Where Do I Sit?
All of us know, or remember, that feeling of walking into the school cafeteria and not knowing where to sit. Who is friend? Who is foe?...
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The Rev. Arianne Rice
- Nov 26, 2018
- 7 min
We Are the Kingdom
"Once a great order, as a result of waves of anti-monastic persecution in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries and the rise of...
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The Rev. Arianne Rice
- Nov 7, 2018
- 2 min
Always Connected
This year on the Feast of All Saints' we here the gospel account of Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead. First his sisters, Martha and...
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The Rev. Arianne Rice
- Jul 17, 2018
- 6 min
Good News: Real & Messy
I was asked this week – What industry do you work in? To which I answered – the good news of forgiveness industry – frankly – a much...
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The Rev. Arianne Rice
- Jul 1, 2018
- 6 min
Wholesome Healing of God
What is your favorite sandwich? Not the gospel-prompting question you were probably expecting this morning perhaps? So, what is it? Me...
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The Rt. Rev. John L. Rabb
- Jun 26, 2018
- 4 min
Hey kid? Whatcha Got in that Bag?
It was, no doubt, laughable to Goliath and the Philistines when David, the ruddy, little shepherd kid, arrived to do battle. He tells...
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The Rev. Arianne Rice
- Jun 19, 2018
- 5 min
The Weeds at Work in God's Garden
Have any of you done any weeding lately? I was doing some this week. I am not a master gardener – I’m not even sure I would refer to...
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The Rev. Arianne Rice
- Jun 11, 2018
- 7 min
Crazy Love
Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things...
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The Rev. Arianne Rice
- May 22, 2018
- 2 min
Community of Love
Listen to Presiding Bishop Michael Curry's powerful sermon on the transformative power of Love that he shared with the world at the Royal...
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The Rev. Arianne Rice
- May 22, 2018
- 5 min
Living into Our Beliefs
When the day of Pentecost had come, the disciples were all together in one place. And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the...
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The Rev. Arianne Rice
- Jan 8, 2018
- 5 min
In Praise of Wonder
Can you remember the last time you gazed at something – or someone – in wonder? When was the last time you enjoyed that suspended feeling...
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The Rev. Arianne Rice
- Dec 4, 2017
- 6 min
Now hear this...
Happy New Year. Advent One. Start of a whole new year.... Earlier this week I was talking to a 12 year old I know – and I was saying –...
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The Rev. Arianne Rice
- Nov 6, 2017
- 5 min
Saints To See By
Click the image to listen to the sermon Good morning. Its All Saints’ Day and I want to invite you to call to mind a saint. Preferably...
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The Rev. Arianne Rice
- Aug 22, 2017
- 3 min
Values that Lead to Vision
Last Friday night the Vestry gathered for dinner at the home of Nancy and Snowden Stanley for the start of our annual retreat. The summer...
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The Rev. Arianne R. Weeks
- Jul 2, 2017
- 5 min
Testing Faith
There are many terrifying stories in the Hebrew Bible - and we rarely hear them on Sunday mornings. The lectionary "gods" intentionally...
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The Rev. Arianne Rice Weeks
- Jun 4, 2017
- 4 min
Receive the Spirit
Pentecost has always been a harder story for me to take in than resurrection. Rushing winds – tongues of fire – and a seemingly magical...
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The Rev. Arianne Rice Weeks
- May 21, 2017
- 7 min
God Dwells with People
One afternoon when I was serving a church in Durham, we got a call from a man in an assisted living facility. He wanted to know if a...
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The Rev. Arianne Rice Weeks
- May 9, 2017
- 2 min
Centering Prayer Group
A few weeks ago I posted about a Centering Prayer retreat I attended in New York and how I came away with an encouraging spirit to talk...
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The Rev. Arianne Rice Weeks
- Mar 12, 2017
- 6 min
Being Born
“Neither I nor the poets I love found the keys to the kingdom of prayer and we cannot force God to stumble over us where we sit. But I...
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The Rev. Arianne R. Weeks
- Jan 30, 2017
- 6 min
God's Foolish Wisdom
When Jesus saw his ministry drawing huge crowds, he climbed a hillside. Those who were apprenticed to him, the committed, climbed with...
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