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Matthew 22: The wedding banquet
Is it just me, or does the parable related in this Sunday’s Gospel have something of a dreamlike – or even nightmarish – quality? Perhaps it’s because the action is all on the level of emotion and reaction: invitation, expectation, … Continue reading
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Tagged Matthew 22, sermon preparation, wedding feast parable, Year A Proper 23
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Travelling Light
Another trip to my personal Bexley Hall archives finds this offering for a celebration of St Francis of Assisi, from October 5th, 2011. No animals were harmed in the writing of this sermon, which was delivered at the Bexley Hall and Trinity … Continue reading
Knitting a chasuble
For the context to this post, please see https://rosalindhughes.wordpress.com/2011/09/30/vergers-and-vestments/ and https://rosalindhughes.wordpress.com/2011/06/17/a-plastic-story/ General Notes: I am not a designer, by any stretch, nor do I write knitting patterns. So, what you have here is a description of what I did to … Continue reading
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Tagged chasuble, plastic knitting, recycled knitting
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Vergers and vestments
This, roughly speaking, is the text of an address given at a workshop of the 23rd Conference of the Vergers’ Guild of the Episcopal Church at Trinity Cathedral, Cleveland, on September 30th, 2011, explaining the existence of recycled plastic vestments … Continue reading
Breath of Angels
This feast day reflection was first delivered in the Gloria Dei Chapel of Trinity Lutheran Seminary at a joint worship service of Trinity and Bexley Hall Episcopal Seminaries on St Michael and All Angels’ day, September 29th, 2009 It was … Continue reading
Stewardship
As the new programme year gets started in churches across the country, there’s a phrase that’s started its annual whispering into our ears, and I’ve been thinking about the idea of sacrificial giving, and how we present our requests for financial support, aka … Continue reading
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Tagged church, parish, sacrifical giving, stewardship, tithe, widow's mite
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Honest to God
A sermon for Year A Proper 21, delivered at St Peter’s Episcopal Church, Lakewood, OH on September 25, 2011 Exodus 17:1-7; Philippians 2:1-13; Matthew 21:23-32 Over the summer, while I was visiting with someone, he began to talk about his prayer … Continue reading
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Tagged exodus, Frederick Buechner, honest to God, Matthew, Philippians, prayer, religion, sermon, St Peter's Episcopal Church, Year A Proper 21
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Naturalization process: Biometrics and skin-care consultation
This morning I had my appointment downtown to get my fingerprints “captured” and photo taken as part of my application for US citizenship. I knew from the start that this was not going to be as simple as it sounds. … Continue reading
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Tagged biometrics, fingerprints, immigration, lotion, naturalization
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The Unremembered
The ones who fade away at the back of the newsreel, hungry eyes accusing; The one whose face we never saw, for whom there is no stone or sign; The ones whose warm breath froze in the cold air; the ones who … Continue reading
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