by Nathan Hoag | Feb 17, 2021 | Journal
The season of LENT is upon us. Ash Wednesday is one of my favorite days of the Christian calendar because it is stark, simple, and contemplative. No matter how good you are at avoiding or deflecting, you are faced with your reality and circumstances in a powerful...
by Nathan Hoag | Dec 24, 2020 | Prayers
EXPLANATION Throughout the season of Advent there is a refrain that we repeat in our prayers: the light shines in the darkness and the darkness has not overcome it. This statement, this declaration, about Jesus is something we believe to be true all the time but...
by Nathan Hoag | Dec 21, 2020 | Journal
This is the script I used from the Year-End Family Meeting on Sunday, DEC 20. At the end of every year, over the course of a day or two, Julie and I do an audit of our time. We simply pull up our calendars and scan each month looking for events, both significant and...
by Nathan Hoag | Oct 8, 2020 | Journal
I remember well the multi-hour meeting Canaan and I had at Session Coffee (RIP) during our first year as a church where we wrote the first draft of our Prayers of the People. I had just become aware of this prayer rhythm in Episcopal churches (among other traditions)...
by Nathan Hoag | Sep 22, 2020 | Prayers
God of Justice,We thank you for the justification you have accomplished on our behalf through your son Jesus. Although we do not always observe justice at street level, we know that you have fought for and achieved spiritual and eternal justice for your people. We...
