A Reflection on the Living Center: Being a Christ Catholic I often catch myself drawn to the temptation of the age I live in: the urge to build my identity around the branches of the Christian Church. It is so easy to wrap myself in labels, traditions, and the banners…
Category: Reflections, Musings & Meanderings
Reflections and musings from my meanderings in these here Ozark Mountains: life, love, loss, laughter, and the long practice of grace.
Highways, Byways & Hedges
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The World’s Smallest Cathedral: The Cathedral of the Prince of Peace in Highlandville Missouri
The World’s Smallest Cathedral, formally known as the Cathedral of the Prince of Peace, was a 14-by-17 foot stone chapel with a reach far beyond its modest walls. What it lacked in size, it made up for in spirit. This was the ministry of Bishop Karl Prüter of Christ Catholic…
Reflections, Musings & Meanderings
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Kindness Matters
It feels like we are living in sharp and brittle times. The country, and much of the world, seems perpetually angry, destabilized, and on edge. Tempers are short. Patience is rare. Everyone appears exhausted, defensive, entitled, self-serving, and quick to dismiss one another. Outrage has become the default posture, and…
Reflections, Musings & Meanderings
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The Evolution of the Website and YouTube Channel: To Love So Well the World
The Evolution of the Website and YouTube Channel: To Love So Well the World By +Brian Ernest Brown, CWC When I first began To Love So Well the World, both the website and later the YouTube channel, I wasn’t trying to build a brand. I wasn’t trying to craft a…
Poetry, Prose & Prayer
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Navigating the Age of Inconsiderateness
Navigating the Age of Inconsiderateness: Perhaps It’s Time We All Minded Our Own Damn Business Emerging from the postmodern era, characterized by its skepticism towards grand narratives, embrace of fragmentation, and often ironic stance, the rapid ascent into digimodernism, fueled by ubiquitous digital technology and hyper-connectivity, initially seemed to intensify…
Preaching, Homilies & Sermons
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A Memorial for Knussa: My Sweet, Sweet Doggy
A Memorial for Knussa By +Brian Ernest Brown, CWC I want to tell you the story of Knussa, my sweet, sweet girl, the doggy love of my life. Knussa first came into our family through my wife, Elena. Years ago, Elena saw this tiny Chihuahua/Corgi mix in a little pink…
Coworkers of Christ
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Works of Mercy as a Way of Life: A Reflection for the Feast of Dorothy Day
Works of Mercy as a Way of Life: A Reflection for the Feast of Dorothy Day By +Brian Ernest Brown, CWC Today the Church remembers Dorothy Day, journalist, mystic, troublemaker, penitent, prophet. And for those of us in the Sacramental Community of the Coworkers of Christ, this feast day is…
Reflections, Musings & Meanderings
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The Whole Earth Is Local: A Reflection for the Holiday Season
The Whole Earth Is Local: A Reflection for the Holiday Season By +Brian Ernest Brown, CWC Every year around this time, I begin to see and hear the familiar refrain: “Shop local.” And I understand the heart behind it, people want to support small businesses, help their neighbors, strengthen their…
Reflections, Musings & Meanderings
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A Thanksgiving Day Reflection
A Thanksgiving Day Reflection+Brian Ernest Brown, CWC Thanksgiving has always been a quiet teacher for me. It slows my hurried spirit and invites me to look, really look, at the world around me, not just with appreciation, but with honesty. Gratitude, I’ve learned, isn’t simply naming blessings; it is also…
Coworkers of Christ
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My Profession Is My Work, My Vocation Is My Calling: A Reflection on Being a Worker Priest
My Profession Is My Work, My Vocation Is My Calling: A Reflection on Being a Worker PriestBy +Brian Ernest Brown, CWC I have been clergy for more than twenty-five years, and in all those years I have also been something else: a worker clergy. A bi-vocational servant. A man who…