Thursday, September 2, 2010
carl on [Bumped For Obvious Reasons] Anglicanism Upside Down Down Under? Understanding Lay Administration: [358] MichaelA Why do you want the Anglican church to abandon the doctrinal understanding of Thomas Cranmer, and of continental reformers with whom Cranmer corresponded,…
MichaelA on Newsflash: The Episcopal Church sues local congregation: In the long run, ACNA wins, since TEC is spending money that it cannot replace (because it does not have enough income from active parishioners…
GrandpaDino on [Entirely Off Topic] What's Wrong With This Shiny New Video on Public Education?: “Every textbook a child will carry thoughout their education” Obviously not a textbook on proper grammar.
NoVA Scout on The sad demise of a potential candidate for Dean of the Episcopal Divinity School: Document that I didn’t know something?  Not easy.  But my comment was based on Matt’s post.  This hostage taker guy was a candidate to be…
paradoxymoron on Newsflash: The Episcopal Church sues local congregation: You must be new to this site.  Yes, that’s what that means.
Ralph on The sad demise of a potential candidate for Dean of the Episcopal Divinity School: #2, carl, I agree. I further think it seems wrong to mock the mentally ill. I have no idea “where” he is right now.
Moot on The sad demise of a potential candidate for Dean of the Episcopal Divinity School: I wrote a post, thought better, and promptly erased it.  He’s dead, and it seems wrong to mock the dead. It’s possible to illustrate how…
BravoZulu on The sad demise of a potential candidate for Dean of the Episcopal Divinity School: NoVA Scout #3—- could you please document that.
Via Mead (Rob Kirby) on [Entirely Off Topic] What's Wrong With This Shiny New Video on Public Education?: What is really sad is that the more that the education industry tries to overhaul and redo by the spending of massive money, the worse…
NoVA Scout on The sad demise of a potential candidate for Dean of the Episcopal Divinity School: I had no idea that this guy (James Lee) was highly placed within the Episcopal clergy.  This has gotten virtually no coverage in the mainstream…
Goughdonna on Newsflash: The Episcopal Church sues local congregation: Taz, does that mean the bishop who sold Greg’s church’s property to Muslims believe THEY have a valid message????
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taz on Newsflash: The Episcopal Church sues local congregation: It is not about property.  It never was.  TEC wants to be the sole proprietor of the product"anglican” on this continent. Because that is the…
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Moot on The sad demise of a potential candidate for Dean of the Episcopal Divinity School: I don’t get it.  Letting nature rule itself via natural process (aka Darwinism) is hailed as “good” for the animal kingdom.  Overpopulation within the animal…
BMR+ on UPDATED: +Louisiana Inhibits Priest?: Jane, I believe your bishop is in error.  Canon III.10.2.a.1 would permit any rector or other clergy-in-charge to permit clergy in good standing in a…
MichaelA on Australian Church Tribunal Opinion on Diaconal Administration: An Inconsistent Ruling?: Driver8 wrote, That Sydney has retained the older usage is a sign both that the parish communion and liturgical reform movements had little effect there…
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Jane Matt on UPDATED: +Louisiana Inhibits Priest?: I thought I would let everyone at SF know the latest in our parish/diocese.  The bishop came to St. Margaret’s last Sunday for a previously…

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Sermon: What does it mean to be a Son of the Light?

Tuesday, January 5, 2010 • 7:32 am

Looking forward to listening later (I am at a computer that blocks video). 
I know that I and at least one other priest out here took on the idea of “children of God” as the RCL Epistle last week included Ephesians 1:5.  It was a good chance to tell people that there is a distinction between the vauge use of “child of God” for any human being and true children of God who are reborn, adopted and becoming Christlike - “children of light.”
Acts 17 is fascinating in this respect - Paul starts out by endorsing the broad position that “we are all God’s offspring” (in creation), but then goes on to say that we must respond to that by living it out through God’s given means of relationship: Jesus Christ.  IOW we must not claim the Father as a distant relative while living under another’s authority.

[1] Posted by Timothy Fountain on 01-05-2010 at 11:11 AM • top

Matt,
As a brother priest, I am more than happy with your sermon topic, content, but I’m sorry, your galavanting around the sanctuary disturbs me. I sometimes feel I would like to get a hammer and nails and nail your shoes to the floor.
Sorry if this offends you (or anybody else) Maybe I am getting too old.
Brian+

[2] Posted by Brian on 01-05-2010 at 03:17 PM • top

Heh…no offense…Brian

Its not purposeful but I don’t worry about it too much either.

Thanks

[3] Posted by Matt Kennedy on 01-05-2010 at 03:39 PM • top

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