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2009 E-Cast: Katherine Williamson on The Mustard Seed

The 2009 St. Benedict’s E-cast will highlight Episcopal lay people talking on practical issues of faith. The third in this series is by Katherine Williamson who uses the memory of her grandmother’s charm bracelet to discuss how with faith in God all things are possible.

St. Benedict’s E-Cast is an audio ministry of St. Benedict’s Episcopal Church. If you are an Episcopal lay person interested in contributing to this ministry, please contact Rev. Stuart Higginbotham.

2009 E-Cast: Courtney Vaughn on Seeing God

The 2009 St. Benedict’s E-cast will highlight Episcopal lay people talking on practical issues of faith. The second in this series is by Courtney Vaughn who uses her experiences from St. Scholastica’s Children’s Chapel to reflect on Seeing God in Our Everyday Lives.

2009 E-Cast: Giving Out of Your Abundance

The 2009 St. Benedict’s E-cast will highlight Episcopal lay people talking on practical issues of faith. The first in this series is by Carol Kirshner on Giving Out of Your Abundance.

Foundations of Faith: Reflection on Sacraments

Reflection on Sacraments is the next in the series of St. Benedict’s E-Casts that compliment the Adult Forum classes of the Fall of 2008 culminating in the confirmation, reaffirmation and reception of many in the parish. While these messages were designed to compliment the classes, they still provide points of reflection that may help foster the deepening of your faith and your unique relationship with God.

St. Benedict’s E-Cast is an audio ministry of St. Benedict’s Episcopal Church in Smyrna, Georgia. We hope that these short “meditative moments” meet you where you are and give you an opportunity for reflection and relaxation in the middle of your busy, hectic life.

Time: 5 Minutes 3 seconds

Rev. Lang Lowrey Sermon: Changes in Latitude - Changes in Attitude

This is a sermon given by Rev. Lang Lowrey of St. Benedict’s Episcopal Church on August 31, 2008.

Click here to see the readings from the Revised Common Lectionary for that date. St. Benedict’s E-Cast is an audio ministry of St. Benedict’s Episcopal Church in Smyrna, Georgia.

Changes in Latitude - Changes in Attitude by Rev. Lang Lowrey is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License. For Permissions, please contact Rev. Lang Lowrey at St. Benedict’s Episcopal Church.

Foundations of Faith: Let’s Look at Time

The next series of St. Benedict’s E-Casts are made to compliment the Adult Forum classes of the Fall of 2008 culminating in the confirmation, reaffirmation and reception of many in the parish. While these messages were designed to compliment the classes, they still provide points of reflection that may help foster the deepening of your faith and your unique relationship with God.

Time: 5 minutes and 12 seconds

Welcome to Foundations of Faith

St. Benedict’s Curate, Rev. Stuart Higginbotham welcome message for the start of the Foundations of Faith class. Second in the series on Confirmation, this message provides an overview of the purpose and philosophy behind the upcoming Foundations of Faith Adult Forum class being held at St. Benedict’s Episcopal Church.

Foundations of Faith: What is Confirmation?

Beginning September 14, 2008, St. Benedict’s will begin its new adult christian formation classes. The Foundations of Faith class, led by Rev. Stuart Higginbotham will examine what it means to be Episcopal and provide an overview of what it means to be part of the Anglican Communion. Secondarily, this class will help people meet the requirements for confirmation, reception or reaffirmation.

This week’s podcast examines the history, purpose and meaning of Confirmation within the Episcopal Church. St. Benedict’s E-Cast is an audio ministry of St. Benedict’s Episcopal Church in Smyrna, Georgia. We hope that these short “meditative moments” meet you where you are and give you an opportunity for reflection and relaxation in the middle of your busy, hectic life.

Time: 5 Minutes 42 Seconds

Grow In Faith IV: What does it mean to believe?

Building off of the motto for St. Benedict’s Episcopal Church, this podcast, by The Rev. Stuart Higginbotham, is the last in a series on Grow In Faith. This episode picks up after the previous to further examine the what it means to believe.

Time: 5 Minutes and 37 seconds

Meditative Moment: Grow in Faith Part III

Building off of the motto for St. Benedict’s Episcopal Church, this podcast, by The Rev. Stuart Higginbotham, is the third in a series on Grow In Faith. This episode picks up after the previous to further examine the implications of the Incarnation in our daily lives. St. Benedict’s E-Cast is an audio ministry of St. Benedict’s Episcopal Church in Smyrna, Georgia. We hope that these short “meditative moments” give you an opportunity for reflection and relaxation in the middle of your busy, hectic life.

Time: 4 minutes 32 seconds.

Meditative Moment: Grow in Faith Part II

Building off of the motto for St. Benedict’s Episcopal Church, this podcast, by The Rev. Stuart Higginbotham, is the second in a series on Grow In Faith.

St. Benedict’s E-Cast is an audio ministry of St. Benedict’s Episcopal Church in Smyrna, Georgia. We hope that these short “meditative moments” give you an opportunity for reflection and relaxation in the middle of your busy, hectic life.

Time: 3 minutes 55 seconds.

July 13, 2008 Sermon by Rev. Lang Lowrey: Life is a Beach

On July 13, 2008 we observed the feast day of St. Benedict of Nursia, our patron saint. The sermon, delivered by Rev. Lang Lowrey was entitled “Life is a Beach” and was based on the readings for the day, specifically the passage from Matthew, Chapter 13. Click here to see the scripture.

Time: 13 minutes

St. Benedict’s Episcopal Church is located in Smyrna, Ga and is a part of the Diocese of Atlanta.

Life is A Beach by The Rev. Lang Lowrey is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License. Based on a work at stbenedicts.episcopalatlanta.org. Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available at http://st.benedicts.episcopalatlanta.org.

Meditative Moment: Grow in Faith (Episode 1)

Building off of the motto for St. Benedict’s Episcopal Church, this podcast, by The Rev. Stuart Higginbotham, is the first in a series on Grow In Faith.

Time: 4 minutes 21 seconds.

June 15, 2008 Sermon by The Rev. Lang Lowrey

Title: The Harvest is plenty but laborers few.

Time: 11 min and 49 sec

Meditative Moment: That Tricky Thing Called Faith

What is faith? How do we understand faith?

St. Benedict’s Episcopal Church publishes this week’s Meditative Moment entitled “That Tricky Thing Called Faith” by our own Curate, The Rev. Stuart Higginbotham. He asserts:

“I don’t think Faith is simple and blind passivity to what goes on in life. There is always a danger of Faith slipping into unhealthy naivete: just waiting blindly for something to fall into my lap.”

Download or play the e-cast to hear about Faith in our busy, complex, lives.

Time: 4 Minutes 35 seconds

Meditative Moment: Hear Our Confusion

“E-cast,” or “Episcopal Cast.” is a web-based ministry of St. Benedict’s Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Atlanta. Each week, we will bring you a short meditative moment to hopefully give you a space to re-center, renew, and re-ground yourself within God and within the Community. It can be so difficult to find quiet times, time for ideas and questions, for faith and wondering. It is our prayer that this weekly “E-cast” meets you where you are and offers you nourishing nuggets of faith.

Length 5 minutes 15 seconds.

St. Benedict’s Episcopal Church is located in Smyrna, Ga.

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