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Monday was my final full day at the College of the Transfiguration. That, though, makes it sound as though something different happened. It was a normal day. Eucharist in the early morning, classes, meals, etc. The only real change in pace for me was that in the afternoon my Formation Group and...
This week was week #3 at the College of the Transfiguration. On Wednesday, the Feast of the Transfiguration, the Contextual Theology students had a nice presentation by William Domeris, the Rector of COTT on the Old Testament and poverty. He spent 10 years researching for his book, Touching the...
Sermon: Proper 13A – Matthew 14.13-21
Today marks the beginning of my tenth week in Grahamstown and as a part of the St. Michael and St. George community. Therese and I can’t tell you just how deeply our time here has touched us both. You have welcomed us into your homes. You have allowed us to...
Last Sunday, we went to worship with the Holy Cross brothers just outside town. It was probably the best service I've been to in ZA. They use their own "monastery rite" which is a blend of An Anglican Prayer Book 1989, The Book of Common Prayer 1979, and local adaptations in local languages...
Sunday was a day of transitions. After church services and tea time, Steve and I very quickly went over our proposals for the cathedral with the dean, Andrew Hunter. He seemed to be agreeable to most of what we had to say, but also was quite clear we needed to do it or it may not get done. This...
Sunday was our new YASCer’s (Cortney) first Sunday at the Cathedral of St. Michael and St. George and Sarah’s last. Suzanne, of course, put them both on the spot and made them stand up for the congregation. Fr. Eric Kelley was the guest preacher/celebrant. His sermon was bewildering to me, some...
Sunday morning was a “low Sunday” of sorts after the festive, yet tiring festival. It was a simple service without many of the frills associated with the Sunday worship at the cathedral. After the service, I had a nice conversation with one of the local academics who had some questions about the...
Week 5 has been totally defined by the National Arts Festival. Sunday morning was the big Festival Eucharist at the Cathedral of St. Michael and St. George. It was a high mass with incense and sung mass settings accented by the inVerse Choir from Johannesburg. The sermon was by Andrew Hunter...
As I mentioned at the end of last week's post, a bunch of people had arrived. Well, the lot of us (Kellens, Steve D., Therese, myself) joined up with Sarah Jackson (one of the missionaries) and Matt (another missionary) and we all went to the 9:30 service Sunday morning. It was a fine service...
Last Sunday was a very exciting day. That morning, Therese and I did not go to the cathedral for worship. Dean Andrew, acting Vicar General had to go out to Berlin (a small town about 2 hours away) to St. Katharine’s 85th anniversary as a parish. Originally a white parish in a German settlement...
Sunday was an interesting experience at the cathedral. Therese and I decided it would be nice for our first Sunday there to attend all the services: 7:30 AM, 9:30 AM, and 7:00 PM. The 7:30 AM was out of "A Book of Common Prayer for South Africa (1954)" which is essentially the 1662 BCP with some...
Our trip here was pretty uneventful. We got to the airport a few hours early in San Antonio last sunday morning. We happened to be the first people in line at the United desk and the second at security so we had about a 2.5 hour wait at our gate. The flight to Dulles was boring so I read. The...