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The Theology of Race
1st Fall Lecture for the Koinonia School of Race and Justice, given September 28, 2015 at Richmond Hill by the Rev. B. P. Campbell Introduction: Constantine and King James In 325 A. D. the Emperor Constantine, who had just, after 13 years of battle, murder and intrigue, secured his position in control of the Roman Empire, locked all…
Word and reality
Everything is so much more than the words that describe it …than the measurements that describe it …than the chemical and physical analysis that profile it. Everyone is so much more than the words that describe them …than the things you can say about them …than the analysis you can make of them …than the…
Divine Treasury
The search for the treasures of of heaven is a daily one. That is a part of its character. There is nothing static about it. It is a daily commitment, a daily exploration, a daily mystery, a daily prayer. “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust consume and where…
The ear of God
There is another dimension. It is not the third dimension. It is not the fourth, or the fifth dimension. It does violence to this dimension, in a sense, to give it a number. This is the dimension where number is nonexistent. In the first two or three dimensions, number is required and defining. Length, width,…
Lighting fires of hope
The worst thing of all would be for the Messiah to be born in Metropolitan Richmond this December and for all of us to miss it. Yet one wonders how in the world we could ever see it. For one thing, we are so fragmented, so without a single center, that wherever it was, most…
Belong to the longing
Writing in my journal this morning, I had a few questions: What/where are my longings? Can I feel them? Name them? Will I find them underneath and in between all the should-ings and the must-ings? Why pay attention to them? Indeed. Why pay attention? For one thing, I can’t help it — it is in…
Faith and Futility
The opposite of faith is not unbelief but futility. Christianity is based on what must be the ultimate happy ending – the story of the resurrection of Jesus. Volumes have been written, churches have been divided, and purported heretics have been burned over the supposed “meaning” of this event. But the event, I think, is…
Cleveland Transit Guru Speaks to Richmond’s Potential
Joe Calabrese, CEO of the most successful Bus Rapid Transit system in the country (over $5.8 BILLION in economic development) will speak 6:30 pm Wednesday, Sept. 17 at the Science Museum of Virginia’s Thalhimer Theater. He will discuss the economic development potential of Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) for Metropolitan Richmond. Come hear Mr. Calabrese’s exciting…
Holy of Holies
In many older European churches, and in Orthodox Christian churches throughout the world, a screen stands between the congregation and the precinct of the priests, where the altar is. In traditional Gothic cathedrals so constructed, this “rood screen” separates the entire choir area – the place where the monastic community and various clergy worshipped several…