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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
Actions and words: some pre-emptive reflections
This coming Sunday’s Gospel reading (from the RCL) tells the story of two sons asked to go and work in the family vineyard. One says no, but later goes anyway. One says yes, but fails to carry through. There are … Continue reading
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Tagged actions, father, Matthew 21, parable, reflection, revised common lectionary, sons, words, Year A Proper 21
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Grace, mystery food (and kangaroos)
A sermon preached at St Paul’s Episcopal Church, Norwalk, September 25, 2011. Year A, Proper 20. Exodus 16:2-15; Philippians 1:21-30; Matthew 20:1-16 There is a story told – which may or may not be true – that when Captain Cook … Continue reading
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Tagged Captain Cook, Christianity, Eucharist, exodus, grace, kangaroo, manna, religion, revised common lectionary, St Paul's Norwalk OH, Year A Proper 20
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General Ordination Exams
It’s that time of year when a certain subset of Episcopalian seminarians begins to feel the first tinglings of exam nerves. I know, because I got a message last night from an online friend asking what I learned from taking the … Continue reading
Resident Aliens
The second of an occasional series of posts on the experience of immigration and the journey toward naturalization The first time we passed through US Immigration, and we were directed into the line for Aliens, the children were all under … Continue reading
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Tagged alien, Deuteronomy, immigration, language, naturalization
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Spiritual vs. religious?
During the past week, I have been following a back-and-forth on my facebook newsfeed and twitter timeline discussing the religious response to the “spiritual but not religious” label, and a thoughtful and thought-provoking invitation to engage with both labels and … Continue reading
Remembering
It was something after three o’clock in the afternoon. The school bell rang and the doors disgorged a horde of children. My son’s friend’s mother wasn’t there; we waited together under the blue sky sun of early September. She arrived … Continue reading
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Tagged 9/11, book of common prayer, psalm 116, religion, remembering
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L’esprit d’escalier
Despite the trials, I should have said, “I love you;” “Goodbye” is hopeless.
Seek the good of the city
Yesterday, I sent in my application to become a US citizen, so this seemed like a good time to begin a new occasional series of reflections about the whole being-an-immigrant thing. When our children learned about immigration and immigrants in … Continue reading
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Tagged citizenship, Diocese of Ohio, immigration, Jeremiah, naturalization, The Episcopal Church
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Portents
This week has been a bit, well, portenty; omenfull, as it were. If I were of a nervous disposition, I might be getting a little bit jumpy. It started on Tuesday, with the purchase of not one but two temporary … Continue reading
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Tagged Cleveland, earthquake, NE Ohio, portents, prayer, Psalm, storm
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over the water 