Tag Archives: Christmas

Pentecost: Undoing Christmas A Meditation On Acts 2:1-21 & 42-47

Hospitality vol. 19, no. 8   Pentecost is the birthday of the Church of Jesus Christ.  The church is the mystical body of Jesus.  The church is the lives of disciples, past, present and future who take up their cross and follow him.  The church is to believe and do what Jesus did,  yea—even works [...]

From Carlisle St. to Plaza Park: Fleeing the Vagrant Christ

Hospitality vol. 6, no. 3   Carlisle Street was a white sandy road in 1946. Our house was the first one after the pavement ended. Across the street was an abandoned cotton field not planted since the eruption of World War II. I used to run and play amid the scrawny Mimosa trees and hide [...]

Advent Meditations

Hospitality vol. 4, no. 8 Week One I EXPECTATION Even if we go through the deepest darkness We will not be afraid, Lord, for you are with us. Your shepherd’s rod and staff protect us. Scripture: Isaiah 62:1-4 Jesus is expected. Mary is pregnant and the prophets have told us of a coming power and [...]

Repression of the Gospel In the United States

Hospitality vol. 3, no. 4 Holy Week is a very important season at The Open Door. We look forward to it from Ash Wednesday when we gather at 6:00 am for the burning of our sins and the marking of a cross upon our foreheads with the ashes of our confessions. This year we spent [...]