Sermons from St. James Parish in Wilmington, NC.
Dec 08, 2019 |
2019 St. James Episcopal Church Annual Meeting
| Guest Speaker2019 St. James Episcopal Church Annual Meeting
Find the printed materials for the Annual Report here.
Dec 01, 2019 |
First Sunday of Advent Year A
| The Rev. Cheryl BrainardFirst Sunday of Advent Year A
Isaiah 2:1-5; Romans 13:11-14; Matthew 24:36-44; Psalm 122
The Collect:
Almighty God, give us grace to cast away the works of darkness, and put on the armor of light, now in the time of this mortal life in which your Son Jesus Christ came to visit us in great humility; that in the last day, when he shall come again in his glorious majesty to judge both the living and the dead, we may rise to the life immortal; through him who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
Oct 08, 2019 |
Lecture Series: Presence as a Spiritual Practice with Dr. Beverly Foulks McGuire
| Guest SpeakerLecture Series: Presence as a Spiritual Practice with Dr. Beverly Foulks McGuire
St. James Parish, located in downtown Wilmington, North Carolina, is pleased to host, “Presence as a Spiritual Practice” as presented by Dr. Beverly Foulks McGuire.
In today's attention economy, where we are constantly bombarded with information, we can easily become distracted and pulled into our mobile phones or other digital devices. It becomes a challenge to stay present, attuned, and mindful of ourselves, other people, and our surroundings. This lecture will discuss various contemplative methods that encourage a slower, more deliberative approach to life, such as silence, stillness, prayer, and meditation. We will consider ways we might incorporate such practices into our everyday lives, making us more present with ourselves, other people, and our environment.
Dr. Beverley McGuire in a professor of East Asian religions at the University of North Carolina Wilmington. She is the author of Living Karma: The Religious Practices of Ouyi Zhixu (Columbia University Press, 2014) and has an "Resilience and Interdependence: Christian and Buddhist Views of Social Responsibility Following Natural Disasters"; in the upcoming issue of Buddhist-Christian Studies. She is currently working on a book about the impact of digital technology on moral attention — the capacity to discern and attend to the morally salient features of a given situation. She is participating in Public Theologies of Technology and Presence (https://www.shin-ibs.edu/luce/ ), a three-year program supported by the Luce Foundation, which examines ways in which technologies reshape human relationships and alter how people are or are not “present” with each other.
This presentation is part of the St. James Parish Lecture Series that brings a variety of guest speakers to the area to discuss important matters of faith, family, and community.
In today's attention economy, where we are constantly bombarded with information, we can easily become distracted and pulled into our mobile phones or other digital devices. It becomes a challenge to stay present, attuned, and mindful of ourselves, other people, and our surroundings. This lecture will discuss various contemplative methods that encourage a slower, more deliberative approach to life, such as silence, stillness, prayer, and meditation. We will consider ways we might incorporate such practices into our everyday lives, making us more present with ourselves, other people, and our environment.
Dr. Beverley McGuire in a professor of East Asian religions at the University of North Carolina Wilmington. She is the author of Living Karma: The Religious Practices of Ouyi Zhixu (Columbia University Press, 2014) and has an "Resilience and Interdependence: Christian and Buddhist Views of Social Responsibility Following Natural Disasters"; in the upcoming issue of Buddhist-Christian Studies. She is currently working on a book about the impact of digital technology on moral attention — the capacity to discern and attend to the morally salient features of a given situation. She is participating in Public Theologies of Technology and Presence (https://www.shin-ibs.edu/
This presentation is part of the St. James Parish Lecture Series that brings a variety of guest speakers to the area to discuss important matters of faith, family, and community.