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Magnificat
My imagination is scattered, but my heart still hungers for something good; my soul magnifies God the great and merciful, but mine eyes look to the Golan hills; from where is help to come? We are fortunate that God does … Continue reading
The doves of democracy
It sounded on my radio this morning as though the world was repeating to its leaders the lessons it learned at its mothers’ knee: Two wrongs don’t make a right. NPR reported that Angela Merkel was likely to be wary … Continue reading
Posted in other words
Tagged 2 Kings 1:9-14, Angela Merkel, current affairs, David Cameron, democracy, gas attack, Iraq War, Luke 9:51-55, pacifism, politics, revenge, Samaria, Syria
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Music to weep by
A simple psalm, honest vibrato supplied by the singer’s fear of the Lord; a half-forgotten nursery rhyme from a half-forgotten time; a song whose intervals trip down memory lane; a show tune belted over the kitchen sink; notes rise on … Continue reading
Year C Proper 16: Jeremiah and Jesus
The Book of Jeremiah is a complicated document, and there are many scholarly debates about its history and its voices, its purpose and its people. What we read at its beginning, though, is a classic call story. “Here,” says God, … Continue reading
Tomorrow’s sermon: extract
“In today’s Gospel reading, Jesus goes into a synagogue, to take part in the prayer of his community. He is faithful in his observance, and he is obedient to his tradition. He sees a woman in need of healing, and … Continue reading
Year C Proper 15: “I came to bring fire”
Jesus said, “I came to bring fire to the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled! I have a baptism with which to be baptized, and what stress I am under, how I am strained, and constrained, and … Continue reading
Assumption
She spent a lot of time running away from reality. When she was young, she ran to the hill country. She sang revolutionary songs that she couldn’t hope to realize. She ran to Egypt, where the fires burn and courage … Continue reading
Posted in holy days, lectionary reflection, poetry
Tagged Blessed Virgin Mary, Feast of the Assumption, Jesus, John 19:26-27, Luke 11:27, Luke 1:38, Luke 1:39-55, Luke 23:27-29, Luke 2:35, Luke 2:41-50, Luke 8:19-21, Luke 8:2-3, Mark 3:31-35, Matthew 12:46-50, Matthew2:14, Mother of God
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Heart of darkness
I’ll readily (although not happily) admit that I am pretty naive about race. I grew up in the dark about my own white privilege, my own native prejudice and naive misconceptions. I moved to another country, with its own complicated racial … Continue reading
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Tagged community, diversity, Euclid, funeral visitation, Luke 9:23-26, Mark 8:34-38, racism, white flight, white privilege
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The anniversary of a Transfiguration, a mushroom cloud and a drone strike
Now about eight days after these sayings Jesus took with him Peter and John and James, and went up on the mountain to pray. And while he was praying, the appearance of his face changed, and his clothes became dazzling white. Suddenly they … Continue reading
Posted in current events, holy days, homily
Tagged August 6, clouds, drone strike, heightened terror alert, Hiroshima, mountaintop, Transfiguration, Yemen
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