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Monthly Archives: November 2014
Year B Advent 1: Be the gospel
We enter Advent slap bang in the middle of Mark’s little apocalypse; this end of the world, stars falling out, desolating times piece of prophecy: the little apocalypse. The thing about apocalypse is that it comes up over and over … Continue reading
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Tagged 1 Corinthians 1:3-9, apocalypse, Benjamin Watson, Daniel, ferguson, Gandhi, gospel, Mark 13:24-37, Michael Brown, racism, Tamir Rice
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In memoriam
I remember her story. I remember her telling me as though she knew me, as though she trusted me; God knows all that she did not say. I remember her story, even though her name has faded into her features, … Continue reading
Pray
Pray, not for an end to grief; tears fall, the waters of a hard labour.
Posted in haiku, poetry, prayer
Tagged ferguson, grief, healing, loss, Mike Brown, Tamir Rice
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Psalm
oil poured on troubled water set alight: O God, make haste to help us.
Millstones
I preached a few weeks ago on the stumbling blocks that we set before our children: guns. Their prevalence and power have become stumbling blocks to our children, and blinders to keep us focused on fear. We hurtle headlong into … Continue reading
Posted in current events, haiku, poetry
Tagged children, Cleveland, guns, police, race, Tamir
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Signs of the times
It’s been a long week. It has left me ping-ponging between anger at the challenges young people face that we had never heard of growing up, and astonishment at how some of them respond with strength, dignity, friendship and love. … Continue reading
Posted in current events, poetry
Tagged parenting, school threats, sexting, technology, teenagers
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Sheep and goats: beyond the parable
The first goat I ever met as an individual, got to know as a person, as it were, lived in an urban back garden in Oxford, England. He did not, however, necessarily stay there. One evening, doing the dishes after … Continue reading
Posted in lectionary reflection, sermon preparation
Tagged Matthew 25, parable, sheep and goats
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Still
A word of caution: Armistice: broken open by poets of war.
Posted in haiku, poetry
Tagged armistice, centennary, peace, veterans, war, wwi, wwii
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Year A Proper 27: Remembrance Day
The moral of the story that Jesus tells, the point of the parable is not “blink and you’ll miss it.” The kingdom of heaven is not a one-off, opportunity of a lifetime, miss it and you miss out, you should … Continue reading
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Tagged 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18, Amos 5:18-24, Matthew 25:1-13, remembrance day, veterans
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