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Doug BaileyThe Rev. Douglass M. Bailey, D.D.

Doug Bailey served as rector of Calvary Church for more than 20 years. When Doug came to Calvary in 1978, it was a parish in decline. In tandem with efforts to revitalize the city after the urban crises of the 1960s and 1970s, Doug worked to bring life and soul to this downtown parish. Major emphasis was placed on congregational development and growth, as well as the formation of imaginative urban ministries. In those two decades, Doug founded or co-founded such wide-ranging and vital ministries as the Calvary Street Ministry for the homeless, the Samaritan Counseling Center, Teen Job Services employment program, and Calvary and the Arts noonday concert series.

Doug also directed efforts to provide quality worship and religious education. A strong Sunday morning Adult Christian Education and Youth Church Program complemented a number of weekday offerings including the popular Wednesday night Koinonia faith formation and community building programs, attracting people of all ages and significantly contributing to Calvary's burgeoning membership. Under Doug Bailey's rectorship, Calvary Church became the fastest growing Episcopal congregation in the Diocese, and is recognized as one of the most dynamic and thriving Episcopal churches in America.

In 1998, Doug was awarded an Honorary Doctorate at Virginia Theological Seminary. He has also been awarded a Doctor of Divinity by Rhodes College of Memphis for "outstanding servant ministry to parish, city and world" and earned a "Peacemaker and Community Service" honor from the Mid-South Peace and Justice Center. Doug also served as the Presiding Bishop's Appointment to the Brazil/USA Covenant Committee and has led Clergy Conferences and Visitations to Uruguay and Brazil.

 
Featured Contributions


Questions of Faith
Exploring God's Love, Your Faith, and the Church

Reflections for Your Journey Brief Insights on Spirituality and Religion

Easter: The Deepest Mystery, The Highest Hope
In that wonderful Academy Award-winning film Shakespeare in Love,
there is a funny and recurring line from one of the characters...

The Dust of Life
In a lifetime of Ash Wednesdays which begin yet another Lent, here are some of my one-liner learnings...

The Real You
Remember your roots. That's not referring to what family you were born into. Remember your roots. You are a child of God...

An Unfailing Love
Very possibly, God's love is even greater for us at the point where
we fail to follow God's Word and way...

Walk the Walk
In the New Testament alone, the word "follow" is used 87 times.
"Follow Me, follow Me," says Jesus...

Thoughts on Prayer
Several one-liner reflections on "my" prayers and God's answers...

Opening Yourself to God
I don't know about you, but when I go through difficult times,
often that's when I am most cautious and closed to God...

Our Waiting God
There's a great Hasid story about the teacher Rabbi Zolman...

Moments of Transfiguration
Think about all of the God spots in your life--books you've
read, stories you have heard, moments in prayer...

Finding Your Voice
It is the title of Parker J. Palmer's latest and very compelling
book: Let Your Life Speak...

Life's Warning Sign
Life without pain is a perpetually dangerous life...

Living the Language of Faith
We need so desperately to model for our children the language of faith--a language of deep trust, a language of an authentic relationship with the Holy One...

Walking in Faith
Our lives are a combination of uncanny twists and turns..

Voices of Faith Sermons and Essays from the Clergy

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Sermons

"Faith Rise" • December 2, 2001
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November 25, 2001
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Thanksgiving Eve Ecumenical Evensong • November 21, 2001
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"The Dance of Life" • November 11, 2001
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"The Saints of God" • November 4, 2001
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"Where is the Tenth Leper?" • October 14, 2001
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"Increase Our Faith" • October 7, 2001
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"Hold Fast to the Faith That Shall Endure" • September 23, 2001
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"To Life!" • September 9 , 2001
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August 19, 2001
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August 12, 2001
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"Just Do It" • July 15, 2001
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"Your Commencement. Your Mission." • July 8, 2001
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"Remember Who You Are" • June 3, 2001
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May 20, 2001
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May 13, 2001
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Easter Day: "Stand Up" • April 15, 2001
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The Sunday of the Passion: Palm Sunday • April 8, 2001
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March 25, 2001
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March 4, 2001
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February 11, 2001
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"Hush, Somebody's Calling" • January 21, 2001
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December 24, 2000
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December 17, 2000
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"Have We Prepared Ourselves for Christ?" • December 10, 2000
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"Living the Language of Faith" • November 26, 2000
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November 5, 2000
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"You Are Pre-Approved" • October 1, 2000
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"Your Name Is Rob-Boy" • September 10, 2000
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"God- Spots" • August 6, 2000
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"When You Do Not Have Enough!! (A Response to Too Few Loaves and Fishes)" • July 23, 2000
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"Called to Kerygma (proclamation)!" • July 16, 2000
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The Day of Pentecost • June 11, 2000
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"Stay in the City" • May 19. 2000
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"Evidence for Being a Christian!"• May 7, 2000
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"An Easter Conversation; an Easter Concert" • April 23, 2000
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"Follow the Loser" • March 19, 2000
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"Opening Yourself to An Encounter With God" March 15, 2000
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Ash Wednesday • March 8, 2000
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"Encounters With God's Face" • March 5, 2000
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"Blessed Pain. Blessed Healing." • February 6, 2000
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"Hard Truth for Advent" • December 5, 1999
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"God Hidden in the Shadows" • November 28, 1999
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"Death by Baptism, but 'Christ's Own Forever'" • August 22, 1999
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"Preparing the Soil of Your Soul" • July 11, 1999
Text

"This Bus Stops for You!"• June 6, 1999
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"How do you become Easter?" • April 4, 1999 (Easter Sunday)
Text

Essays

God at Ground Zero • September 28, 2001
The horrific tragedy of September 11 has left its searing print and pain on the soul and heart of humanity. Each of us has been changed...

Get A Life! • August 12, 2001
It's a cultural expression. It has been around for a while. "Get a life!"...

Pentecost! Celebrating God's Rambunctious Spirit • June 3, 2001
Those early disciples are all together in one place. In that Upper Room. Praying. Hoping. Waiting...


Alleluia
• April 15, 2001
Alleluia is a Hebrew word. It is more of a celebration than an assertion. It is more a shout of unbridled joy than a word for worship...

What Does He See?? • April 8, 2001
I am learning about Christus auf Palmesel ("Christ on a Palm Donkey") from reading Henri Nouwen's Show Me the Way, Daily Readings for Lent...


Hush! Hush! Somebody's Calling My Name
• January 21, 2001
It is one of the great, glorious spirituals of all time. The spiritual usually begins with the soft, acappella voice of a deep baritone or a smooth bourbon-voiced contralto...

Rehearsing Our Important Lines!
October 22, 2000

Lord, Make the Bad People Good, and the Good People Nice • August 13, 2000
This little prayer, on a small sign stuck in the ground...

Easter Silence!! • April 23, 2000
So they went out and fled from the tomb...

Absurd and Awe-full Ashes • March 5, 2000

Blessed Pain! Blessed Healing! • February 6, 2000
Several years ago Time magazine began an article...

Living by the Word • January 23, 2000

The Bread-Man Cometh • December 12, 1999

A 'Thin Place:' The Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial • November 21, 1999

An Obituary· No, A Life Worth Reading • October 31, 1999

Take a Walk • August 1, 1999

The Feast of Pentecost • May 23, 1999

Brain Surges. Soul Surges. • March 21, 1999

A Rector's Reflection for Lent. A Parable for Lent. • February 21, 1999



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