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Pastoral Note: Changes

It’s not for me to say whether, or how, it will affect any of you, dear readers and parishioners. For me, there are changes. In ways large and small, we live in the time of Peleg again (Genesis 10:25). It’s … Continue reading

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All of the Good Names Are Already Taken

(I’m preparing a document to help explain the peculiarities of this ministry. What follows is a first draft, but there is more to come.) We are a virtual parish with no physical organizational manifestation. Strictly speaking, we do not claim … Continue reading

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Party Like Heaven Came Down

The Holy Spirit is my publicity agent. My message here has little appeal to mainstream Christian believers as a whole. They are not my target audience. It’s not that nothing I write has anything to teach them. On the contrary; … Continue reading

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The Pastor and His Religion

What have we here? The whole idea behind using parables is that there is some overlap between the concrete, literal meaning of the words and something beyond words indicated by the terminology. This blog is the ephemeral touch point for … Continue reading

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Virtual Spiritual Family

Welcome to our virtual parish. I’m a virtual pastor. Technically I’m an elder, the management half of the church leadership team. However, I also serve in the priesthood role simply because no one else is doing it and I have … Continue reading

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