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Year B Advent 3: Do not quench the Spirit
It really wasn’t the first time I’d spoken up at church. I mean, I’d been reading the Lessons since I was twelve; I’d been on the PCC, which is a rough English translation of Vestry. I’d taught Sunday School, participated … Continue reading
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Do not quench the spirit
From the Lectionary for Year B Advent 3: 1 Thessalonians 5:19 Do not quench the spirit, pour cold water on its fervour; be afraid of the passion it inflames; that is only the beginning of wisdom. Let it burn. Do … Continue reading
Year B Advent 2: Comfort ye my people
This sermon quotes liberally and loosely the lectionary readings for the day throughout: Isaiah 40:1-11, Psalm 85, 2 Peter 3:8-15, Mark 1:1-8 Comfort, comfort ye my people. The history of this oracle is the return of the Exiles from Babylon … Continue reading
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Tagged 2Peter 3:8-15, Cleveland police department, Eric Garner, gospel, injustice, Isaiah 40:1-11, Jerusalem, justice, Mark 1:1-8, patience, Psalm 85, Tamir Rice
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Wild honey
I will not be preaching about John the Baptist tomorrow, but I have been thinking about his wild honey habit and the sweetness of such mercies found along the way. Each of my mothers, who were both called Ann(e), had … Continue reading
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Tagged adoption, bees, family, honey, John the Baptist
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Advent meditation: parables, fools, and poetry
Written for the Diocese of Ohio Advent meditations collection, Advent 2014 (see more at http://www.dohio.org) Readings for Thursday of the First Week of Advent: Psalm 118: 19-24; Isaiah 26: 1-6; Matthew 7: 21-27 Rock of Ages They called him a … Continue reading
Poisonous legacies and new tongues
The basic hagiography of Francis Xavier goes something like this: Born in 1506 in the Navarre region of France, Francis met Ignatius of Loyola as a young man, and was greatly influenced by his friendship. Together, with others, they formed … Continue reading
Faking It
I sit in silence as the base boards click and tick around my ankles, shaking out heat; across the room the fridge kicks in, humming to a rhythmic beat, chilling; I sit in the silence in between, lukewarm.
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.
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Tagged ferguson, grief, healing, loss, Mike Brown, Tamir Rice
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