09/06/2026
A Mediation and A Comment: Bishop Charleston:
Can you hear it, that sound of rustling wings all around us, brushing close unseen, as if angels walked beside us, hovered over us, moving before us to clear a way? Can you see it, the shimmering light of a halo, the glow of a different light in the eyes of friends, the star that seems to move? Can you hear it, the sound of a heartbeat, like a drum in the distance, keeping rhythm with our breathing? The presence of the sacred is tangible. The reality of the holy is sensual. The energy of God is a force that we can feel, see and hear. It is next to you now. It is the power of forever standing beside you.
Recla Comment:
It saddens me to realize how alien this strikes all of us some of the time, and some of us all the time. I have seen a pagan carry a rock from the ocean to a sweat lodge with more reverence than many clergy handle what they claim to be the body and blood of our Lord. The screaming of slogans, the gender du jour mentality, the casualness of Planned Parenthood’s crunching compared with the crusading for animal rights, all of this din dulls us to a world that is real. While the Lord our God is One, He does not copyright sacred space. If we can’t or won’t relish a reality not easily explained, we are crippled at altar
