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Year C Advent 1: a new thing
I don’t know about you, but I am ready for this Advent. I am ready for God to do a new thing, which is what Advent is about: God breaking through our routines and rituals and riots and routs to … Continue reading
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Tagged Advent C Year 1, Jeremiah 33:14-16, Laquan McDonald, reconciliation, Tamir Rice
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Christ the King: preaching the parable of the kingdoms
My kingdom, says Jesus, is not from this world. We pray, constantly, thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth, because the kingdom of Christ is not from this world, but this world needs it, badly. If my kingdom … Continue reading
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Tagged Christ the King Sunday, John 18:33-37, kingdom, Revelation 1:4-8, Year B Proper 29
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My kingdom is not of this world
A pre-Advent poem for Christ the King The flag I did not come with fire and flood, but with tender fingertips, in flesh and squalling hunger biting through your resignation, splitting hearts and breaking glory down into its humblest parts, … Continue reading
Dear Governor Kasich
Governor John Kasich Riffe Center, 30th Floor 77 South High Street Columbus, OH 43215-6117 November 18, 2015 Dear Governor Kasich, I write to you as a priest and not a politician; I write to you as a citizen of the … Continue reading
Year B Proper 28: apocalypse, now and then
They will not defeat the will of God, which is not destruction, but creation; not devastation, but resurrection. They are not the ending to the Jesus story. Continue reading
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Tagged #prayersforparis, apocalypse, Archangel Michael, Daniel 12:1-3, Jurgen Moltmann, Mark 13, Pierre Whalon, terorism
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Joan
She will not lay down ’til besetting rage, undone, stoops to kiss the dead.
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Lullaby for the end of the world
This Sunday’s readings are a little apocalyptic; whether one reads Daniel and Mark, or Hannah’s proto-Magnificat, change is in the air, and much of it alarming. Jürgen Moltmann believes that the Christian should not be afraid of the end of … Continue reading
Posted in lectionary reflection, sermon preparation
Tagged apocalypse, birth, chaplaincy, Daniel 12:1-3, Mark 13:1-8, pain, Resurrection, Year B Proper 28
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Year B Proper 27: the widows and the stewardship sermon
What a gift these readings are in the season of stewardship campaigns! They have a lot to say to us about trusting in the providence of God, about sharing, about giving, about the rewards of a faithful offering. What a … Continue reading
On a Wednesday
On Wednesdays, I think about my mother. Arise, shine, for your light has come, the daily morning prayer declares, on a Wednesday. I hear my mother calling, “Rise and shine!” Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory … Continue reading
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Tagged book of common prayer, Cancticle 11, Daily Office, family, grief, Isaiah 60:1, rise and shine, Third Song of Isaiah
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All Saints: life unbounded
I was away all last week at a “Writing Pastors” conference. It was great. It did not leave a whole lot of time for sermon writing, but this is the gist of what was said this morning… There was some … Continue reading
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Tagged All Saints, eternal life, George Bell, Heather Cook, Jesus, Junipero Serra, Lazarus, Michael Curry
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