The Church Must Be Salt Against the Ice By +Brian Ernest Brown, CWC Beloved of God, It is winter in the United States. Across the country, the land is held in the frigid grip of snow and ice. And anyone who has lived through winter knows this: snow can be…
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Poetry, Prose & Prayer
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A Prayer Before the Crucified Lord
A Prayer Before the Crucified Lord By +Brian Ernest Brown, CWC O Christ, lifted up between heaven and earth,we set our eyes upon thy Crossand remember the love that would not turn away.Here mercy is made visible,here sacrifice speaks louder than words,here death itself is undone by love poured out….
Poetry, Prose & Prayer
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A Prayer for the New Year
O eternal God, from whom all times and seasons take their meaning: We give thee humble thanks for the year that is past, for its mercies remembered and its lessons hard-won. Forgive us, we pray thee, for the good left undone, the love withheld, and the truth we failed to…
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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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…
Reflections, Musings & Meanderings
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Religion, Relationship, and Being Spiritual: A Reflection
Religion, Relationship, and Being Spiritual: A Reflection By Abbot Bishop Brian Ernest Brown, CWC I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve heard someone say, “I’m not religious. I’m spiritual.” Every time, a little voice in the back of my mind whispers, I’m not sure you know what you mean…
Faith, Conscience & Common Good
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Two Wings of the Same Bird
Two Wings of the Same Bird: The Wisdom of Conservatism, Liberalism, and the Danger of Retributive PoliticsBy +Brian Ernest Brown There is an old metaphor that says a nation needs two wings to fly. Not one. Not one pretending to be two. But two wings, strong, balanced, countering and complementing…