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Hannah’s hope: Eli’s affirmation
One last story about Hannah and me before Sunday. Eli saw Hannah praying in the temple, and assumed that she was drunk, because her lips were moving but she made no sound. He tried to send her away; but she … Continue reading
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Tagged Eli, Hannah, hope, pregnancy, Year B Proper 28
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Hannah’s hope: Anticipation
I don’t often tell this story, because it makes me seem a little bit mad. But Hannah understands. Hannah left the temple and she ate and drank and her countenance was no longer sad. She wasn’t pregnant; she had no … Continue reading
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Tagged Hannah, hope, miscarriage, pregnancy, Samuel, Year B Proper 28
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Hannah’s hope
I could say a lot about Hannah. I feel as though I almost know her, I have almost met her, across a crowd, just out of reach. I recognize her, the tilt of her head, her hair obscuring her face. … Continue reading
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Tagged 1 Samuel 1, call, God, Hannah, vocation, waiting, Year B Proper 28
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Year B Proper 27: Loving and giving
Naomi had lost everything. I mean, everything. It is just too hard to imagine, to think about Naomi’s loss. When she came back to Bethlehem, she wouldn’t even answer to her given name. When her old neighbours recognized her and … Continue reading
Year B Proper 27: All
Naomi had lost everything. She had nothing left to lose, nowhere left to go but home, no one on whom to lean, on whom she had a claim. So she gave it all up, sent her daughters-in-law away, tore up … Continue reading
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Tagged 1 Kings 17:7-24, Elijah, loss, Mark 12:38-44, Naomi, Ruth, widow of Zarephath, widow's mite, worship
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Political shenanigans
Long ago and far away, the doorbell rang. I hitched the baby onto my hip and we went to see who was there. The man on the doorstep certainly looked familiar; I knew I had seen him before, and he … Continue reading
Year B: All Saints
I want to talk today about baptism, and our participation in our baptismal covenant. Baptism is and has always been an important stage in the Christian journey: it was one of the two sacraments commanded and enacted by Jesus himself, … Continue reading
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Tagged All Saints, baptism, baptismal covenant, community, godparents, Hallowe'en, Hurricane Sandy, Jesus, Lazarus
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Downside/upside
Because it’s Day 6 in the House of Darkness, and some of us require entertainment, here’s a little game I like to call “downside/upside:” Downside: no hot water = no shower Upside: no light to see one’s hair in the … Continue reading
Hallowe’en
The day before, the bones scatter on the valley floor, helped by the clean-up vulture crew, laid out to dry in the sun. There is a photograph hanging of the witch of Endor, grotesque in its details, she is all … Continue reading
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