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Year C Easter 5: What God has made
Last Monday, in case you missed it, was Earth Day; so it’s great and wonderful that our garden project is getting underway, taking advantage of the bounty of creation that God gave into our hands. According to the stories of … Continue reading
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Tagged Acts 11, Boston bombers, Cybermen, diversity, Doctor Who, Earth Day, Genesis 1, kosher, Plain Dealer, Star Trek, the Borg, Year C Easter 5
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Hope
There is a Collect that I pray each morning as I wake up. Actually, I have to start it over a couple of times, because it really is my awakening prayer, and often I wake up more than once and … Continue reading
The usual
I started the meeting excusing myself – “This has been an unusual day,” – when, cut short by an out-loud laugh, I wondered how long, in fact, it had been since we talked about anything normal, reasonable, regular; accepting the … Continue reading
Year C Easter 4: Washed in the blood of the Lamb
For the past several years, on the Sunday of the Cleveland Marathon, Trinity Cathedral, our Episcopal cathedral downtown, has taken to the streets during its education hour between services to cheer on the runners. The youth group and Sunday school … Continue reading
One of those weeks
This is the newsletter greeting I almost used for our May edition at Church of the Epiphany. Almost; I thought better of it after I realized how much of my own exhaustion I had allowed to peek through between the … Continue reading
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Tagged April, Boston, church newsletter, Church of the Epiphany, hopeful, May, Pentecost, West TX
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Boston marathon
Innocent desire: the race to outrun the bounds of one’s own body. With love and prayers from Cleveland.
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Year C Easter 3: Paying attention
God would like our attention, please. It seems to me that the very different stories in today’s lectionary selections have the common theme of God getting someone’s, or some-two’s, or everyone under heaven and earth’s attention. Hey! Listen up! Pay … Continue reading
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Tagged Acts 9:1-20, attention, Eucharist, God, Jesus, John 21:1-19, Mary Oliver, Revelation 5:11-14, road to Damascus, Saul, Year C Easter 3
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For Thomas
Thought for the second Sunday of Easter: when you are doubtful, uncertain; when you stumble through grief and tears cloud your vision as they fall; be kind to yourself. Remember, Jesus came back especially for Thomas.
Posted in lectionary reflection, sermon preparation
Tagged doubt, Easter 2, Jesus, kindness, Thomas
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The spiritual gift of doubt
Blessed are those who can live with certainty, who can bear the burden of sureness. Because in certainty there is no need for hope; sureness has no need for trust. Some of us are not so strong. We cannot live … Continue reading
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Tagged certainty, Comforter, doubt, fear, hope, John 20:19-31, Thomas Sunday, Year C Easter 2
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