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Hard of hearing
Tender words shouted at my father; love rendered hard in his hearing.
PTSD Jesus
When he was raised, he bore the marks, which must mean he remembered. Then does each adulterous kiss make him wince at its betrayal; each flash of the needle, of the knife make him flinch? Does he recoil at the … Continue reading
Easter 2014: Do not be afraid
DO not be afraid. Not the way you expect Easter to begin: do not be afraid. After all, the hard part is over, the trial, the cross, the tomb, the harrowing of hell. What is there left to fear? Yet … Continue reading
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Tagged do not be afraid, Easter, Mary Magdalene, Matthew, Resurrection
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Good Friday 2014
With condolences to all victims of violence and their families. Last Sunday, a short while after the Passion Gospel was ended in churches across the nation, across the world, a man took a shotgun to the parking lot of a … Continue reading
Maundy Thursday: footprints
Almost all of you have heard this poem at one time or another, or seen it printed on pretty pages in the inspirational section of the bookstore or Christian gift shop. I refer, of course, to the both famous and … Continue reading
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Tagged chainsaw.com, footprints, footwashing, God, intimacy, Jesus, Maundy Thursday, Peter, pieta
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A sermon for the Palms and the Passion
At the beginning, the tempter had urged him to make bread, to bow down, to throw himself from the temple and be saved by the angels. In the end, the people would taunt him and tempt him to leave his … Continue reading
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Tagged Dom Denys Prideaux, Edward Bouverie Pusey, gethsemane, Holy Week, Jesus, Palm Sunday, Passion Sunday
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How to read a palm
Examine the heart; is it sappy, or made of stone? Trace the veins that indicate the wisdom of Solomon, or the mercurial folly of man. Follow the lines of travel: do they cross? If the life line looks long enough, break off the branch, … Continue reading
Lenten meditation
Today’s meditation, offered as part of a multi-authored series available through the Episcopal Diocese of Ohio @ http://www.dohio.org: It is a day like no other, this Thursday in the fifth week of Lent. It isn’t one of the “big” days, … Continue reading
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Tagged Episcopal Diocese of Ohio, family, Lent, loss, stroke
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Year A Lent 5: Lazarus and other resurrections
Of course, they all would ask him about it, after the event. What was it like, being dead? Lazarus would tell them, “I don’t know what I can say to you about that. I can tell you what it was … Continue reading
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Tagged Ezekiel 37:1-14, grave clothes, Jesus, John 11:1-45, Lazarus, miracle, Resurrection, Valley of Dry Bones
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Dry Bones
I cried so long my very bones were dry; I couldn’t raise my head, lay loose-limbed, sunken. I heard a voice cry, “Prophesy!” My body jumped, of its own volition, to attention, knocking the stale breath out of me with … Continue reading
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Tagged Ezekiel 37:1-14, Valley of Dry Bones
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over the water 