A Crown or a Servant’s Mark: Two Ways of Being Church By +Brian Ernest Brown, CWC Church folks have been arguing about haircuts for a mighty long time. That may sound foolish until we remember that human beings have always used outward signs to tell the world who they are,…
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Christ Catholic Church
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The Thorns Are Our Refuge
The Thorns Are Our Refuge By +Brian Ernest Brown, CWC My personal ecclesial crest is more than a collection of church symbols dressed up in heraldry. It’s something of a spiritual autobiography. It tells the story of where I’ve been, what has shaped me, and the kind of ministry I’ve…
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The Kindling of Free Catholicism: An Ancient Fire Carried from Hearth to Hearth
By +Brian Ernest Brown, CWC Before Free Catholicism Had a Name: Celtic Christianity, Saint Willibrord, and Utrecht I offer the following as a historical and theological hypothesis rather than as a claim that can be proven in every detail: the catholic churches of the Celtic lands prior to the Synod…
Reflections, Musings & Meanderings
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Who Does God Hate?
I was thinking about the quote from Anne LaMott I posted the other day on my Facebook page. I noticed folks copied and pasted it all over the place.Here was the quote: “You can safely assume that you’ve created God in your own image when it turns out that God…
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The Work of St. Martin’s Lent: The Blessing of the Kindling
I awoke to a cold, drizzly, blue, mist-soaked morning here on Bear Mountain, and immediately two thoughts rose up in me. First, we have entered what I’ve long called the “blue time of the year”, not only in terms of how the season settles on the spirit, but in the…