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Year A Proper 19: forgiving
You remember the Joseph story: “Way way back many centuries ago, not long after the Bible began…” Jacob was the grandson of Abraham, and the father of the twelve tribes of Israel – in fact, it was Jacob who was … Continue reading
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Tagged favouritism, forgiveness, Genesis 50:15-21, Jacob, Joseph, Matthew 18:21-35, parable
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Since
I watch her in the early light, her breath slight, her skin soft; barely there, she is solidly unconcerned. Since, she has become like a little sparrow, evasive yet everywhere; I saw one in a Walmart once, swooping between the … Continue reading
Prayers post concussion
I am realizing how much of a Pelagian I am; how much of my worth, my self-satisfaction is wrapped up in works and words; what I do is what I am; what I say is what I pray. Which leaves … Continue reading
Year A Proper 18: where two or three
And isn’t this what the church is for? Two or three gathered together to raise up the Divine Presence among them? I don’t mean that the Eucharist is some sort of séance to conjure up the Spirit of Christ. We … Continue reading
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Friday morning prayer
Dear Christ I give so many thanks that you have called me not to save the world but to serve it. I pray, keep my horizons hopeful and my reach reasonable, that I may rest safely in your saving grace … Continue reading
Break water
Breakwater before midnight; primal elements: dark water. Let light break. This dark water tastes wrong; unseasoned soup, it will not hold me up. I throw up my hands. Your thoughts are not my thoughts, there will be no meeting of … Continue reading
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Tagged birth, Canticle 10, creation, genesis 1:1, Isaiah 55:6-11, Lake Erie, Second Song of Isaiah, two-way prayer
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Where two or three gather: thoughts from a Sunday afternoon cycle
Matthew 18:20 “For where two or three are gathered in my name, I am there among them.” When I first started out, it was a means to an end: lose some weight, gain some strength, save some money and planet … Continue reading
Year A Proper 17: following the story
I feel as though the lectionary has been leading us on. It started a few weeks ago, with the feeding of the multitude, and the reminder that the Eucharist was given not only for us but for all of those … Continue reading
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Bearing
It is such a little thing, to hang above my heart, given me at baptism, my magpie hands clutched at its shiny surface, all glistering and light; once clasped I hardly know I’m wearing my golden cross while sunrise shadows … Continue reading
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Tagged baptism, cross, Matthew 16:21-28, talisman, Year A Proper 17
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Year A Proper 16: inside-out day
Today, we took our service out on to the lawn. In keeping with inside-out day, my congregation preached the gospel to me. I asked them who they thought Jesus was, and they told me: Son of God, healer, preacher, prophet, … Continue reading
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