Author: Fr Matthew+
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Sabbatical Ready
These are my balance stones. I picked them out of Lake Michigan on a family day trip a few years ago. They are part of a meditation I do to remember to take time for breathing and balance. The fact that they are stacked is an outward and visible sign of an inward and spiritual…
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Priest’s Personal Collect
This article appeared earlier this year in The Anglican Digest. It is a personal, if clunky, favorite of mine for the priestly office, especially as an Episcopalian-Anglican. It was originally published here. The Priest’s Personal Collect: A Prayer to Renew the Pastor, BCP 562 The Rev. Matthew Cowden At the height of the induction ceremony…
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A Warm Bath: Returning to #DailyPrayer
At this season in my life I happen to be more faithful to the Church’s Daily Office and to my Rule of Life than I have been in others. I am blessed with a spiritual director who guides my soul and keeps me accountable. But my experience of returning to daily practice especially after a…
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Full Inclusion
Today the General Convention of The Episcopal Church approved to make the rites of Holy Matrimony equally open to all and to fully include our LBGTQ sisters and brothers in the rites and canons of our church. #gc78 #episcopal #lbgtq #hodplatform
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Serious Afternoon at GenCon2015
Serious work in the House of Deputies this afternoon. Our morning was full of jubilation and appreciation for our Presiding Bishops and a robust conversation about the Five Marks of Mission. This afternoon we considered legislation on alcohol addictions awareness and education. The committee that prepared the resolutions for us asked 800 deputies from every…
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New Presiding Bishop of The Episcopal Church
It was a joy to be present today as the House of Deputies confirmed the House of of Bishops election of Bp Michael Curry of the Diocese of North Carolina as our new Presiding Bishop. Bp Curry will lead us over the next nine years, nurturing the bishops and dioceses of The Episcopal Church and…
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The Episcopal Church at Work and Play, Mostly Work
The General Convention of The Episcopal Church gathers in Salt Lake City this week and next. It meets every three years in different locations. Last time was in 2012 in Indianapolis. General Convention is the governing body of our province of the Anglican Communion, The Episcopal Church, or TEC. We are structured differently than most…
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“Always we begin again,” said St. Benedict. This blog post after a long, quiet absence here is my humble restart, a new beginning, again, in my attempt to link social media and my written expressions. I’m writing plenty; monthly articles for our newsletters at Saint Michael’s, communications for our diocesan search for a new bishop, as…