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…
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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…
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Religion, Relationship, and Being Spiritual
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…
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The Shepherd, the Cross, and the Dawn
November 23, 2025The Last Sunday after Pentecost(Proper 29) The Readings from the Revised Common Lectionary Old Testament Jeremiah 23:1-6Psalm: Canticle 16 From Luke 1: 68-79Epistle: Colossians 1:11-20Gospel: Luke 23:33-43 Dear Ones in Christ, There are moments when the Word of God does not merely comfort us, it confronts us. Today…
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…
Faith, Conscience & Common Good
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The Common Good and the Politics of Neighborliness
The Common Good and the Politics of Neighborliness “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” – Mark 12:31By +Brian Ernest Brown There are certain teachings of Jesus that are so familiar, so oft-quoted, that we forget how radical they really are. “You shall love your neighbor as yourself” is one…
Faith, Conscience & Common Good
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When We Fail the Least of These
When We Fail the Least of These By Abbot Bishop Brian Ernest Brown, CWC “He will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.” -Matthew 25:45 Beloved in Christ, There comes a time when silence…
Coworkers of Christ
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St. Martin’s Day Invitation to the Day of Prayer for Peace
Invitation to the Day of Prayer for PeaceThe Feast of Saint Martin of Tours November 11thOpening of St. Martin’s Lent “Lord, Heavenly Father, help us to become peacemakers, that we may be called the children of God.”— From the Litany of Peace by Archbishop Karl Prüter On the Feast of…
Coworkers of Christ
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The Clergy Collar: A Visible Witness of Consecration
The Clergy Collar: A Visible Witness of Consecration A Pastoral Reflection from the Sacramental Community of the Coworkers of Christ By Abbot Bishop Brian Ernest Brown,CWC In the Sacramental Community of the Coworkers of Christ, the wearing of the clergy collar is more than tradition or uniform, it is a…
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Surrender Not Love to Indifference
“I have few illusions but I feel a responsibility to work towards the things I consider good and right. I don’t know whether I’ll be able to change certain things for the better, or not at all. Both outcomes are possible. There is only one thing I will not concede:…