by superadmin | Jan 20, 2016 | Epiphany Meditations, Pilgrimage Blog
The Rev. Dr. Han van den Blink St. Paul’s Church, Troy God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Psalm 46:1 The Greek word trauma means wound. In our time the word trauma has come to describe an extremely distressing and harrowing personal or...
by superadmin | Jan 19, 2016 | Epiphany Meditations, Pilgrimage Blog
The Rev. Dr. Han van den Blink St. Paul’s Church, Troy Your word is a lantern to my feet and a light upon my path. Psalm 119:105 Only more recently have I come to see that my being pulled inwardly between belief in a transcendent God and a more sacramental...
by superadmin | Jan 18, 2016 | Epiphany Meditations, Pilgrimage Blog
The Rev. Dr. Han van den Blink St. Paul’s Church, Troy Lord, I love the house in which you dwell and the place where your glory abides. Psalm 26:8 When I was asked in 1985 to teach pastoral care courses at Colgate Rochester Divinity School, which was at that time in...
by superadmin | Jan 16, 2016 | Epiphany Meditations, Pilgrimage Blog
The Rev. Dr. Han van den Blink St. Paul’s Church, Troy Keep me as the apple of your eye; hide me under the shadow of your wings, from the wicked who assault me, from my deadly enemies who surround me. Psalm 17:8-9 Looking back at my time in Indonesia the frightening...
by superadmin | Jan 15, 2016 | Epiphany Meditations, Pilgrimage Blog
The Rev. Dr. Han van den Blink St. Paul’s Church, Troy And [Joseph] got up and took the child and his mother by night, and went to Egypt, and remained there till the death of Herod. Matthew 2:14 Joseph, Mary, and their little boy Jesus surely qualify as refugees. For...
