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Tuesday, 29th November: Three days of St Andrew
A few weeks ago, a friend posted to facebook wondering about the “possessive ‘s” that we tend to add to our church’s names. The subtext being, don’t we all belong to Christ? Energetic discussion followed, complete with a helpful grammatical … Continue reading
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Tagged church, feast days, patron saints, St Andrew, St Andrew's Elyria
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Monday, November 28th: Prayer for peace
From today’s Eucharistic lectionary (Psalm 122; Isaiah 2:1-5; Matthew 8:5-13): Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: “May they prosper who love you. Peace be within your walls and quietness within your towers.” For my brethren and companions’ sake, I pray … Continue reading
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Tagged Advent, Isaiah, Jerusalem, peace, pepper spray, Psalm 122, shopping, war
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Sunday, November 27th: Advent begins
From St Andrew’s Episcopal Church, Elyria : December Carillon (Newsletter) ADVENT If Advent were a place, it would be one of those regions that you drive through on your way somewhere else. We rush through it with our eyes on … Continue reading
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Tagged 1 Corinthians 1:3, Advent, Jesus Christ, journey, St Andrew's Elyria, Stonehenge
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Perspective
It’s Thanksgiving Eve, and I’m a little weary, to be honest. The house is nowhere near as clean and pretty as it should be by this time; the teenagers want more taxi rides, more cookery classes, more soda (nothing new). … Continue reading
Christ the King: Year A Proper 29
This sermon was delivered at St Andrew’s Episcopal Church, Elyria, Ohio, November 20th 2011. On this last Sunday before Advent, as the church prepares itself for the winter waiting, looking for the light of the world in the darkness of … Continue reading
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Tagged Christ the King, Ezekiel 34, grace, Jesus, judgment, Matthew 25:31-46, parable, sheep and goats, Sidney Carter, Year A Proper 29
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Psalm 1 – A Walking Meditation
Happy are they who have not walked in the counsel of the wicked, nor lingered in the way of sinners, nor sat in the seats of the scornful! Their delight is in the law of the Lord, and they meditate on his … Continue reading
Posted in meditation, other words
Tagged autumn, Ezekiel 34:12, God, judgment, meditation, Psalm 1, walking
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When
In the beginning, you created time, moments given to live in. Our time’s not our own. Although you made us with all the time in the world, the little we find we keep tightly wound as though we make time for … Continue reading
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Tagged all the time in the world, creation, in the beginning, poem, time
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The parable of the talents
While I was growing up, the pretty china with the pink rose pattern lived a life of static beauty in a glass-fronted cabinet in the dining room. We could watch the plates while we ate from the other, everday ones. … Continue reading
Posted in lectionary reflection, sermon preparation
Tagged food waste, Matthew 25:14-30, parable, squander, talents, Year A Proper 28
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Vote for me!
Last time I wrote about my immigration/naturalization process, I had received a lecture on skin care and the proper preservation of fingerprints for federal purposes from the nice lady downtown (https://rosalindhughes.com/2011/09/23/naturalization-process-biometrics-and-skin-care-consultation/). Unfortunately, despite her best efforts, I received a letter … Continue reading
Saints and other stories
Is anyone using the lectionary for Pentecost 27 this Sunday? Everywhere I look, we are celebrating All Saints (which is meet and proper). Still, I thought that this Sunday’s readings deserved some prayerful attention, and found in the epistle for … Continue reading
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