Father Ron’s Blog Vox 2009-12-17T21:39:52Z Fr. Ron Culmer http://onebreadonecup.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom tag:vox.com,2006:6p00d41424bba63c7f/ A conversation in faithful Christian living Christmas Reflection tag:vox.com,2009-12-17:asset-6a00d41424bba63c7f01240b85d5df860e 2009-12-17T21:39:52Z 2009-12-17T21:39:52Z Fr. Ron Culmer http://onebreadonecup.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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Like many clergy I'm working diligently to write a faithful and unique Christmas sermon. The story is so well known that it's just about impossible to say anything new...ah, but I believe that's not really the point...saying anything new. Never...

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]]> OUTCASTS AS NEIGHBORS tag:vox.com,2009-12-06:asset-6a00d41424bba63c7f0123ddc6701e860b 2009-12-06T23:55:53Z 2009-12-06T23:55:53Z Fr. Ron Culmer http://onebreadonecup.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

St Clare's Mission to Mexico 2005 024

The following comes from my dear friend and mentor, The Rev. Dr. Ed White. A senior consultant with the Alban Institute, he is one of the most well read church leaders I know. While the questions are his, the quotes come from author Diana Butle...

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]]> Passionate Faith tag:vox.com,2009-12-05:asset-6a00d41424bba63c7f01240b812b0c860e 2009-12-05T06:33:17Z 2009-12-05T06:37:09Z Fr. Ron Culmer http://onebreadonecup.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Wizard of Oz

I wish I could claim this quote as my own. Alas it is the work of John Updike from his 1960 novel "Rabbit, Run." I love it because it speaks of hot, passionate faith, the kind I believe we as clergy are to bring to the pulpit. As many of you kn...

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]]> A prayer for challenging times tag:vox.com,2009-11-05:asset-6a00d41424bba63c7f01240b7476cc860e 2009-11-05T08:27:17Z 2009-11-06T19:39:03Z Fr. Ron Culmer http://onebreadonecup.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Mercy1

May God bless you with discomfort … At easy answers, half-truths and superficial relationships, So that you may live deep within your heart. May God bless you with anger … At injustice, oppression and exploitation of people, So that ...

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]]> Leadership tag:vox.com,2009-11-05:asset-6a00d41424bba63c7f01240b747658860e 2009-11-05T08:21:05Z 2009-11-05T08:21:05Z Fr. Ron Culmer http://onebreadonecup.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Nominations Committee 2009

In his book The New Realities (New York: Harper & Row, 1989) Peter Drucker asks seven questions of leaders. They are as applicable to church leaders as to managing directors. 1. How well do we know our people? There is no substitute for "...

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]]> Letter to Lewis Smedes about God's Presence tag:vox.com,2009-11-02:asset-6a00d41424bba63c7f0123ddcc9086860c 2009-11-02T03:57:09Z 2009-11-02T03:57:09Z Fr. Ron Culmer http://onebreadonecup.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Poor Picture Indeed!

I have to look in cracks and crevices. Don't tell me how God's mercy is as wide as the ocean, as deep as the sea. I already believe it, but that infinite prospect gets farther away the more we mouth it. I thank you for lamenting his absence...

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]]> Enough! tag:vox.com,2009-11-02:asset-6a00d41424bba63c7f0123ddcc7b35860c 2009-11-02T00:05:47Z 2009-11-02T00:05:47Z Fr. Ron Culmer http://onebreadonecup.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Euhcarist

The Rev. Richard Schauper shared a story with the congregation of St. Clare's that has stayed with me. It goes like this: A billionaire threw a part somewhere on the Eastern seaboard shore. While there were many at the party, two of the guests ...

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]]> The Reign of God tag:vox.com,2009-10-31:asset-6a00d41424bba63c7f0123dddf9559860d 2009-10-31T19:47:53Z 2009-10-31T19:47:53Z Fr. Ron Culmer http://onebreadonecup.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Aurora

I've just returned from my first session at Trinity Wall Street's Clergy Leadership Project. Here is a profound story I learned about the reign of God as told by the staff and Chaplains of CLP: The Chambered Nautilus The nautilus is a living f...

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]]> Prayer of Archbishop Oscar Romero tag:vox.com,2009-10-30:asset-6a00d41424bba63c7f0123f1752707860f 2009-10-30T12:25:14Z 2009-10-30T12:25:14Z Fr. Ron Culmer http://onebreadonecup.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Bread

It helps, now and then, to step back and take a long view. The kingdom is not only beyond our efforts, it is even beyond our vision. We accomplish in our lifetime only a tiny fraction of the magnificent enterprise that is God's work. Nothing we d...

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]]> Balance tag:vox.com,2009-10-29:asset-6a00d41424bba63c7f0123ddcb14d9860c 2009-10-29T16:46:08Z 2009-10-31T18:31:27Z Fr. Ron Culmer http://onebreadonecup.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

St Clare's Mission to Mexico 2005 025

Pastors working according to the Word restore balance in the congregation. Where there is too much, they reduce. Where there is too little, they add. Their people are neither overly busy, nor lazy and idle. They resist the temptation to contr...

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