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Story of your life
The dog ears, with their corners turned down we tell over and over – love stories, horror stories, old jokes and limericks, edges worn smooth with the turning. Unlike those sections which someone tried to tear out, to shred, to … Continue reading
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Year B Proper 24: Skip to glory
sermon for Sunday, October 21, 2012, Church of the Epiphany, Euclid, Ohio “You do not know what you are asking.” That was Jesus’ first response to James and John’s audacious requests for the places of highest honour in Jesus’ coming … Continue reading
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Tagged discipleship, james and john, Jesus, Mark 10:35-45, theology of glory, theology of the cross, Year B Proper 24
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Bumper sticker theology
Last month, the Episcopal Cafe reported that the Diocese of Delaware has made Episcopal license plates available (not plate-holders – actual license plates!) – http://www.episcopalcafe.com/lead/dioceses/episcopal_plates_1.html The Cafe also sampled a blogpost, “Automotive Evangelism,” by a driver of the plates, Elizabeth … Continue reading
Packing bags
I try to summon a spirit of tenderness to the task: praying for the woman who wanted toothpaste (I had none); wondering who will want the pet food – who still has room in a hungry life for a heartfelt … Continue reading
Posted in meditation, prayer
Tagged food pantry, God, hunger, poverty, religion, tenderness
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Choices
From today’s lectionary selection: “When the swineherds saw what had happened, they ran off and told it in the city and in the country. Then people came out to see what had happened, and when they came to Jesus, they … Continue reading
Posted in lectionary reflection
Tagged Daily Office, demoniac, election season, Gerasene man, Jesus, Legion, Luke 8:26-39, swine
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Year B Proper 23: sermon
A sermon for October 14th 2012, preached at Church of the Epiphany, Euclid, Ohio There’s a novel by Nick Hornby which I read some years ago called How to Be Good.* In it, the protagonist, an ordinary, grumpy, middle-aged man, … Continue reading
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Tagged discipleship, Frederick Buechner, Hebrews 4:12-16, Jesus, Job 23, Mark 10:17-31, Nick Hornby, Psalm 22, rich young man, Year B Proper 23
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Year B Proper 23: Some novel assistance
Some further deliberations on the rich young man gospel (Mark 10: 17-31), with help from a Nick Hornby novel.* (Sunday sermon spoiler alert!): There’s a novel by Nick Hornby which I read some years ago called How to be Good. … Continue reading
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Tagged How to Be Good, Jesus, Mark 10:17-31, Nick Hornby, novel, rich young man, sermon
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Year B Proper 24: Sunday sermon spoiler alert
“You do not know what you are asking.” One commentator that I read this week suggested that when James and John asked to sit at the right and the left hand of Jesus when he came into his glory, they … Continue reading →