by Mark Marshall | Apr 5, 2022 | History, Oppression, Totalitarians, Woke Church
During this Passion Week we would do well to remember that during Passion Week 1937, the Vatican and the Roman Catholic Church in Germany were secretly undertaking a momentous underground effort. No, this was not something from a novel from Dan Brown or Philip...
by Mark Marshall | Mar 23, 2022 | Academia, Social Justice, Woke Church
Up to yesterday morning, I was pleasantly surprised by the series of Lent meditations from the Matthew 25 Initiative of ACNA (the Anglican Church in North America). Yes, some were tendentious. Yes, two or three of the meditations took liberties with Scripture. But...
by Mark Marshall | Mar 10, 2022 | Church Year, Spirituality, The Gospel
Two occasions this past Sunday brought home to me how much we need seasons of penitence, how much we need Lent. First, a friend shared with me how much he was grieving over his sin. He fought back tears as he did so. A short time later that afternoon, I came across an...
by Mark Marshall | Feb 8, 2022 | Bible Study, Church Year
A good lectionary can really edify. One personal experience of that is my Reformed Episcopal Church BCP lectionary having 2nd Corinthians as the second lesson for Morning Prayer during the pre-Lent “gesima” weeks. (Yes, we in the REC do gesimas as the Lord intends.)...
by Mark Marshall | Nov 29, 2021 | Justice, Social Justice, U.S. Politics, Woke Church
This has not been a good month for wokeness in the United States.Early in November came off year elections. They indicated that the electorate is becoming familiar with the policies the woke produce, and they do not like what they see. That even in some very woke...
