Faith and Family: A Dad's Search for Truth

Frederick Buechner once wrote, “The grace of God means something like: Here is your life. You might never have been, but you are because the party wouldn't have been complete without you." I started this blog to share random thoughts about my quest to become a better father, husband, and Christian, and to discuss what I learn in my everyday life and where my place at the party might be. I look forward to comments and stories from you about your own journeys.

Saturday, November 28, 2015

Art Dogmatics: Pollock and Rothko

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For this one man - it is as if the framework is now filled out and burst through - is the Son of God who is one with God the Father and is H...
Tuesday, August 04, 2015

Riding the Waves on the Sea of Life: A Brief Homily

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(Delivered by Matt Rhodes during the MedStar Washington Hospital Center Community Centering Moment, August 3, 2015.) One of my all-time ...
Saturday, July 11, 2015

Through God, All Things Are Possible: A Brief Homily

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(Delivered by Matt Rhodes during the MedStar Washington Hospital Center Community Centering Moment, June 24, 2015.) We are the tools of...
Friday, June 12, 2015

The Whisper of God: A Brief Homily

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(Delivered by Matt Rhodes during the MedSTAR Washington Hospital Center Community Centering Moment on Friday, June 12, 2015.) With the daw...
Tuesday, May 26, 2015

A Simple Gesture for Our Pets Means So Much More

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Shortly after 4:00 this morning, our beloved cat Smokey - a moody, temperamental, independent, but very loving lady who was just shy of turn...
Tuesday, January 20, 2015

The Shoulders of a Seminarian

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In the days that have passed since my most recent visit home to the foothills of the Blue Ridge, I've been thinking a great deal about...
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Tuesday, January 06, 2015

Fifty Years On, the Lessons of Selma are Still Being Learned

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I was not born in Selma, Alabama, nor did I live there (although I was married at the Episcopal church there, in 1996). I did not take par...
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Monday, September 22, 2014

The Best Source of Seminarian Pastoral Support? Other Seminarians

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Throughout my journey of discernment over the past seven years, I have been blessed to have some amazing men and women - mentors, guides, an...
Saturday, August 30, 2014

Shema Yisrael: A Story of Shabbat

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For quite some time the statement "Shema Yisrael. Adoshem Elokeinu. Adoshem e'had." has been part of my email signature bloc...
Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Two Trains Running ... Right on Schedule

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  As much as I love drama, particularly those plays written by the masters of the 20th century, one of the great challenges for me (a...
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Frederick Buechner once wrote, “The grace of God means something like: Here is your life. You might never have been, but you are because the party wouldn't have been complete without you.” I'm a 40-something husband and father who is trying to figure out my place at the party and learning all I can along the way about religion, education, politics, and anything else that comes up on the journey.
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