politics. But the rise of younger generations to political power may actually erase the deep social divisions associated with polarization. That’s one of the strong possibilities…

https://entangledstates.org/2024/05/09/the-conversation-political-polarization-may-resolve-itself/

wnknisely, 20 days ago to random

What does it mean to be a Friend of Jesus?

Perhaps you’ve heard someone describe themself as a “Friend of Bill”? That doesn’t mean they’re literally a friend of a person named Bill, they’re not in a relationship. It means that the person is a following the 12 Step program that Bill W had a part in creating. It means that the person is working on overcoming their addiction and trying maintain their sobriety.

https://entangledstates.org/2024/05/04/what-does-it-mean-to-be-a-friend-of-jesus/

wnknisely, 25 days ago to random

The quality of holiness

This surfaced in my daily review of highlights from books I’ve read over the past couple of decades. I hope we still have space in our common life in the Episcopal Church and the Anglican Communion for the irrational holiness of the numinous.

https://entangledstates.org/2024/04/30/the-quality-of-holiness/

wnknisely, 27 days ago to random

Jesus is the vine, it all depends on him

All nourishment, all life comes from him. We use that nourishment and that life to bring forth fruit and seeds. Fruit that will feed others. Seeds that will plant new vines, with roots that go deep into the dark rich soil and bring forth everything that is necessary for more fruit and new seeds to be created. That seems simple and clear, but I don’t think we generally think about what it means.

https://entangledstates.org/2024/04/27/jesus-is-the-vine-it-all-depends-on-him/

wnknisely, 1 month ago to random

A new kind of Shepherd

Describing the ruler of the people as a shepherd of the people is common in Mediterranean cultures. The Pharaoh is often depicted holding a flail and a shepherd’s crook as a sign that he was both a war leader and a shepherd to the people of his Empire. The rulers of Babylon and Assyria were described in the same way. King David was a shepherd before he was the King.

https://entangledstates.org/2024/04/20/a-new-kind-of-shepherd/

wnknisely, 1 month ago to random

The Wounds Remain. They point to something important.

My apologies again this week. I’m writing this from our diocesan Camp and Conference Center (ECC) where I’m spending the weekend on retreat with the deacons of Rhode Island. It’s an incredible blessing to spend this time with them, to get reacquainted after being dispersed around the state and from each other for over a year, to hear their stories, and to pray together.

https://entangledstates.org/2024/04/13/the-wounds-remain-they-point-to-something-important/

wnknisely, 1 month ago to random

My daughter’s photo from the Third CT Lake is my favorite so far.

wnknisely, 1 month ago to random

Not the best image but it’s just beginning here

wnknisely, 1 month ago to random

Excitement rising! Skies look great this morning.

wnknisely, 1 month ago to random

Binding and Loosing; the role of the Church in a post Resurrection Cosmos

It’s been quite the week for me. We had a wonderful celebration of Easter Day at Trinity Church in Newport RI, and then I jumped headlong into a long list of chores and tasks that got put off during the last weeks of Lent and Holy Week. I say all that to ask for your understanding that I’m not posting a new sermon, but rather reposting one from three years ago.

https://entangledstates.org/2024/04/06/binding-and-loosing-the-role-of-the-church-in-a-post-resurrection-cosmos/

wnknisely, 1 month ago to random

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/06/science/eclipse-prediction-ancient-greece-thales.html?unlocked_article_code=1.iU0.O5Y_.gcFYIhRZJ2fF&smid=url-share

wnknisely, 1 month ago to random

Tested my eclipse glasses this morning - they're not counterfeit! I'm starting to plan how we're going to observe from Rhode Island as the weather looks good for us on Monday.

wnknisely, 1 month ago to random

Happy Easter!

And nice series sweep by the Buccos!

wnknisely, 1 month ago to random

Easter Faith Brings Hope Into the World Today

There’s good reason to be worried. There’s good reason to be pessimistic. There is little reason to be hopeful. But Easter brings hope in the midst of doubt. For those who have eyes to see, or hearts to discern; Easter changed everything, though only a small group of people understood that at the time and that might well be true now too.

https://entangledstates.org/2024/03/30/easter-faith-brings-hope-into-the-world-today/

wnknisely, 1 month ago to random

Holding clergy everywhere in prayer this morning as the Church prepares to enter into the most sacred days of its liturgical life this evening.

wnknisely, 1 month ago to random

One more "sleep" until Baseball's opening day!

wnknisely, 2 months ago to random

To human eyes, an upside down triumph

What we think of success and power is not how God thinks of them. God who has everything, all success and all power, gives it all up to save us and to transform who we are, and to remake the Creation that had gone sideways. Jesus, stages the “anti” Triumph when he enters Jerusalem on Palm Sunday. He comes as saving victim, who forgives us while he is dying, a death that happens because of our rejection and turning from God.

https://entangledstates.org/2024/03/23/to-human-eyes-an-upside-down-triumph/

wnknisely, 2 months ago to random

Go bulldogs! @YaleDivinitySchool

wnknisely, 2 months ago to random

It’s alive!
https://www.threads.net/

wnknisely, 2 months ago to random

I'm able to follow myself on Threads here! @wnknisely - neat.

Now I just have to wait to see if some of the bigger News accounts that are active on Threads but not on Mastodon turn on sharing too. Then I can pretty much access everything I'd like to access from Mastodon.

wnknisely, 2 months ago to random

The Return of Sacral Rulership?

The Divine role of Emperor or King seems to be making a comeback. The Return of Sacral Rulership?: Ancients would learn, and our Founders too, that the language of sacral rulership is incompatible with a functioning democracy or republic. In 1787 Ben Franklin famously declared that with the Constitution, the founders had given America “a Republic, if you can keep it.” Franklin knew well the perils faced by republics because he had an…

https://entangledstates.org/2024/03/18/the-return-of-sacral-rulership/