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Hearing Voices
“And it was,” he said, “as though the heavens opened, I swear to God; the clouds at that very moment split apart like the Red Sea rising, and the sun striking through, fell warm and heavy on my back; no, … Continue reading
Posted in holy days, lectionary reflection, poetry
Tagged Mark 1, The Baptism of Our Lord
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Epiphany: wise gifts
I wonder whether, in the clumsy and hurried packing of a small family with a small child, fleeing for their lives with the essentials and little more, listening over their shoulders for the alarm, the tramp of boots, the metallic … Continue reading
Impetuous
For two pins, I’d rip out every stitch, if it weren’t a waste of time.
Posted in haiku, poetry
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Year B Christmas 2: the flight into Egypt and beyond
This is not a story about how special, important, and indispensable Jesus was; that his family out of all the others in Bethlehem was warned to get out of town, so that he alone out of all the little boys … Continue reading
Posted in sermon
Tagged baptism, Bethlehem, boat people, flight into Egypt, Herod, immigration, John 3:16, Matthew 2, refugees
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New wine and old skin
It is a truth universally acknowledged that we prefer beginnings to endings, opening lines to famous last words; and so we usher in the year with bells and whistles; fireworks obliterate the unforgotten, bury the little piles of guilt, glinting … Continue reading
Christmas 2014
On Christmas Eve, we talked about miracles and the veil between heaven and earth rent by angel song and the birth of God, the love of God borne into the world by a baby. The next morning, wondering what to … Continue reading
Posted in holy days, homily
Tagged anticipation, Christmas Day, John 1:1-18, prologue of john, surprise
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Christmas Eve: love you to Bethlehem and back
There is a tradition that the night between Christmas Eve and Christmas Day is a time for miracles. Beatrix Potter, who wrote the Peter Rabbit books, said that, it is in the old story that all the beasts can talk, … Continue reading
Year B Advent 4: Annunciation
The archangel had had a busy season. Nothing is heard of him for the greater part of the Bible, but now within six months he has visited Zechariah in the temple to announce the advent of John, who would become … Continue reading
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Tagged annunciation, Edwin Muir, Elizabeth, Gabriel, Hannah, Mary, poetry, prayer, Sarah laughed, waiting on God, Zechariah
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Psalm for the fourth funeral
Good God, sometimes mortality becomes too heavy for us to bear under; it piles up like bones. We flood the valley floor with grief; our footsteps sink for want of solid ground. How long, O Lord, will you wait to … Continue reading
How it feels
When I imagine myself getting up to preach, I see an older middle-aged man of considerable girth sitting in my chair; wearing my robes, he grips either side with surprisingly small hands, and heaves. It takes a while and an … Continue reading
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