For Whom the Bell Tolls
Earlier this week, our President and Vice-President marked a nearly incomprehensible milestone in our nation’s life: 500,000 dead of...
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Matt Rodgers
- Aug 31, 2022
- 2 min
More Lent
One week from today, we will be in Lent. Again. If you’re anything like me, it feels like we never left the last Lent. I’m wondering how...
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Matt Rodgers
- Aug 31, 2022
- 3 min
Living Trust
About a week ago, I picked up a little book that’s been on my shelf for months now. To be honest, I don’t even know where I got it,...
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Matt Rodgers
- Aug 31, 2022
- 2 min
Ordinary Time
Christmas is long past, the wise men have come and gone – even the inauguration is over (and peacefully, thanks be to God). Even those of...
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Matt Rodgers
- Aug 31, 2022
- 3 min
Come and See!
This coming Sunday, we will hear the story of Jesus’ call of the disciples in John. John, of course, always tells his stories a little ...
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Matt Rodgers
- Aug 31, 2022
- 3 min
A New World
We are waking up in a new world today. I remember hearing those words on the radio as I drove to work on the morning of September 12,...
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Matt Rodgers
- Aug 31, 2022
- 2 min
Close to Home
Earlier this week, I was in a Zoom meeting for a committee I serve on as a part of the Association of Anglican Musicians. As each of us...
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Matt Rodgers
- Aug 31, 2022
- 2 min
A New Place for Prayer
There is something new happening in the Atonement gardens. I’m in them every day with Lily, and I always particularly enjoy seeing who is...
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Matt Rodgers
- Aug 31, 2022
- 3 min
One More Prayer
A few months ago, one of our vestry members made a marvelous suggestion. We need to find ways to connect to one another, she said, and...
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Matt Rodgers
- Aug 31, 2022
- 3 min
The Prayer of the Righteous
I use a prayer app that invites me, every day, to pray for three contacts in my phone. I have used this app for years, and I love it....
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Matt Rodgers
- Aug 31, 2022
- 2 min
Writing in Pencil
This week, I put an event in my calendar that won’t happen until later in the fall. It’s a liturgy, a sacrament, something that can only...
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Matt Rodgers
- Aug 31, 2022
- 3 min
Music in the Time of Pandemic
This week marks my tenth anniversary of having the privilege of being the Director of Music at Atonement. I have been reflecting on all...
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Matt Rodgers
- Aug 31, 2022
- 2 min
A Dialogue
Question. How long, O Lord? How long will you hide your face from us? How long will we have perplexity in our minds, anger in our veins,...
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Matt Rodgers
- Aug 31, 2022
- 2 min
Staying Where You Are
It’s around this time every year that I start to get impatient for autumn. Fall is my absolute favorite season of the year, and by the...
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Matt Rodgers
- Aug 31, 2022
- 3 min
Pray for us sinners...
When I was in seminary, my classmates and I met in small groups on Friday morning for prayer and reflection. We took turns leading the...
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Matt Rodgers
- Aug 31, 2022
- 3 min
Up and Down the Mountain
One of the things that has become increasingly important to me during this pandemic is the opportunity to be outside in God’s Creation. I...
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Matt Rodgers
- Aug 31, 2022
- 3 min
8 Minutes and 46 Seconds
Tuesday afternoon I was part of a phone conversation with Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle and other faith leaders where we...
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Matt Rodgers
- Aug 31, 2022
- 3 min
Faith in the Darkness
I am drowning in words. Every day I scroll through my news feeds and see words of lament and anger, of frustration and grief. They are...
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Matt Rodgers
- Aug 31, 2022
- 3 min
Getting to Know You - An Interview with Phebe Tinker
Atonement Interviews When Mother Erika suggested this assignment, it sounded both interesting and challenging. Interesting to talk to...
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Matt Rodgers
- Aug 31, 2022
- 3 min
Getting to Know You - An Interview with Marian DeBerry
Atonement Interviews When Mother Erika suggested this assignment, it sounded both interesting and challenging. Interesting to talk to...
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