Blog name?

Well, I suppose the first question anyone would ask is "Where in the world did the name of the blog come from?"

For many years I have loved the words and rhythms of the Book of Common Prayer. It was those words, in liturgy, which first attracted me to the Episcopal Church. But the New Zealand Prayer Book has some of the most lovely versions of the traditional and familiar words, I think due to to the rhythms of Maori. And the title to this blog is from the post-communion prayer on page 429:

Father of all, we give you thanks and praise, that when we were still far off you met us in your Son and brought us home. Dying and living, he declared your love, gave us grace and opened the gate of glory. May we who share Christ's body live his risen life; we who drink his cup bring life to others; we whom the Spirit lights give light to the world. Keep us firm in the hope you have set before us, so we and all your children shall be free, and the whole earth live to praise your name.

Indeed, we are "well met." Thanks be to God!

(A New Zealand Prayer Book/He Karakia Mihinare o Aotearoa; 1988; published in the US by HarperSanFrancisco)