How God Speaks Through Nature

August 11th, 2021 by Sara Buffington

Have you ever driven I-87 through New York?  It’s called the Adirondack Northway, and, as highways go, its views are spectacular.

The summer after my junior year I worked as a nanny for a family with three children.  I even traveled with them to their summer home in the Adirondacks.  They drove with the older kids in the first car, and I drove behind them in their second car, with a sleeping preschooler in the back and a chocolate lab as my copilot.

I was nervous about caravaning to the Adirondacks.  Would I lose them along the way?  I purposely drove in silence (no music!) so I could concentrate.

As I drove along the Adirondack Northway, my thoughts were hardly quiet.  Huge peaks rose on either side of the highway.  Each curve in the road afforded a new, awe-inspiring vista.  I found myself whispering, “Oh wow,” to no one in particular.

And then I found myself speaking to someone...when I realized he was speaking to me.

Want to Hear? Draw Near

August 4th, 2021 by Carl Buffington

A couple of times in his sermon from August 1, 2021, Canon Christopher, reflecting on the Mary and Martha passage from Luke, said we needed to come close enough to hear Jesus.

That begs the question, how do we come close enough to hear Him? 

How close is close enough?

Listening Prayer: Questions and Comments

July 29th, 2021 by Christopher Caudle

We are learning that God does speak to each of us in a multitude of ways.  

5 Steps for Healing Prayer

March 17th, 2021 by Carl Buffington

Our small group has been zooming together for sometime now.  We recently read Dr. Larry Selig’s book together, Five Prayers God Loves to Answer, and we were blessed out of our socks. We’ll not hear or read The Lord’s Prayer the same again!   

For Lent we decided to take on the topic of “Healing” as some dear friends, Don & Anne Bloch, agreed to join our small group. 

Don & Anne began their healing ministry when I was rector of Christ Episcopal Church in Madison, IN during the late 70s to the mid 80’s.  From there they went to work for Christian Healing Ministries with Francis and Judith MacNutt, and then on to be on the staff of a church in Jacksonville for 18 years.

Anyway, our small group now reaches into Ohio, Indiana, and Kentucky.  Don & Anne invited a good friend of theirs to join us, Greg Toole.  Greg is a prayer minister with Christian Healing Ministries and has shared with us the last couple weeks about Inner Healing.

Simple and Powerful

What I have outlined below is a very simple and yet powerful way to pray for someone. 

Christmas Unwrapped: Your Life as a Lego Advent Calendar

December 28th, 2020 by Sara Buffington

This year my son had a Lego Star Wars Advent calendar.  Yes, such a thing exists.  Each day he opened a little cardboard flap to take out the pieces of a tiny tie fighter or Darth Vader in a Christmas sweater.  He loved it: every day a new discovery, something to look forward to.  

I need that, too.

Friday Epistle for May 25, 2018

May 25th, 2018 by Carl Buffington

SACRED ANTACIDS
By Justin McRoberts
 
A young man came to his priest. "I feel like something is terribly wrong in my spirit. Please help me."

The priest replied, "Can you describe the feeling?"

"It happens every night," the young man said.  "I lie down and begin thinking over my day when a terrible feeling comes over me; a burning in my heart, like the burning the disciples felt when meeting Jesus on the road to Emmaus. But when I feel it, it feels like something is wrong. It's more like a pain. It's as if God is trying to tell me something. Please, help me. What does it mean?"

05-09-2014 " You Can't Eat Just One"

June 16th, 2014 by Carl Buffington

A Friday Message from Sara Buffington, Worship Leader 5-9-2014

03-09-2014 Pray for the Persecuted Church

June 16th, 2014 by Sheryl Shaw

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This coming Sunday we are remembering the Persecuted Church. Below are a few statistics to help give a small picture of what is the reality for so many of our brother and sisters in Christ.

More Christians have been martyred in the 20th century than in all the rest of church history combined.

One third of the world’s people live in areas where preaching of the gospel is restricted in some way.

In His Presence at New Covenant Church

October 7th, 2013 by Carl Buffington

I told someone again this week how thankful I am to be part of this church.  I really love Sunday mornings and all the ways we can experience the Lord's presence. Here are three: there is scripture, there is the sacrament, and there is the Spirit.It's the three streams of our Anglican tradition.

What Time Should We Be Ready to Go?

August 9th, 2013 by Christopher Caudle

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“What time should we be ready to go?” “The service starts at 5:30, so 5:00am should be fine.” The Cathedral of St Anthony of Padua in Dunkwa-on-Offin has been beginning each day with morning Eucharist for years. The service began as a way to serve the men and women of the parish who had to quickly be on their way to work. The combination of walking commuters and challenging roads led to the service beginning at this early hour.

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