Spiritual Ramblings

Sermon Audio

We have stopped hosting the Streaming Audio and podcasts directly from The Spirit Page of this site Sermons are now posted directly on the Glory of God Anglican Church Site for the convenience of parishioners of Glory of God Anglican Church in Cocoa, Florida, we encourage all to enjoy the insight and humor of our pastor, The Reverend Paul W. Young. We also feature many guests speaking from the Glory of God Church Pulpit.

It was on this day (October 31) in 1517 that Martin Luther published his 95 Theses , an event that led to the Protestant Reformation. Next Wednesday, Glory of God Anglican Church in Cocoa will show the 2003 German movie “Martin Luther” with John Fiennes and Sir Peter Ustanov.

Luther

Glory of God Anglican Church’s Clergy Appreciation Video 2009

Pastor Appreciation

Great Bake Sale Saturday – Here are some Photos

Church Bake Sale

Another Beautiful Service with a Beautiful Ending – I love it – you feel renewed and ready to go out in the world to serve the Lord by serving others. There is a little “Hitchcock” type thing at the end.

Recessional Hymn September 13th 2009

Recessional Hymn 9-13-09

It’s the birthday of the poet Donald Hall, who said: “I see no reason to spend your life writing poems unless your goal is to write great poems. … To desire to write poems that endure — we undertake such a goal certain of two things: that in all likelihood we will fail, and that if we succeed we will never know it.”

Read more on “The Writer’s Almanac” with Garrison Keiller

Great video by “The Skit Guys” called “God’s Chisel” – Very entertaining and insightful.

Watch “God’s Chisel”

Gods Chisel

Alpha Course

This is a Very Sweet Poem from “The Writer’s Almanac July 30, 2009″
(And I’m not saying that because it has such a great title.)
“Ben”

by David Budbill (Other works by the author)

You can see him in the village almost anytime.
He’s always on the street.
At noon he ambles down to Jerry’s
in case a trucker who’s stopped by for lunch
might feel like buying him a sandwich.
Don’t misunderstand, Ben’s not starving;
he’s there each noon because he’s sociable,
not because he’s hungry.

Continued on “The Writer’s Almanac July 30, 2009″

“There is the view that poetry should improve your life. I think people confuse it with the Salvation Army.” John Ashbery, born July 28th in Rochester, New York (1927)

For More Visit “The Writer’s Almanac” Online.

July 28th is Also the Birth Date of Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844) a highly regarded poet and clergyman, who made extensive use of alliteration, assonance, onomatopoeia giving rise to suggestions that he said things like “Sitting, Seriously over my Cereal”.