Author Archives: Mark Lawrence
Herod’s Christmas Story (After the Slaughter of the Innocents)
You no doubt expect to hear the whole story—and certainly I will give you a complete account of what happened. But I hope you will first permit me a personal word about my time here with you in … Continue reading
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Mabel’s Christmas Letter
I’m not foolish, just old—which is why I laughed like a loon when the Reverend Lawrence asked me to write a Christmas Letter to all of you at the church. Of course, after I stopped laughing I told him, “No—I … Continue reading
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Marsabit – October 28, 2013, Journal Entry
While the Imam’s call to prayer sounded earlier just below my full consciousness, it was the buzzing of a thick-bodied Wood Boring Bee that finally awakened me and ushered me into the various morning sounds of Marsabit—bird songs, cock crows, … Continue reading
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Jottings from GAFCON II (Take Two)
October 22nd—We began the morning with Holy Eucharist at All Saints’ Cathedral led by the Nigerian delegation and according to the Church of Nigeria’s Prayer Book. The Anglican Church of Nigeria has the largest delegation at this convention, which is, … Continue reading
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Jottings from GAFCON II
October 19th—It is the feast day of Henry Martyn and we are waiting in Boston’s Logan Airport as I scrawl these sentences on our way to GAFCON II. The next leg is Amsterdam and then on to Nairobi, Kenya. There … Continue reading
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Life’s Fallow Seasons
For most of us Ember Days go unnoticed. With the exception of seminarians writing letters to bishops telling them of their progress, Ember Days have all but disappeared in the life of the Church. Even in farming communities living closer … Continue reading
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Midge-buzzings, Musterings, and Musings: An Introduction
The novelist, essayist, and poet, Wendell Berry said he once knew a barber who refused to give a discount to balding men because his artistry was not in cutting off hair but rather in knowing when to stop. Likewise, I … Continue reading
