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  • Expectant in Bethlehem: Monday of the First Week of Advent

    Almighty God, give us grace to cast away the works of darkness, and put on the armor of light, now in the time of this mortal life in which your Son Jesus Christ came to visit us in great humility;… Continue reading

  • Expectant in Bethlehem: Advent 2012

    Once again I will be offering my daily Advent Meditations. This season will include some of my favorites from earlier years. The posts will begin on Monday, December 3, 2012. I will be traveling to the diocese of Kajo-Keji in… Continue reading

  • The Wisdom in Yearning

    A Meditation on Psalm 14 The fool has said in her heart, “There is no God.” On any given morning of any given day, even the most devout person can look for God and find…nothing. Perhaps this is because she… Continue reading

  • The Way It Goes

    Why think God has not touched everything that comes to your desk? True, He may have kept the best for Himself. That is just the way it goes. (Rabia of Basra c.717-801, translated by Daniel Ladinsky in Love Poems from… Continue reading

  • Deflecting the Senseless

    On Irenaeus A sermon preached by Canon Anne E. Kitch at Diocesan House June 28, 2012 Last night our Diocesan deputies to General Convention enjoyed a wonderful dinner hosted by our Bishop. The evening was part of our preparation for… Continue reading

  • Real Presence

    A sermon preached by Canon Anne E. Kitch Thursday in the Fourth Week of Easter, May 3, 2012 “So many years since I saw you last,” writes the poet David Whyte in a poem called “Remember.” So many years since… Continue reading

  • Easter in the Wilderness: Come, rejoice!

    Now the green blade riseth from the buried grain,wheat that in dark earth many days has lain;love lives again, that with the dead has been: Love is come againlike wheat that springeth green.   In the grave they laid him,… Continue reading

  • Wilderness Yearning: Holy Saturday

    April 7, 2012 Will your loving-kindness be declared in the grave?   your faithfulness in the land of destruction?    Psalm 88:3, 12 As the morning becomes full, my house is still sleeping. Yesterday we gave ourselves to the telling of the… Continue reading

  • Wilderness Yearning: Good Friday

      April 6, 2011 Simon Peter said to him, ‘Lord, where are you going?’ Jesus answered, ‘Where I am going, you cannot follow me now; but you will follow afterwards.’ Peter said to him, ‘Lord, why can I not follow… Continue reading

  • Wilderness Yearning: Maundy Thursday

    April 5, 2012 I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love… Continue reading