Chaitanya Jyothi Museum Opening, 2000 RAMANAM In the Name of The Father, and of The Son and of The Holy Spirit, Amen. Countrymen, ORBIS NON SUFFICIT SOLUS DEUS SUFFICIT I am very happy the subject of an ecclesiastical, even ecclesiological, paradigm shift is being discussed in the parish. For what they are worth, I am enclosing my thoughts on the…
RAMANAM In the Name of The Father, and of The Son and of The Holy Spirit, Amen. Countrymen, This is to urge that you consider rolling over St. Thomas’ charity programs into promoting Beauty and Pedagogy from their current emphasis in feeding and housing. The suggestion no doubt appears odd, so let me explain the reason for it. The reason…
Chaitanya Jyothi Museum Opening, 2000 RAMANAM In the Name of The Father, and of The Son and of The Holy Spirit, Amen. Countrymen, ORBIS NON SUFFICIT SOLUS DEUS SUFFICIT Deposition I: Curriculum For A Theological Education Deposition II: Delusion And The Doctrine Of Original Sin Deposition III: A Festival Composition For The Feast Of The Holy Trinity D e p…
RAMANAM In the Name of The Father, and of The Son and of The Holy Spirit, Amen. Homage to J. S. Bach for The Prelude and Fugue in E Flat Major (Saint Anne) I Christian spirituality is inherently eremitical: renunciation is the foundation of life. Christian spirituality is the elimination of everything from the mind except the Name of Jesus. Christian…
RAMANAM In the Name of The Father, and of The Son and of The Holy Spirit, Amen. Countrymen, It is the little things that count. We usually think of what we see as what is important. For this reason, many people try to make us pay attention to what they feel is important so that…
Chaitanya Jyothi Museum Opening, 2000 RAMANAM In nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti. Amen Countrymen, ORBIS NON SUFFICIT SOLUS DEUS SUFFICIT I learned five things at the Union Theological Seminary, one from each of five professors. They are: From James Sanders I learned the essential message of the Prophets … that the Giver, not…
Chaitanya Jyothi Museum Opening, 2000 RAMANAM In the Name of The Father, and of The Son and of The Holy Spirit, Amen. Countrymen, ORBIS NON SUFFICIT SOLUS DEUS SUFFICIT A Christian Scientist and I were discussing the sentence, “Reason is the record of our connectivity with God.” A conflation of my side of the conversation follows. Reason is a word…
Chaitanya Jyothi Museum Opening, 2000 RAMANAM In the Name of The Father, and of The Son and of The Holy Spirit, Amen. Countrymen, ORBIS NON SUFFICIT SOLUS DEUS SUFFICIT A Warning Priests and bishops (clergy) are the lower orders of spiritual leadership. Saints and Sages are the uppers. Sages found religions. Saints illustrate them. And priests and bishops (clergy) administer…
Chaitanya Jyothi Museum Opening, 2000 RAMANAM In nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti. Amen. Countrymen, ORBIS NON SUFFICIT SOLUS DEUS SUFFICIT As we are all aware, the homeschooling movement is experiencing problems and possibilities attendant upon its successes. I would like to mention some of these that seem to me important enough to merit…
The original impetus for Christianity was Buddhism, primarily Tibetan. Buddhism is an atheistic spirituality and religion. The Three Wise Men were Tibetans and Jesus spent most of his life in Tibet, Kashmir and India. When Jesus returned to Palestine, unitarian monotheism was the stochastic structure in which the message and ministry of his mission could…
RAMANAM In the Name of The Father, and of The Son and of The Holy Spirit, Amen. 1- Where is the Anglican Magisterium? 2- Which comes first: systematics, liturgy, scripture? 3- Does Anglican Doctrine include or need Logos Theology? What is Logos Theology? 4- Assuming that the Realism/Nominalism discussion is archetypal, how is it playing out today? 5- Is there…
Brothers, Sisters, Little Friends and Wee Bairns around St. Elsewhere, Some of you are aware that we were among the first to raise red flags at St. Thomas Episcopal Church back in 1991. Some of you are aware that we were mostly sidelined at St. Thomas Episcopal Church beginning shortly after we raised the red…
Here is a recommendation: that the idea be floated, and appropriately examined, to commend the Sanctuary of St. Thomas Church to 24-hour, 7-day perpetual vigil, lighted during the hours of darkness and staffed by volunteers and, occasionally, clergy. The rationale for this idea is known and understood, but I will detail some of its lineaments.…
Chaitanya Jyothi Museum Opening, 2000 RAMANAM In the Name of The Father, and of The Son and of The Holy Spirit, Amen. Countrymen, ORBIS NON SUFFICIT SOLUS DEUS SUFFICIT A P E N I T E N T I A L F O R M The Confession Let us acknowledge our condition. Gracious Parent, Mother and Father! Our…
Prayerbook for a Common Faith is an effort to supply a need of humanity for a common referent in the area of piety and religious practice. The assumption of all such efforts is that a commonality does exist and that it is the point or set of points from which and to which effective piety…
By Mary Graham “There has to be unity with God before there can be any goodness.” Martin Luther This is why Augustine could say, “Love God and do what you want.” When one is in unity with God, and then only, all is goodness and that is He. Without unity with God there is no…
