About the Courtyard

Hello, I'm Margaret D. McGee. Here In the Courtyard, you'll find prayers, meditations, and other writings of mine organized by the seasons of the church. I add new writings regularly.  more...

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Margaret’s Bench     July 2008

At some point during my youth, while I was still attending church because my parents made me do it, I grew at first uncomfortable, then puzzled and put off, and finally disbelieving at all that LOVE stuff thrown at us pew-sitters, from hymns to prayers to Bible readings to sermons.    more...   

Welcome to the Green Season

The longest season in the church calendar, the Green Season is sometimes called Pentecost season, because it begins on Pentecost Sunday.   more... 

Homily for the 7th Sunday after Pentecost   July 2008

“Welcome” -- Delivered at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Port Townsend, Washington, on June 29, 2008

God says to Abraham, “Take your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love … and offer him … as a burnt offering on [a mountain] that I shall show you.”    more... 

Lectio + Haiku    July 2008

The Guest House
 

This being human is a guest house.
Every morning a new arrival.

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