Here is my response to Fr. Russ’s homily Sunday July 13, 2008: I was as glad he gave us some thoughts on St. Paul’s use of the word sarks (flesh) as our Rector had mentioned it the previous week, but I was still mystified as to how to understand it. Now I am beginning to understand that for me the word has to do with how "flesh" is an analogy for all in the world that distracts me from experiencing the "spirit". So that when I am most in the company of Jesus, his spirit inhabits my being and keeps me freshly present to him. That is what is going on with me as my "flesh" battles for my attention but I am freed to be in his spirit when attending to his company.
We also talked in reflection time about the soil receiving the seed that stands for the word of God in the gospel reading. How that seed can grow in the good soil that is our lives. With all the gardners around me (I have four good gardners just in my own family!) I found it helpful to consider the many ways I can make the soil that is me fertile and ready to take the seed in and nurture its growth. John Staples
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