Franklin of Anselm: Updates from Living in God's Time
My Year With The Community of St. Anselm, A Choose Your Own Adventure Story…Where God's in Charge
Maundy Thursday Months ago, when The Community of St. Anselm hosted a teacher at the Palace every week, we welcomed an endearingly prickly, quirky theologian who taught us about the Eucharist. Perhaps teaching a bit above our collective understanding of Communion (we were just expecting an overview of different traditions: high, low, and so on,) … Continue reading Re-membering a Community
Every Friday, Community members design and lead a Vespers service, reflecting our interests, traditions, or concerns during our time at Lambeth. Last week, I led our service remotely, via Zoom, and tried to incorporate a lot of technology and a lot of humanity at the same time. I figured out how to screen-share the few … Continue reading Consider the lilies…
Greetings, friends! Thank you for your patience in the midst of this long period of radio silence. I have a lot to report — and a lot of half-finished drafts on here — and I hope to fill in the last few months’ gaps soon. Today, I just want to start back by sharing a … Continue reading “Rejoice!” in the midst of isolation
A few weeks ago, we had our first on-site retreat, here at the Palace. Throughout the year, immersive members are split into two sharing groups, and usually spend one evening a week together. For these four days, however, we spent most of the day just with our six members and three leaders. The stories of … Continue reading Fragments from Bethany
Friends, you will not be surprised that I have already been back to Shakespeare’s Globe…twice. I attended the final performance of Merry Wives of Windsor and another production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, this time with thirteen members and friends of the Community alongside me. Because of the events of the last two weeks, Titania’s … Continue reading Creation & Rebellion
I totally know what is about to happen. I feel completely comfortable with the plans I have made and have no expectation of the Holy Spirit lovingly smacking me in the face. Everybody when they encounter Jesus. Samaritan women at wells, rich young rulers, tax collectors, and especially me, right now, blissfully typing away Most … Continue reading A Day in the Life
James Franklin Lowe… I have never answered to James, except to take pity on a substitute teacher. I have always been Franklin, except for when I was Frankie in middle school and Frank, during an ill-advised stint as an ATV instructor. I was Roo before I could spell my whole name, then Bud-Bud at home, … Continue reading A Year of Brother Fin
Franklin of Anselm: Updates from Living in God's Time 