Jesus Phreak! (the trailer)

 I wish that we could get this show to come to my diocese, as I think that it could go over very well...

Jesus Phreak! (the trailer)

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BEST POEM IN THE WORLD!

I was shocked, confused, bewildered

As I entered Heaven’s door,

Not by the beauty of it all,

Nor the lights or its decor.

But it was the folks in Heaven

Who made me sputter and gasp–

The thieves, the liars, the sinners,

The alcoholics and the trash.

There stood the kid from seventh grade

Who swiped my lunch money twice.

Next to him was my old neighbor

Who never said anything nice.

Herb, who I always thought

Was rotting away in hell,

Was sitting pretty on cloud nine,

Looking incredibly well.

I asked Jesus, “What’s the deal?

I would love to hear Your take.

How’d all these sinners get up here?

God must’ve made a mistake.

“And why’s everyone so quiet,

So somber - give me a clue.”

“Hush, child,” He said.

“They’re all in shock.

“No one thought they’d be seeing you.”

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Transitional President

 People have been asking me who I will vote for as President this Tuesday. Most people think that I will be voting for Obama because he is Black, like myself. Yes I am going to vote for him, but that isn't the reason. At the moment what I think that this country needs is a Transitional President. Personally, I don't see him being elected again. I do have a small fear that someone will kill him, and I strongly pray that this doesn't happen, but I could see it happening. 

 Not only people in this country making high expectations of him, but so is the world, and that will be his downfall. I think that the man will try and come up with great things for this country, but the country won't work with him to get these things going. By the end of his term, he will be frustrated and simply decide not to run again, but to concentrate on his family.

 

 So who will be elected after him? I think that it will be a woman. I don't believe that the Republican Party (in which I used to be a member,) really doesn't expect to win this election. I think that it will be either close or a blowout, but Obama will win. I think that the 2012 election will come down to Hillary Clinton against Sarah Palin. Gov. Palin is being groomed for the position. Her being nominated now is to get her name out into the public. Over the next couple of years we will really get to find out who she really is. If you saw her on SNL, I think that you saw the real her. The Gov. Palin that we are seeing now is to get the Republican Party excited as to its future. When she runs we will find out her real beliefs and the way that she will do things. Expect her to see her on shows like "The View", 20/20, and other shows after this election is over. I think that the only thing that could stop her is if she is elected to the Senate, then expect her to run in 2016. 

 I think that it's a good thing that Sen. Clinton didn't won the nomination this time. I think that Obama will take this country in a direction to far to the other side, and Sen. Clinton will be the one that will bring it back to a direction that will benefit ALL of the people in this country. Some people will worry about President Bill Clinton being involved in her Presidency, but he has a large number of things that he is doing and I am sure that he really doesn't want to get involved in politics. 

 Now I am sure that this won't happen, but I kind of hope that Obama keeps Dr. Rice in the White House. I think that we really need someone from the current administration to be in his cabinet in order to help us get out of these wars that we are in. I think that she will only be there for a couple of year, and I am not sure how well her and Michelle Obama will get along, but I think that she would be the best person to get us out of Iraq in a way that many in this country would be happy with.

 Enough of Politics.

 My diocese had it's convention not to long ago. I was upset the first night of the convention. Now no business occurs that first night, but a service was held welcoming an Assisting Bishop into our diocese. I have meet Bp. Steven Charleston, and think that he's a great guy. Part of his responsibility will be working and dealing with the MultiCultural and MultiEthnic aspects of the diocese. What I found sad was that Grace Cathedral was only 1/4 full, and the small number of those of us of color was sad. I think that the place should of been full with a large number of people of color there. In a way I wonder how many rectors/vicars/pastors even told their congregation about it. I am glad that Bp. Marc choose him to be the Assisting Bishop, as I think that the two of them will work great together, and a large number of great things will occur in this diocese.

 Make sure that you get out and Vote this Tuesday. 

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Where I have been

 You may have been wondering why I haven't posted anything even though some interesting stuff has been going on in the Episcopal Church and Anglican Communion. I was going to post about the recent diocesan convention in this diocese, and my experience with our Asst. Bishop Steven Charleston, along with some other stuff, but I've been a little busy. 

 What I think that I may end up doing is posting a Video Blog here instead from time to time. I am trying to figure out the software on a video site that I use (LiveVideo.) I thought about using YouTube, but it doesn't permit me to do it the way that I want to do it.

 A couple of quick things. If you haven't made it to the Conversations About Race & Religion series that has been going on in Oakland, you have missed out on some great and interesting talks. The next and last one will be held at St. Augustine's, located at 29th St & Telegraph Ave. the day after the elections. 

 For you with Youth Groups and/or youth between the ages of 13 and 18. Nightwatch will be returning in January the Sunday and Monday of Rev. Dr. MLK weekend. It promises to be real fun for all youth. 

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ASL Episcopal Congregations?

 I connected with a cousin of mine on Facebook. even though I don't think about it, he happens to be deaf. He wasn't born that way, it happened with a illness that he had as a child. While looking through his profile, I noticed that he is a member of the Oakland Deaf Church. I know very little about his church, but after looking at there website a question came to mind about the Episcopal and Anglican church. Are there any Episcopal/Anglican deaf congregations?

 We have done a lot towards being inclusive towards so many, but I as I watched this sermon from his church I realized that I have never seen or recall seeing any ASL done in any congregation or event. Hopefully some day we will be inclusive towards the deaf in more ways than we are.

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Why should I Support Prop 8?

 Here in California we have a proposition on our ballet that states that we will only recognize marriage as being between a male and a female. Now I have no problem against marriage between two people of the same sex, and actually think that we "straight" folks could learn from them as I think that their divorce rate will be lower.
 I have dealt with people online who talk about how homosexuality is wrong and against the teachings of the Bible. I was at an event the other night, and Father Monrelle Williams of St. Augustine's Oakland pointed out something interesting, in that if we were to really follow all in the laws of the Bible, we would go to jail. I also read someting that got me thinking and I ask:

 If you are against are against same sex marriage, please defend your position without referring to the Bible or any other religious teaching.

 If you think about it, no other animal on this planet has a ceremony or goes through what we as humans do to declare that two are together for the rest of their lives. Yes some animals do mate for life, but most don't. Homosexuality isn't just a human thing, for if you were to do a search you can find it amongst many animals, and in some cases that are together for life. What makes what we do so special?

 Yes I believe in the institution and sanctity of marriage. I believe that when two people get together who fulfill each other, if they choose to get married then they should have that right regardless of their sexual preferences.

 So if you are against same sex marriage, please defend your position without referring to what any religious teaching have to say.

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A Ministry to Support

In the congregation that I am in, one of the ministry programs that some of the people are involved in is Kairos. Of what I have been told, Kairos is a wonderful program that is done in prisons throughout the world. We in the congregation are asked to write letters of support to the prisoners whenever our members are going to be part of a team. We have heard some wonderful stories about the program.

But I want to tell about another program which I feel is as important as Kairos. In several areas throughout the country is a program the is called "Stories From Mom". This is a program that I think that we all most support. What they do is volunteers will go into jails and invite those with children at home to sit and read a story to their child from a selection of books that the volunteers have brought in. These stories are taped and sent to the child of the person who is locked up. Now I know that some people will feel that this is wrong and that the parent shouldn't have any contact with their children, but why should the child be punished for the mistake of a parent? What wrong did the child do?

I want for you to google "Stories From Mom" and check the different programs out. I know that it is apart of the Grace Cathedral Jail Ministry program, and is in other areas as well. Support this ministry in any way that you can, and keep these great volunteers in your prayers.

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A Prayer for a Friend

A few years ago, I went to another congregation on Fridays during Lent because they were doing the Stations of the Cross. The only time that the Stations was done at my congregation was on Good Friday. Now I was and am in the habit of doing the Stations throughout the year. After going to the other congregation one Friday, I figured that it would be a great thing to do at my congregation. I mentioned the idea to my pastor, and he started telling me that this was a Spanish thing to do. I explained to him that it wasn't, as I had been going to an Afro-Anglican congregation where they had been doing it. He was surprise, and after a few weeks he said OK. 

I looked on the Internet, and found that their are a number of Stations that deal with topics other than just the story of the last days of Christ. They were still related to the last days, but also dealt with other things like war, AIDS, and more. We used these except for Good Friday, as I felt that we should use the traditional one. While we were in the process of doing them, the idea of creating one myself came to mind. I wasn't sure what to do it on, but I knew that something would come to mind. 

I was involved in an event in the diocese where I needed to find stories about the Civil Rights Movement. I search the Internet and found some very interesting ones. The event went off great. I was then involved with something else, and while given me a lift home, my pastor mentioned the idea of me putting together a Stations dealing with Racism. That was it, That is the thing that I am suppose to do. I thought about it and looked on the Internet for the stories that I had found, but had put in "Stories of Racism" for some reason. In the list of site, I found a site that I have come to love. It has stories not only of racism, but many other things as well.  Now the social networks like MySpace, Friendster and Facebook are all nice, but if you really want to meet people who have common interest with you, and you can really develop friendships with, give The Experience Project a visit. It's one of those places that is one of the best kept secrets on the Internet. I would really hate to see it become like the the other places, but I want to see it succeed. 

 Anyway, I was looking through a section in there, and someone had written about something that they were currently going through and having a real rough time. As most people know, I am a very shy guy until I get to know someone, but the Holy Spirit lead me to send the person a note to try and help them feel better about themself, and what I felt they should do. We have conversed through PMs since, and I have really enjoyed those conversations. They are beginning to feel better about themself, and I hope that I helped in a small way, but I want for you all to keep this person in your prayers. Please pray for Stronger. Now I don't know Stronger's real name, but I am positive that the Holy Trinity will know exactly who is being referred to. I really want for Stronger to feel like they are surrounded by the Love that I know all that read this have, and the Love of the Holy Trinity.

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A GREAT place to go to for a Hot Dog

 Normally I would write this in what I refer to as my Online Journal, but I just had to put this here. If you ever wanted to have the Perfect Hot Dog, and you are in the Jack London Area of Oakland, go to "O My Dawg" down at 2nd and Broadway. The service is great, and the food is..... WOW!!!... This isn't a place that you bring your kids to, and the prices of the food is a higher than elsewhere, but it is worth it.  I have tried eatting Hot Dogs from elsewhere since I had my first one from here, and they don't compare.

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I may not vote for Obama

 After watching Joe Biden give his speech at the DNC last night, I think that Obama may lose my vote. He's now has a ton  of work to do in order to get my vote now. Oh I'm sure that some are wondering what Biden said that has gotten me to change my mind on Obama, but he didn't say a thing to make me think that Obama has done anything wrong, but he talked about someone who this country and the world needs to lead us. The person that currently is going to get my vote as a write-in.
 During the primaries, I was going to vote for John Edwards. Now I like Hillary and Obama, but Edwards was the only one of the main three who seemed to want to actually talk about the important issues. After he pulled out, I switched back and forth between Clinton and Obama, so I asked the youth group at my church who I should vote for, and in unison said Obama. Obama got my vote.
 But I know that you really don't want to read my views on Obama or McCain at the moment, but you are wondering who I am going to vote for.

MAMA BIDEN FOR PRESIDENT IN '08

With the way that Joe Biden talked about his mother, she is who this world really needs at the moment.

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Who do you relate to in the Bible? - Part II

 

Someone left a comment about my last posing, and it got me thinking. The one person in the Bible that I think that we all can relate to is Peter. How can we all relate to Peter? Think about it. How many times have you denied something that was true? We deny things many times to get out of something. Think back to your childhood, when you would blame someone else for something that you did. You would say over and over again how it was some other person who did the wrong, but you knew that it was really you.

Not accepting responsibility for ones action is something that we all learn without being really taught that is something that should be done. We did it as a child in order to avoid a spanking or punishment, and as adults to get out of a ticket or other things. We have people in prison and jail who will tell you that they didn't do something, when in reality they really did.

We can all relate to at least one person in the Bible, but most likely we can relate to a large number of people in it in some way. Peter could relate to Adam and Eve, in that he didn't accept responsibility in being one of Christ's followers and the actions that Christ did, just like Adam and Eve didn't accept responsibility for their actions by eating of the forbidden fruit. They all attempted to “pass the buck (blame)” onto someone else.

Off and on throughout history, people have been placed in situations in which they had a choice of saying that they are Christians, or denying that they are. This is an action that occurs even today. Check out the news stories that come out of some of the countries where another religion basically rules. You will find stories of people being killed because they are Christians. But I wonder how many people were not killed because they denied that they were Christians. I am sure that in some of these countries the number of Christians killed would drop if all who claim Christ wouldn't deny it. If millions upon millions of people were killed because of their religious beliefs, the world would do something. The Nazis killed millions of Jews, and the world came to their rescue. A friend of my mom's just died a few weeks ago who was put into a concentration camp because he was a Jew. I had the honor of meeting him a number of years ago, and even though we never talked about what happened to him, he had my respect because he stood for his beliefs.

We need to stop denying who we are and the actions that we have done. Christ never denied who he was or the things that he did, so why should we?

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Who do you relate to in the Bible?

I'm not sure where the question or even how the question ever came into my mind, but it is a question that I have often asked myself, and it is a question that I ask others. I think that the question came from a sermon that a priest gave in a church that my family was in when I was a small child, but I'm not sure. I now pose the question to you. Other than Jesus and the Holy Triune, who do you relate to in the Bible and why?

For a period of time I found myself relating very much to Jonah, in the story of Jonah and the Whale. For me, even though I was born into a Christian family that went to the Episcopal Church, after I moved to California, I felt it was time to attend another denomination. I had thought about joining the Quakers, as I had gone to a Quaker school for a few years, and if it wasn't for that experience, I don't think that I would of turned out the way that I have. I think that I would of used far more drugs than I did, and would have gotten into trouble resulting in me going to prison for something, but luckily for me that between the Quakers, my friends and family, and my Christian faith, I have lead a Christian life as much as possible.

I attended Lutheran, Pentecostal and other denominations services, and maybe it they weren't the right places, but I found myself back in the Episcopal Church. I have tried this over and over again, and each and every time something kept pulling me back. The last time that I recall that I was going to leave, my Bishop requested that I become a member of one of the commissions in the diocese. Him and others kept calling upon me to do more and more in the Episcopal Church, and I have come to the point where I realize that I am going to be a member throughout the rest of my life.

Not to long ago, I watched Jesus Christ Superstar 2000. Now I love the original film version, and it is one of my favorite films, but after seeing the newer film version, I haven't been able to watch it. I sat and watched the extras, and one of them as an interview with the guy who wrote the play in which the films are based on. It was through the interview that I learned that Superstar is their way of looking at the last days of Christ through the eyes of Judas. When I watched the film through that aspect, I have come to love it even more.

Judas has been someone that has been of interest to me for a number of years. I don't know why, but unlike others I don't think of him as being a “Bad Guy.” Judas was in my eyes a “Good Guy.” Judas was the one that watched and paid attention to what was going on, really listened to the words and teachings of Jesus, along with paying attention to the actions of Christ. I believe that Judas was the one that saw the “Big Picture.” Judas was the one that “Got it.”

I find myself more and more relating to Judas. I'm not saying that I “Get It”, but I find myself in the role that Judas was in so that the things that were to happen came into being. I have found that I am having to do things in order to get things going and done. Yes many of the things that I have had to do has caused others to dislike my actions, but I realize that it for the better in my opinion. I have seen the Judas actions that I have done actually have effect for both the better and the worse. In my heart, I truly believe that Judas will be in Heaven.

In one of the events in the Gospels is about a mother asking that her two sons be seated next to Jesus at the great banquet in heaven. I think that those who enter into that banquet hall will all be surprised to find sitting next to Jesus will be Judas.

I am sure that some may read this and say something like, “But Judas doesn't deserve that seat, for he sold out Jesus. If it wasn't for his actions, Jesus would of lived.” But I ask you, do you think that Christianity would exist today if this hadn't happened and Jesus lived to be an old man and died peacefully in his sleep? Why symbol would we have in our churches since we remember Christ death with the thing that he died on, that being the cross. As much as we want to only look upon Judas as a bad person, I think that we should be giving him thanks.

I find myself relating to Judas because of the congregation that I am in. At times I need to get others not within the congregation in order to get things done it seems. It upsets my pastor and others in the congregation when I do such things. They say how wrong I am because of my actions and words, and they don't quite understand that what I am trying to do is to save the church from a sure death. Over a period of a few years, the vestry put together two committees to work on our usage rules and forms, and neither one did a thing. Over a period of a few months, I put together the new rules and forms. The second group met once to go over what I had put together, and it was presented to the vestry. All of the credit was given to the committee for the work, and when it was pointed out that I should be given credit also, I hear the words that it wasn't important and that the committee should be given the credit. Funny, we have churches named after all of the apostles except for Judas. Judas has been vilified by the world. If Judas hadn't done what he did, when he did, in my view I don't think that we would have Christianity now. Yes the apostles went out and spread the good news, but would they have if Jesus had simply died in his sleep? What would our symbol be if he had died that way? Would we really understand the important of Jesus like we do now?

There are a large number of theories as to why Judas did what he did, and I think that we must remember that he was a man who wanted action and understood the importance of what he was paid to do. I believe that he understood what the Torah said about the Messiah, and that Jesus was the Messiah. I believe that Jesus knew that Judas was had to be an Apostle because Judas would do what is the correct thing that would cause us all to follow the commandments that had been laid down.

Like Judas, in my view, I try to do what it takes to get people to follow the Lord. Just because one goes to church, does not make one a Christian. I think that Judas was a Christian in the purest sense of the word. Yes Judas took his own life, but I think that at the time of the great judgment, he will be forgiven and praised for bringing trillions and trillions into the Love of the Holy Trinity like no other has. Now I am not saying that I is what I am trying to do, but if my action helps to bring even just one or two to the Lord, then I think that I will have done good work. Yes I would love to bring in trillions, and will do my best, but if it means that I will be vilified like Judas, then it will be worth it in the end.

I hope and pray that you spend time over and over again though your life understanding who in the Bible that you relate to, other than Jesus. Jesus is the easy answer, so try and figure out who else there is.

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Just a simple Thank You -Part II

I was going through some stuff on my computer at work, and came across a reply to an email that I had written in a word processor. As I read it, a previous post that I had written here came to mind, and I thought that I should email some folks and thank them for the work and things that they have done. These are all great people in the Episcopal Church and are trying to make a difference. Now I could name many more, but I wanted to let these people know that I appreciate them.

Rev. David Ota – Thank you for all of the work that you have done when it comes to Multicultural and trying to help bring us all together as one in this diocese. It has been an honor to get to know you and to see and be involved with some of the things that you have been involved in.

Rev. Barbara Bender-Breck - I want to thank you for all of the work that you do when it comes to Anti-Racism issues in this diocese. Even though I have taken Anti-Racism in the past, and was even trained to lead such sessions, I know that I need to take it through the diocese. If it wasn't for you, I would not of gotten involved in the Afro-Anglican Commission, where I have gotten to know other black Episcopalians in the church outside of my own congregation. To me, you are part of what I call my Holy Triune, who are the three people in this diocese that I honor by doing whatever they request.

Bishop Marc Andrus – Even though I was routing for another person to become our Bishop, I am proud to call you my Bishop. With knowing very little about me, you have taken chances in having me become involved in different aspects of the diocese. With your request for me to be a member of the CoM, and my involvement on it, it has helped me grow in Christian ways that I don't think that I would of if I hadn't been on it. It has helped me to discern not only my relationship with the Holy Trinity, but my own life. I would of never thought that I would have been asked to write a guest blog for anyone, let alone a Bishop.

Rev. John Rawlinson – Yes I know that at times I am hard on you with my comments and criticism, I know that without you having belief in me that I would not be involved so much in other aspects of the diocese. Even though I know that you don't like some of the things that I have said, just remember that I am trying to make sure that amongst the plaques on the walls of the church is one that has your name on it, that shines above the rest. I want the history of the church to reflex more than you were a pastor of the Hispanics, but of all regardless of race. I am trying to get the thought from people's minds that believe that your goal is to make the church a place just for Hispanics, but that you are a pastor for all. I appreciate the hard work and time that you have put in for no money. I want to see us grow to be able to give you the kind of moneys that you deserve.

E.J. Hillard & Rev. Katherine Ward – You two, with Rev. Barbara bender-Breck are what I think of as the rest of my Holy Triune. I think that each of you are shining examples to the church, and to the Black Community of what we Black Episcopalians strive to be. I think of all three of you as being living prophets in the church. It has been an honor to get to know all of you.

Now I could go on and on thanking people from within this diocese for the things that they have done not only for me, but for the greater church, but I am sure that you could spend your time doing other things on the internet.

I would like to recommend a site for all of you to visit. http://www.experienceproject.com . I LOVE this site, and hope that you all will not only read the stuff that is there, but also get involved.

Thank You All

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The Stations of the Cross

Those who know me, know that I enjoy doing The Stations of the Cross all year round. I have found many different versions on the internet that are really great. These just don't deal with the traditional readings, but have themes. I figured that it would be fun to create a Stations website that deals strictly with them, so others can come to a site that contains a large group of them. I have found it interesting that the domain name(s) is taken by people who are trying to make money off of them. How sad that is. Maybe I will make a subdomain off of my site.

Hope that all are doing great.

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Third World?

It amazes me that we talk about wanting to live in a world where we all are treated as equals regardless of race, color, sex, age, sexuality and many other thing, but we keep using terms that do nothing but remind us of our difference and divide us.

Over the past 20 years or so, I have heard this term “Third World” being used. I have found this term to be very racist, classist and not of any help in creating a world that we are all equals. I often ask people who use the term as to where these other worlds are that are supporting human life, as I don't recall NASA or any other space agency having passenger services to these places.

I wish that people would really think about the term and how much it is against the dream of Rev. Dr. Marting Luther King, Jr. and other great leaders pass and present. What makes our society much better than others? “But the term is about Industrialized and non- industrialized nations and places...,” I can hear people saying. Interesting. Could someone please explain to me then how a “world” that is destroying the planet, fighting wars, and so forth is better than a “world” that is living and using the resources that it really needs to survive with very little impact on the planet?

The first time that I heard this term used, it was used against me by someone who was an outright racist. I think that she thought that it would be OK for her to use that term, because if she used “nigger” she would of found herself in deep trouble. Now I really wouldn't of said anything if she went the other way, because I knew that the other Blacks that were around would beat the crap out of her. She did get cussed out by them for what she said by them, but it would have been worse for her if she had gone the other way.

A few years later, I heard the term being used on television. I found this troubling, and I began to think. Why would people use should a offensive word? What makes us better than someone else because of what our country has? Are other places feeling as though they have been insulted because of this term? I had so many questions running through my mind about this, and I knew that if I were to ask people what they meant by the term, and my feelings as to the term, they wouldn't stop.

Will we ever come to a point where we don't see each other as a color, but only a race, where that race will be the Human Race? Until the time in which we all just look and think of this as One World, I don't think that we can truly come together to honor and respect the planet that we live on.

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Just a simple "Thank You"

Since I last wrote anything here, I was really hoping that I would write something at least once a week, but I have just been busy. So as I do my wash here at Woody's, I figured that this would be a good time to write.

I had a great experience this past Friday, when one of the people that I am an advocate for on the COM was ordained a Transitional Deacon. Michael is a great guy, and he is on his way to Spain, then to Africa for about 6 weeks. He will be back in the area for about a month, then he is off to Hawaii where he will finish is his as a Transitional Deacon and after he is ordained as a Priest, he will work as a Assistant Rector.

Having him as the person that I am shepherding first has been great, as I have learned much from him in this time. I really don't think that he needs an advocate, as he is really informed as to what he needs to do to go through this process.

After getting to know him, I know that he is going to do great things and to be a shining example of a priest and most importantly a Christian.

Here is a picture of the two of us taken right outside of Grace Cathedral this past Saturday.

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I need to get together with my other “sheep” soon. I was the person that interviewed her for the COM before Vocations day. I figured that it would take an hour, but three hours later we finally ended. Nancy is a great person, and think that she is going to be a wonderful Vocational Deacon. I think that I am going to have to be more involved with her journey through this, but in the end I think that she is going to do just fine.

This is the first year in about 4 years that I have missed going to the San Francisco Black Film Festival. I planned on going yesterday after church,, since it was the last day, but I ended up just staying home.

While I was home, I sat and watched Jesus Christ Superstar 2000. Now I love the original film, and when I had first saw that their was this one was out I kept avoiding putting it into my queue. I finally broke down, and now wish that I had seen this one when I first saw that Netflix had it. I wish that I had some way of being about to cut both versions together.

If you enjoyed the original film, check this one out. Make sure that you watch the Extras.

I am finding it amazing on how people are demanding of my time, but just saying a simple “Thank You” seems to be hard. Back in September of last year, one of the women of my congregation died while in Cuba. Jane was a wonderful person, and I had a lot of respect for her. We did have our differences, but I really respected her. I was asked to do the music for her funeral, and one of her daughters called saying what kind of music she wanted played. I looked all over and found the stuff, and did the funeral. After the funeral her daughter didn't even say Thank You. At our congregation, we hold a Las Posadas (?sp) each year between December 16 and 24. The people who host each night bug me to play music after the event during a meal. In the years that I have been doing this, I think that maybe 3 people who have hosted a night have said Thank You. A woman asked me to do the music for her daughters quinceanera. Not a single Thank You afterwards. This has happened over and over again. What ever happened to saying a simple Thank You to someone?

If you are ever in Oakland, you gotta stop by New Earth Artist Cafe, located at 2008 Park Blvd. The place is a little small, but they play some great music (both on CD and Live,) and some really great food.

I hope that things are going great for you.

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Traces of the Trade: A Story from the Deep North

I received the following notice in an email and figured that I would pass this on. I hope that you plan on watching this, as it should be real interesting.

We are thrilled to share with you that Traces of the Trade: A Story from the Deep North will have a national television broadcast premiere on the PBS award-winning independent documentary film series P.O.V. on Tuesday, June 24 at 10pm! Please check your local listings for air date and time in your area.

Traces of the Trade was nine years in the making, with the amazing involvement and support of the Akonadi Foundation, the Ford Foundation, and the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities, among many others. It is being released in 2008 on the occasion of the Bicentennial of the U.S. abolition of the slave trade (January 1, 1808). In January the film had its world premiere at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival, and since then it's been featured at the New Orleans International Human Rights Film Festival, the National Constitution Center's Legacy of 1808 series, and the Newport International Film
Festival. For those of you in the New York area, Traces of the Trade is an official selection of the 2008 Human Rights Watch International Film Festival and we will be there for Q&As after each screening.

Congressman John Conyers, Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, said at our Sundance premiere: "The power of the film is that it is flesh and blood people with all their shortcomings, struggles, and bravery—so it cuts through the talking heads, policy papers and statistics on inequality." [Salt Lake Tribune] Now is your chance to get involved with the film that has moved Congressman Conyers and hundreds of others in screenings across the country!

•    Host a "tune in" gathering at your home on the night of the P.O.V. broadcast.
•    Gather a group of friends, family, or fellow members of an organization or religious congregation the night after broadcast. Hold a dialog with the P.O.V. discussion guide (coming soon), and decide
how together you can take action in your community.
•    Find out how you can bring the film to your school, workplace, place of worship, civic or community group.
•    Learn more about the family journey in the powerful new book Inheriting the Trade written by DeWolf descendant Tom DeWolf.
•    Visit the Traces of the Trade Get Involved page to find out how you can do more.
•    Spread the word! Please consider posting a listing, or writing us up on your organizational websites, in your electronic newsletters, etc., and share this e-blast with friends, family, coworkers, listservs and beyond.

Sincerely,

Katrina Browne, Producer/Director
Jennifer Carr, National Outreach Director

TRACES OF THE TRADE : A Story from the Deep North
by Katrina Browne with Alla Kovgan, Jude Ray, Elizabeth Delude-Dix and Juanita Brown

Watch the trailer at www.pbs.org/pov/traces
National PBS Premiere on P.O.V.
Tuesday, June 24th at 10 p.m. (check your local listings)
Filmmaker Katrina Browne makes a troubling discovery—her New England ancestors were the largest slave-trading family in Unites States history. Her journey offers powerful new perspectives on the black/ white divide.
Tune-in, Get Involved and Join the Conversation—at pbs.org/pov

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Visit the P.O.V. website to read an excerpt from "Inheriting the Trade," a deeply personal memoir by a family member who went on the journey. Learn more about the ongoing debate surrounding reparations
in the U.S. with additional video interviews. Download an audio podcast in which Katrina Browne talks about the making of the film and what she learned from the journey.
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Major funding for P.O.V. is provided by PBS, The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, The Educational Foundation of America, The Fledgling Fund, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, New York State Council on the Arts, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, The September 11th Fund, and public television viewers. Funding for P.O.V.'s Diverse Voices Project is provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. P.O.V. is presented by a consortium of public television stations, including KCET Los Angeles, WGBH Boston and Thirteen/WNET New York. Simon Kilmurry is executive director of American Documentary | P.O.V.

P.O.V. - Traces of the Trade . Preview | PBS 2008

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Was it Copyrighted?

A question came to mind about the whole speech thing? Was it on a dvd/tape that the pastor had copyrighted? If it was copyrighted, has the press asked for permission to play it over the air? How much is the church making money wise fro the right for it to be played on all of the news shows and elsewhere. Now I am sure that the press will come up with all kinds of excuses as to why they don't have to pay anything, but what if it was something of their's? Would they be jumping up and down complaining about copyright issues?

I say that the next time that you see it on a show that you can call in on, that you call them and ask the question on air.

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More on the Obama thing

It's amazing how this stuff with Senator Barak Obama's Pastor continues on. Now Senator Obama has been forced to denounce his former Pastor. With the things the polls now saying that it is hurting Sen. Obama in this election, it makes me wonder who int his country really deserves to be elected to any political office in the country? How can someone run for any office if someone that they know has something that could be taken wrong or they have disagreed with?

Even though I have a lot of love and respect for him, at times my pastor will say things that I (and others in my congregation) totally disagree. With some of the things that he has said, if taken out of context could fall against me if I were to ever choose to run for office. This is not only true of my current pastor, but for ever pastor that I have ever had.

Think about that the next time you listen to a sermon some time, or a clergy person speaking in another situation. Because of what is going on in the Anglican Communion now, and some of the things that the Presiding Bishop has said, does that mean that every Episcopalian are going to be identified as believing at heart those comments?

What makes things really bad about this whole thing is the press and the political shows on television. I wonder how many of these people on these shows have been MEMBERS of a Black Church? I'm not talking about going to a service or two, but attending one week after week for a period of time. A church were if they were asked where they went to church, that would be the church that they name. They sit there and say how wrong what Rev. Wright was for saying what he did, but that was only a small clip of an entire sermon. How would they like it if someone were to take a small clip of something that they said on one of these shows that made them look bad?

Are we looking for Perfection in who we want in our next president, and if so, where can we find the Perfect person? Not only will we have to elect the perfect person to be our President, but also our Congress people, Mayors, Governors, and so on. Where do we find such people? I personally think that people like that wouldn't even think about running for political office.

One thing that I do wonder is who was the first to put those small pieces online, and for what reasons? Was this one of the other camps that put this up? Has this video helped Obama gain in votes?

Will this video actually hurt the GOP if they proceed to use this in advertising? Think about it. Because the press has tried to make this a racial issue, and the GOP has been seen as a group that is against equality amongst the races in ways, will this get people out to vote Democratic? I'm glad that Sen. McCain has requested that this video not be used, and I hope that the GOP chooses to leave this issue alone.

What I would like to see if for the people of this country to demand that the press of this country play an entire speech so that we can make up our own mind as to what a person has said. I have heard what he was saying prior to what the press and the political pundits have talked about. It's sad that they don't think that we are smart enough to be able to figure things out for ourselves. The press thinks that we are stupid. I think that at some point I will do a blog on my views of the press.

In Peace

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Freedom of Speech

 Not to long ago, clips from a sermon that Barack Obama's pastor gave a number of years ago, and it has been used to try and divide the nation racially. It's sad that the press and the people who are putting the pastor and Obama down haven't listened to the entire sermon, and are clueless about Black Liberation Theology. If you listen what the pastor was saying prior to what has been broadcast, and think about what he was saying, then you will realize that he was talking about things that had happened in history with other empires, and trying to get people to understand that at some point the USA could go into the same direction. Another way of looking at his sermon is to call it “The Rise and Fall of the United States”.

 But I wonder if all of this hoopla would exist if the pastor had been John McCain's pastor? Would McCain have been associated with his pastor in the way that Obama has been? What if was Hillary's pastor? Would the GOP in North Carolina be using what that her pastor said in commercials?

 People talk about how wrong he was ,and have threaten him with death threats, but don't we have the freedom of speech in this country? It's amazing how some people can't handle the truth.

 After listening to Obama's pastor on a PBS interview, and some of the things that he has said, I realized again how little credit that we Blacks in this country get for things, and how things are just taken from us. Jazz, Blues, Rock, Rap, Hip-Hop, and so much more. I sat in a conference a few years ago where someone said that Blondie invented rap. Pat Boone's biggest hit was a piece of Black Music (his version sucks in my opinion.) A large amount of the Rock music in the 50s and 60s was rerecorded by Euros who made a fortune from it without giving credit to the Black performers and writers of the music.

  I was sitting a meeting a couple of years ago were we where planning an event. I was the only Black in the group, and it was decided that each culture would bring something into the event. I had to sit back and think as to what the Black Culture could “bring to the table”.

 Everything was put together, but I couldn't figure out what we Blacks could input into this event. Then it hit me, we didn't have any music in the program. I mentioned that this is what we had to offer, and the rest of the group thought that this was a good idea. I was asked about the use of one song, and I said that the song wasn't what had come to my mind, and named it. They thought that it was a good one to use, then suddenly they started inserting songs from other cultures. I started to say something to the fact that the music to be used would come from the Black Community, as that is what we had to offer, but I quickly realized that all that I would hear would be excuses as to why we needed to use this other music. Come the day of the event, the person criticized the use of the one Black song that I was able to have added. None of the other songs from the other cultures where criticized for being use, just the one from the Black Community was.

 But that's not the only time that I have had that type of experience in this diocese. In the congregation that I am in, I asked that we sing “Lift Every Voice and Sing” each Sunday during Black History Month. I was told that it didn't fit in with any of the lessons during that month. I explained that at the congregation that I was at previously, we used it. Another excuse then came. A few years later I asked again. This time I was told this time that we could sing it after service was done. In other words, we as a congregation could not sing it together during a service, as the pastor knew that this would be played after everyone had left. I have found it interesting that when I have talked with others from other congregations, they sing it. I wanted to laugh this year when I was told that it was important that I play the national anthem of another country which some of our members are from because it was that nations Independence day.

 What is it that we as Blacks need to do not to have our culture taken away from us? We are told that we speak “bad English”, but yet they take our language and use it. Soul Food is a Black thing, but others have taken it away from us.

 In a way I also blame the press for this thing with Barack's pastor. I think that PBS is the only one not to take full blame, as they did give him the opportunity to explain himself, and they looked at more of his ministry than any of the other would of. With the program that they did, I saw a human being that is trying to make a huge difference in the world. He came into a congregation of about 87 people and turned it into a place with over 6,000 members. How many of the people who speak bad about him have done that? With the way things are in the Anglican Communion, we aren't doing a thing to try and raise how congregations to that level. The conservatives are spending their time talking about how bad the Episcopal Church is, but yet aren't doing a thing to grow their congregations. Oh they may claim that they are, but if they really were, don't you think that the rest of the Episcopal Churches would be following suit? A couple of years ago, my Bishop was arrested in an act of Civil Disobedience. I think that with his act he managed to bring more people into the Episcopal Church than all fo the conservatives combined.

 I really hope that you all will be willing to take a look at Barack Obama's  pastors interview on PBS (look for the show Journal on there website and you should find it,) and look at it with an open mind. But also remember the saying of Jesus our Lord and Saviour, “Let ye without sin cast the first stone.”

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A Hoax?

I was watching the news this morning, and it was being reported that apparently the call that go the police to go to the ranch in Texas was a hoax. Now things are getting interesting.

The reports are saying that it was actually a black female in another state that had made the call, and that she had a record of making hoax calls. True or not, The fact that they removed all of the children and are in the process of removing them from there mothers now is sad. The more that I hear them say how their actions are for the good of the children, I still think that they are acting no better than the Nazi Party. I wonder how these people would feel if a call was made about them, which turned out to be a hoax and their children were not returned to them.

Now the state of Texas is forcing them to do DNA testing, with the results taking a month to come through. I wonder how taking DNA from all of them is going to resolve in this case? Think about it, not even the television cop shows could seriously  do and episode where they solve a case where they could find a person who committed a crime of this type by taking DNA.

I am still wondering where all of the protesters are in this case of terrorism. Yes it is a case of terrorism being committed to the State of Texas. I am sure that I am the only one who thinks what is going on is wrong. I am positive that if these folks had made a trip to Mexico and the Mexican government was doing this, we would see people up in arms, but where are they now?

One thing that I am wondering is if one of these kids commits a crime as an adult, and says that he is the way that he is because of the actions by the state in this incident, what will the state say and do?

Now don't get me wrong, as I am not trying to defend this Mormon Sect, and trying to say that they are practicing in a Christan way, for I really don't know how they really do things in their ranch. The press has put out stories about the groups ways, but I know that they are not complete in all of the facts as to what has gone on, for the press can only report what has been reported to them.

You may think and feel that I am wrong, but what if that was you and your family? Wouldn't you want someone to speak up for you even if you didn't know the person?

Peace

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The True Order of the Church

The more that I have gotten involved in things in this diocese, the more that I realize that we in the Lay Order really don't realize that in the pyramid of the church, we are really the top of it. From what I have seen, it seems as though most of us think that we are at the bottom of the pyramid, and it seems that the clergy realizes it. Let me tell you why this topic is on my mind.

At the 2007 Good Friday service at my congregation, we did the Stations of the Cross after the service. Now the service was bilingual, which I had no problem with, but for the Stations the pastor proceeded to do the entire opening in Spanish. At the first station he has one of the Spanish to read the station. We get to the next station and he asks one of the English speakers to read, and as we go through station to station we alternate between the languages. As we go through each station, he calls upon a different person to read it. Then we get to the final station and all of the other English speakers except for me. He then asks if someone would like to volunteer to read this station. He start to raise my hand and he picks someone else.

That Sunday I ask during Coffee Hour if I will be permitted to read one of the stations since I wasn't given a chance to. I was told how wrong I was and that it was all my fault and the one to blame. I kept trying to explain that I had raised my hand, but I was told that I hadn't, and without using the word, I was told that I was lying.

At no time through this whole thing was I told that I could do one of the stations, and I took it as him saying “NO”. Since the whole thing was my fault according to him, I decided that I was going to go to another church the next Good Friday.

Since I do the Stations throughout the year at the church, I decided one day that I wanted to have a copy of it at home. I typed “Stations of the Cross” into Google, and was amazed at the number of hits I got. So I decided to tighten the search even more by added “pdf” into the search. I was amazed at the number that it found. As I looked, I noticed that there were a number of different ones, with some using themes related to other topics such as AIDS, War, and others. I printed out one and read through it.

Now the congregation that I am in does not do the Stations during Lent except for Good Friday, but I had been going to another congregation that did. The more of these Stations that I looked at, the more that I realized this could be something interesting to do in my own congregation. I sat and wrote a letter to the pastor asking that I could lead a series of Stations for the 5 Fridays prior to Good Friday and that these would be done in English. He read it and proceeded to tell me that doing this the 5 Fridays before was a Spanish thing. I then explained that it wasn't just a Spanish thing to do, and that I had been going to one at another congregation. He then said that the one that we had was bilingual, so that it could be in both languages. I then showed him a couple of the ones that I was planning on using, and unless someone was going to translate them that this was going to be only in English. I had to ask again in a few weeks if he had a problem with it and if it was OK to do. He said OK.

As I looked at more and more the different Stations that have been done, I began to think that it would be interesting to write one of my own that surrounded some them. I thought about doing it based around Racism, and some other topics came to mind, but I knew that their was some topic that I could write it one.

I am involved in a subcommittee of a subcommittee in the diocese that is dealing with trying to find some ways to deal with Reconciliation because of things that have happened in the diocese. One of the other people involved in this happens to be my pastor. One night he mentioned the idea of a Stations based on reconciliation. Within a couple of hours after getting home, I have written the first draft. Over the next few days, I proceeded to do redrafts as ideas came to mind on how to do it. That Sunday I handed him a copy. He was real surprised.

Emails passed between him and the others involved with this group, and someone had a problem with the idea of doing something like this. I explained what we had just done in the church and the purpose of this, and he seemed OK with it.

As time went on, I kept doing redrafts, and I feel that I have come up with something that I am almost happy with. Come the night of the meeting of the larger group, I had made some copies and as my pastor mentioned the idea of stations, I reached into my bag and threw the copies that I had made onto the table. They grabbed a copy and proceeded to look through it. Someone had mentioned using a liturgy from the Book of Common Prayer, but as he and others proceeded to look through what I had done, they seemed to become happier and happier.

Then something hit me. I suddenly realized that I was in a room where of the 10 people in it, I was the only one who wasn't or wasn't thinking about becoming a clergy person. I quickly added it that the idea that I had in mind was to put something together that doesn't require a clergy person to be involved. This was something that could be used not only by a congregation, or diocese, but something that could be used by a family where each setting could remove the included stories and insert their own.

I have a feeling that the end result will be something that will require a clergy person to be involved. I think that if I see it going into that direction, I will ask if the curtain that Jesus tore down was being put back up by them. I hope that I am wrong.

Over the last few days I have been sitting and thinking about the curtain, and the more that I think about it, the more that I realized that the church has put part of the curtain back up. I'm not talking just about the Episcopal/Anglican Church, but most churches and society in general. We look and think about the clergy as being higher than the rest of us in a way. Think about it. Have you ever found yourself being careful about the words that you use or what you say when you are around someone in clergy gear? Have you ever asked a clergy person to Bless you or something? Do you find yourself talking about the things in the Bible only when a clergy person is around? Think about it. Jesus basically got rid of the “middle man”, and said for us to deal directly with God.

Now don't get me wrong, as I feel that we need to have the clergy as a reminder and as a teacher to us about the Good News that the Holy Trinity has for us. We need our clergy to be our spiritual guides. We need our Priest to give the Good News in our congregations, and for our Deacons to take the Good News into the streets and elsewhere.

The thing that most of us in the Lay Order forget is that the other Orders within the church can not survive without us. For the other Orders to have buildings, get paid, etc., it take the Lay Order to sit in the pews and make financial offerings. What purpose would Grace Cathedral and the National Cathedral serve if the Lay Order isn't around? Think about it. Do you really think that you won't get into Heaven if you Baptized someone, performed communion, or blessed someone and that person then decided to dedicate their life to the Holy Trinity?

I hope that if a Stations of Reconciliation is done, that the final product is something that doesn't demand that someone from the clergy be involved, and that it is led by someone from the Lay Order. Now don't get me wrong, as I love our clergy, but I think that it's time for us in the Lay Order to do some work.

I know, I know, I have posted several things not to far apart in days after not posting anything here in months, but some things have been on my mind lately.

In Peace

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Is Texas Acting Like The Nazi Party?

I use to be heavily involved in an Episcopal group over on MySpace, but I really became tired of the conservatives their only wanting to post and saying how the Episcopal Church is such a bad place, speaking ill about the Presiding Bishop, and other stuff. Now I have never understood why these folks would remain in a place where they are so unhappy when there are a number of other denominations that they could join. With the way that they talk, I wonder if they should join the group in Texas that has been in the news lately. Now don't get me wrong, I do believe in the freedom of speech, but with all of the whining that these folks are doing, it doesn't make sense as to why they bother to stay.

But with the stuff that is going on with the group in Texas, it seems to me that the state is acting like the Nazi Party of WWII. I am glad that the police did go in to investigate after the girl called, as I think that the idea of these much older guys marrying these teenage girls is wrong, but it seems as though the actions by the state is getting stranger.

During WWII, the Nazi Party would round up the Jews and take them to concentration camps. At these camps, they would separate the men from the women and children. What happened in Texas? The police came in and removed all of the women & children from the men. The Nazi Party would put these people into buildings/camps that were really unfit for a bunch of people. In Texas, the women and children where put into a building that had two toilets. The Nazi Party would separated the kids over a certain age from their mother. What has happened in Texas now? The women with kids over the age of four have been separated from their mothers.

I ask, is Texas acting like the Nazi Party? The state is saying that they are doing this for the welfare of the children, but wouldn't it be better for the children to be with their parents? I wonder how many of these kids will now become mentally messed up because of this action. I would think that by this point they would of identified the teen girl who called, and would of even discovered other females. It shouldn't take long for them to identify the girl, as she is a teenager with one child. Sure it could take time before other women would come forward, but it seems as though when given the choice of being back at the compound or the conditions that they were put in by the state, they would choose to go back to the compound with the men as they will see that they had it better at the compound. Now I could be wrong, but I would think that there are enough empty motel/hotel rooms to have put these people, but instead they are treated like cattle.

As we saw when the Olympic Torch was here and in a couple of other countries, people were out protesting against China and trying to get the Chinese government to free Tibet because of the way that the people in Tibet are being treated, but yet none of these people seem to be out protesting the way that Texas has treated these women. Maybe it's just that the press isn't reporting it?

Of what I have heard about the group from the press reports, I don't agree with the beliefs of the group outside the fact that they claim to be Christians. I feel that it is wrong to force these girls to marry older men, and I wonder if there are now men in this country now trying to figure out how they could start their own group where they could marry and have sex with teenage girls in the name of Religion?

But again I ask, is the State of Texas acting like the Nazi Party? Don't get me wrong, as most people in Texas are wonderful people, but are the actions by the state are like that of the Nazi Party?

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1963 March on Washington

This is a slide-show that I made a while ago, and thought that I would share it with you. It's on the 1963 March on Washington. If you have troulbe trying to get it to play, try clicking on the lower left area below the video.

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The Gospel According to Jesus

“Love the Lord with all of your heart, all of your mind, and with all of your soul. And the second great commandment is to love your neighbor as yourself. On these to commandments hang all of the laws of the prophets.” - Jesus Christ

 

Growing up I really had no interest in the politics of the church, for I was young and things like that never really interested me. Yeah I went to church each and every Sunday, and my parents were and still are involved in different aspects of the church outside of just going to service, and even though I was a acolyte, sang in the choir, and did other things, the politics of the church was something that never really interested me.

 

I was living in Philadelphia at the time when women were first officially ordained, and I remember thinking to myself that it was nice, but what had taken the Episcopal Church so long in having that, for I had seen it in other Christian communities in the Black community. Was the Episcopal church really that far behind the times? Then later the that diocese said that it was ok to have females as acolytes. At the time that the congregation I was in decided to have it's first female acolyte, I was the senior acolyte, and they were very nervous about approaching me to inform me. I had the power to make someone a good or bad acolyte, for no other acolyte had the same skill set that I had. People loved when my best friend and I served, for they knew that they were going to see it done as though it has a super high mass with a show. When they finally told me what they decided that they wanted to do, they were very surprised when I said that I thought that it would be great. Unlike others that I trained, she was trained to hold up the tradition that my friend and I had begun.

 

When I moved to the diocese that I am in now, I figured that I would no longer have to serve as an acolyte, but when those at the congregation that I was in say how I would shake my head at the way that the acolytes did things, to told me that if I felt that I could do better to get up their one Sunday and show them how it was suppose to be done. I really didn't want to do it, but the next Sunday I put vestments on and showed them how it should be done. I was immediately made head acolyte.

 

Over time I became more and more involved with that congregation, and was even thinking about becoming a Deacon, but then something happened that changed my mind. I was elected to be one of our Deanery representatives, and I because to see the politics that goes on within the larger church organization. It made me realize that the what I had been thinking was just purely about Christianity wasn't so. Yes, for week after week, year after year, I had been going into the buildings and saying the words that were put into front of me, but that isn't what made me a Christian.

 

Christianity isn't about the buildings and organizational structures, but what is in somebody's heart. We hear and say the words. We read our Bibles and learn each and every verse, but does that make one a Christian? Currently several church organizations are going through rough times with infighting about who can and cannot do what, and what the Bible says, but Jesus made the whole thing so simple for us to understand.

 

We have gotten so caught up in other matters, that we are making things more difficult than they really should be. We find it so easy to tell each other that we love one another, but when was the last time that you just simply said “God I love You!”? Think about it. I'm not talking about prayers and other such stuff, but just simply said to the Holy Trinity that you loved him?

 

I want you to get up right now, go outside and make a 360 degree turn and say “God I love you.” I don't care if someone else is out there and may see you, and think that you are nuts. From your heart let God know how you feel.

 

Go Ahead, I will wait.

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Now didn't that feel good?

 

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