Seasonal Journal

Seasonal Journal Pentecost / Trinity Sunday / Ordinary Time / The Visitation / The Transfiguration / Christ the King Sunday: May 23rd -Nov. 21st, 2021 The Trinity (Russian: Троица, tr. Troitsa, also called The Hospitality of Abraham), a 15th- century icon written by Russian painter Andrei Rublev (fl. 1360’s- 1427-30), is likely the most famous of all Russian icons and currently displayed at the State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow. The Rev. Kristin Krantz sermonizes in this issue on the Trinity using the icon. Grace and St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, Colorado Springs, CO Mission: To accept God’s grace and bear witness to His grace in the world 1 On the cover: Icon of The Trinity Table of Contents Editor’s Introduction & The Liturgical Season 3 by Joan Klingel Ray, PhD Pentecost: Jesus Moving the Church out of the House and into the World 7 by The Rev. Debbie Womack, Deacon A Broken World Needs the Holy Spirit 8 by The Rev. Megan L. Castellan Seeing the Trinity through an Icon 11 by The Rev. Kristin Krantz God Is / Are Love: A Sermon on the Trinity 13 by The Rev. Lonnie Lacy The Trinity: “Mutual Connectedness” 16 by Pastor Jennifer Williamson A Pray-er’s Desperate Plea to the Trinity: Donne’s Holy Sonnet XIV 18 by Joan Klingel Ray, PhD The Marys of Faith 24 by The Rev. Laurie Brock There’s Something about Mary: The Visitation of Mary to Elizabeth 27 by The Rev. Dr. Richard Simpson The Visitation: Then in Person, Now on the Phone and Zoom 30 by The Rev. Jeremiah Williamson Jesus’s Transfiguration and Ours 31 by the Rev. Anne Edge Dale Ordinary Time: The Rest of the Story . 33 by the Rev. Josh Hosler Why “‘Ordinary Time”? Say, “The Season after Pentecost”! 35 by the Rev. Claire Elser “Author-ity”: A Sermon for Christ the King Sunday, The Reign of Christ 36 by The Rev. Adam Thomas Christ the King Sunday 38 by The Rt. Rev. Kym Lucas, Bishop of Colorado What is Education for Ministry? 40 by Anna Johnson Reflections on Education for Ministry 41 by Martha Basenberg A First Year EfM Student and 2 EfM “Grads” Share their Thoughts 42 by Susan Humphrey Sacred Ground: A Personal Watershed Moment 45 by Samantha Davis, Assistant Choirmaster Editor: Joan Klingel Ray, PhD Editorial Assistant: Susan Defosset Layout and Design: Max Pearson Printed by Print Net Inc., owned by David Byers, 306 Auburn Drive, Colorado Springs, CO 80909 Grace and St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church at Tejon and Monument Streets (Nave), 601 N. Tejon St. (Office), Colorado Springs, CO 80903 Tel: (719) 328-1125 http://www.gssepiscopal.org The Rev. Jeremiah Williamson, Rector; The Rev. Claire Elser, Curate; Pastor Jennifer Williamson, Youth Minister; The Rev. Debbie Womack, Deacon This Journal receives no funds from Grace and St. Stephen’s. It is made possible through parishioners’ generosity. If you’d like to donate to its publication costs, please note “Journal” in the memo section of a check made out to GSS Episcopal. Permission to reprint: Please contact the appropriate writers, photographers, or the church at < [email protected]> for permission to reprint. 2 Editor’s Introduction (Joan Klingel Ray, PhD) like the idea of parishioners being able to hear (read), contemplate, and even pray after Vision Statement: Although I have edited the encountering different clerical voices relative to the church’s Seasonal Journal since 2014, I’ve never liturgical season. As a highly trained and presented a formal vision statement for this experienced academic researcher, I enjoy including publication. I admit that my idea of a journal for occasional brief research articles, as I did in the parishioners is influenced by my professional 2021-Lent / Easter / Ordinary Time issue about familiarity with scholarly journals, to which I was recent scholarship on the physical appearance of required to submit well-researched, original Jesus. As a longtime reader, student, and teacher of scholarly articles for peer review for publication in poetry, I also enjoy sharing my thoughts about what are called “refereed journals” to earn tenure religious poetry by some truly great Christian poets, and promotion, as well as for annual merit salary whose works have moved and enlightened me. I reviews as a tenured faculty member at the have published scholarly articles about such poems. University of Colorado Colorado Springs. When in winter 2013, Clelia deMoraes asked me if I was Over the years, parishioners have interested in taking over the editorship of the contributed to the journal. Here are a few more church’s journal—not be confused with “Tidings,” recent examples. Among them are two of my our newsletter about current events—I told her that former students. One from quite early in my career, while I understood that our church’s Seasonal Scott Ayler, PhD (History), who was in my Journal was not meant to be a scholarly journal, I Introduction to Literature class for non-majors was hoping to make it meaningful, instructive, and longer ago than either of us wishes to remember, even inspiring for our readers’ spiritual and undertook the monumental task of gathering and intellectual lives. editing The Letters of Henry Martyn: East India Company Chaplain (Boydell Press, 2019), thereby Having retired from the university as at the introducing us to “the first great missionary of the end of fall semester 2012 after 35 years of teaching Church after Boniface.” (Martyn may have been the and pursuing research for scholarly publication, I inspiration for the character St. John Rivers in was also interested in remaining intellectually Charlotte Bronté’s Jane Eyre.) A more recent active. Why, I thought, as Professor Emerita of student, Mark Stewart Ross, presented a fine essay English, should I continue to take up pages in on the history of The Book of Common Prayer. scholarly journals in which advanced graduate David Margiotta, a retired pastor of the United students need to publish in their effort to secure Methodist Church, shared his journey to the tenure-track positions and assistant and associate Episcopal faith. Ronnie Lee Graham contributed professors need to publish for professional poetry and illustrations. Don Simpson wrote about advancement through tenure and promotion? Even the Spirit’s aid in a medical crisis. Gary Alan full professors must continue to publish scholarly Taylor, co-founder of “The Sophia Society: Ancient research. But as a Professor Emerita— emeritus for Wisdom for the Modern World,” wrote knowingly male, and emerita for female, means honorably about “The Politics of Pentecost.” Steve Starr discharged from active professional duty, but provided some superb photos and always kindly retaining the title of one’s office or position with helped with photography when requested. approval from the department, college, university, and regents or trustees—I needed a purpose for my From Father Steve Zimmerman (rector for writing and research; hence, I turned to the church’s my first issue, Lent / Easter 2014) onward, our Seasonal Journal as a ministry. rectors, priest-in-charge, assisting priests, assistant rectors, pastor, curates, and deacons have Reviewing sermons and meditations online generously contributed. and then contacting clergy from churches in the Episcopal Church and The Church of England for This Issue’s Contents: A Big Issue for a Long permission to reprint them are intellectually Season rewarding activities for me. (In my travels, I’ve even met and enjoyed coffee, afternoon tea, and Four parishioners have articles in this issue. even lunchtime conversations with many of them.) I Education for Ministry (EfM), a four-year program 3 established and coordinated by the School of Another contributor to this issue, the Rev. Theology (Episcopal) of the University of the Kristin Krantz, should become more involved with South-Sewanee, Tennessee, has two groups of Lent Madness because, according to her church participants at Grace and St. Stephen’s. Anna website biography, “in some circles she is known as Johnson brought EfM to our church and mentors a curator of pop-culture religious kitsch.” I one group; she introduces EfM to readers. Martha suggested to her that her collection would be highly Basenberg reflects on taking and then mentoring appropriate for the “saintly kitsch” round of Lent groups for EfM. First-year EfM participant Susan Madness voting. I became virtually acquainted with Humphrey writes about joining EfM and interviews Mother Kristin through an online icon search for a two EfM “graduates,” Kristin Brown and Danielle cover image. That is, a few months ago in Sena, class of 2020. Samantha Davies writes about Education for Ministry (EfM), Cindy Page led a another program, Sacred Ground, an enlightening theological reflection on a famous Russian icon discussion, film, and reading series on racial called “The Trinity” (see cover). I remembered the reconciliation and white privilege. The Episcopal icon, and when I was searching for it on the Church of the United States sponsors Sacred internet, Rev. Krantz’s thoughtful sermon about the Ground for parishioner participation across the US. Trinity using this icon popped up: her sermon is in the following pages. Lent Madness Celebrity Bloggers Pentecost, the Holy Trinity, the Visitation, I began working on this issue of the Ordinary Time, Seasonal Journal while still playing and enjoying the Transfiguration, and Christ the King Sunday “Lent Madness.” This inspired me to ask some of Lent Madness’s Celebrity Bloggers to contribute. Our Deacon, the Rev. Debbie Womack, The Revs. Megan Castellan and Laurie Brock examines Pentecost in terms of Jesus moving the kindly responded and with good cheer—as you church out of the house and into the world. might expect from Celebrity Bloggers. Mother Megan explains why our world needs the Holy In the Pentecost 2020 issue of this journal, Spirit.

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