St. Pauls Willimantic

A Meditation for Morning Prayer, June 29, 2008

You don’t know how lucky you are this morning. Inspired by a stop last fall in Cordoba, Spain, the birthplace of Moses Maimonides, I had initially intended to devote my next meditation to this great 12^th century Jewish scholar. Maimonides is famous as an expert on Talmudic law, as a physician, and as a Biblical critic who recognized that all passages of the Hebrew Testament were not to be taken literally. That fact seemed to me relevant to the reading that some of you did recently in Marcus Borg’s book The Heart of Christianity, and I thought it might be appropriate to say a few words about this significant figure.  Fortunately I came to my senses.....

meditation 6.28.08

St. Paul's is a small church on a very limited budget trying to do many things – and things do get done..... It just takes a little longer than we thought! (Putting together this website is a good example.) Our priest is half time, and our members are involved in other community programs such as WAIM, and of course the Covenant Soup Kitchen. Some of us also spend a lot of time working with people in the community who need help. Things do get a little harried but we're a cheerful place and take things in stride.  At the same time we are aware that the world is filled with problems....

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