As promised, a final blog post! The first thing I had to adjust to in Liverpool was the fact that home was five hours behind. Now that I’m back in Massachusetts, I now have to adjust to my home over in Liverpool being five hours ahead (and I’m sure Debra relishes the fact that she …
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Retreat
The first week of August saw members of the Tsedaqah Community driving up to Scotland for the annual community retreat. It was a retreat for both members of the Community from 2019-2020 and 2020-2021, as the community was unable to go on retreat in 2020 for obvious reasons. We went to an island not far …
I’m Published! I’m Published! I’m Published!
Well, perhaps that title is inaccurate. I’m already published online–via this blog. But as of this past April, I’m now a published, peer-reviewed author by the Journal of Beliefs and Values. Anyone who has had the misfortune to hear me talk about my research will know this already. But after a Christmas Questionnaire administered at …
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Continual Work for Continual Glory
In one sense, I don’t think Micah Liverpool has ever found itself in the situation it finds itself at the moment. The necessity of delivering food parcels each week to sometimes over five hundred folks a week demands tremendous energy and time from so many. Covid-19 stopped so many things–but even in the guidance during …
You’ll Never Walk Alone, Remember
Last week at the Cathedral saw us remembering quite a bit. We were, of course, in mourning following the death of His Late Royal Highness, the Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. We prayed for the repose of his soul at each of the offices and Eucharists of the daily round throughout the week, culminating in …
Surely, I Am Coming Soon
Probably the most agonizing promise in the whole of Scripture is Jesus’ foretold return, as John the Revelator proclaimed in His voice: “Sure, I am coming soon” (Revelation 22:20b). It is with this phrase, followed by a final doxology, that John concludes his Revelation, and since the fourth century, the whole narrative of Scripture for …
Lent During Coronatide?
I was recently invited to blog on the Cathedral website and on the Cathedral’s prayer blog, Prayer for Liverpool (www.prayerforliverpool.org). I thought that I would also share it with the readers of my own blog as well. If you’re like me, and you have been known to look far too ahead in the calendar every …
Wall Juice
The 28th of December saw my first attempt at making roast beef — and spending the night in the hospital. To be concise, I had swallowed a piece of beef that went down my food tube but not below the base of my throat, so I was unable to swallow anything else (including saliva). I …
“Unfortunately, It’s a Pleasure.”
As I write, I’m about to enter my third month in my new incarnation as a Tsedaqah Community Member. In my role in the Micah Liverpool food bank charity, I have the pleasure of serving as the contact point between volunteers and charity staff; writing thank you notes on behalf of the charity, as well …
A Second Year!
Dear friends and readers of this blog, I am excited to announce that I have been approved to spend another year in mission as a member of the Young Adult Service Corps placed in the Tsedaqah Community in the Diocese of Liverpool. My role will shift on emphasis a bit in the coming year, …
Christ's Mission in Liverpool 