Lee Lambert, Author at Anglican Journal

Remembrance Day 2013

Lee Lambert — Fri, 08 Nov 2013 20:55:00 +0000

When we talk about love, what do we mean? Because love is not an emotion. It's an action -not a noun, but a verb. Real love-true love-involves sacrifice. Sacrifice.

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The Tent

Lee Lambert — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0000

“For now we see in a mirror, dimly.” -Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians, (13:12) Whenever I hear this passage, I am transported back to my childhood. You see, when I was a child I was often sick. I spent many weeks off school and I remember many, many nights in the hospital. I couldn’t […]

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I am not a hugger

Lee Lambert — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 04:00:00 +0000

The most memorable moment during a visit to a 103-year-old Great War veteran? The black-and-white photo stamped “June 1962” showing him playing guitar to a delighted toddler. Both wear matching western shirts. The occasion? His retirement. Beautiful.I fairly buzzed with gratitude that my fellow priest-in-training asked me to join this first visit to Mr. Norman, […]

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Notes from a funeral

Lee Lambert — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0000

7 pm – 16 hours to funeralOpen casket. Thirty-six years of age: husband, father and heart-attack victim, wearing jeans and a T-shirt that reads: Life is simple: Eat, Sleep, Drink Beer. 9 pm – 14 hours to funeralI meet with the widow and her daughter, age 12. Mary, the widow’s sister, is with them for […]

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What Passes All Understanding

Lee Lambert — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 04:00:00 +0000

“Well, I’m going to talk to her about it,” announced the woman. “No, you’re not,” I shot back. The setting for this exchange was a weekly bible study. Not exactly dripping with “the peace that passes all understanding,” I know, but I was very concerned. We were discussing Mrs. Spence, an elderly woman, consistently well-dressed […]

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Truth or Dare

Lee Lambert — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 04:00:00 +0000

It was in my final year of university that I was called to the town hospital. The ride was brief and I struggled for composure. Waiting for me was a man who had been told by his oncologist minutes earlier that he was going to die soon. I entered by the back way, thankful for […]

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The dreaded knock

Lee Lambert — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 04:00:00 +0000

We have to beat the press. No one talks that way of course, but the death of a soldier is news and we need to reach his loved ones first. It’s 6:04 a.m. as our staff car clears the gates. The commanding officer and the regimental sergeant major are in the back. The driver and […]

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