by Mark Marshall | Apr 20, 2020 | Coronavirus, Religious Freedom, U.S. Politics
The other day I was thinking (which in my case is quite dangerous) that during this coronavirus crisis we have heard a lot from Romans 13, but we have heard very little from Mark 12:17. Further, I cannot recall hearing that or the parallel verses of Luke 20:25 and...
by Mark Marshall | Apr 14, 2020 | Anglicans, Go to Church
Like many, I expected and experienced an unusual Holy Week. But I did not expect to read at two Maundy Thursday services only hours apart yet thousand of miles apart.Yet that is exactly what happened. Via the Discord app, I read a lesson from Exodus 12 for Mass at...
by Mark Marshall | Apr 3, 2020 | Anglicans, Daily Office
The coronavirus may be cancelling a great lot, but it is not cancelling Romans 8:28:And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose. (ESV)One way God is using this coronavirus for good is the...
by Mark Marshall | Mar 27, 2020 | Anglicans, Spirituality
We humans are a presumptuous bunch. That is part of us being a sinful bunch I would presume. And disasters of various sorts sure do bring out presumptions of various sorts. I may not be helpful at banishing the coronavirus, but I will venture to...
by Mark Marshall | Mar 11, 2020 | Anglicans, Jesus, Spirituality
I should say right off that I am not the best one to write about Lenten fasting and abstinence. I’m Texan. I can maybe go 40 hours without meat as I more or less do at the end of Holy Week, but 40 days? As for abstinence, I do cut back on my alcohol intake during...
#311: Boys to Men: Thomas Fickley, Passing on Manhood, and St. Dunstan’s Academy
#310: God on the Move: Church Planting in West Virginia with Derek Roberts
#309: For Further Discussion: More on Christian Nationalism with Dr. Miles Smith
#308: In(frequent) Remembrance of Me: A Defense of Weekly Communion
#307: The AIs Have It: Pope Leo, Artificial Intelligence, and the Magnificence of Humanity