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Mustard seed
Split it with thumbnail or teeth, feel its tiny fire upon the tongue, a supernova soon consumed; or let it swell from within, fed by filtered light and living water, until it bursts open and eager, expanding like a universe … Continue reading
Together
Together we grow side by side rise and fall together who can tell us apart but God? Together in awful glory we will shine together with all the fire of the sun _______________________ Year A Proper 11: the parable of … Continue reading
Confessions of a crow
Dear One, do I perceive that you have told this parable against me? Have I stolen the seeds of contentment from those with whom I am on the way, the path that you have laid out in crazy paving, gravel, and grass, where joy should be … Continue reading
Rest
Did you recall, as you were falling into the earth, into the abyss of memory, before the ground dented the palms of your hands before their time; did you recall, as the once-living wood pierced your side with bitter splinters, … Continue reading
Posted in lectionary reflection, poetry, prayer, sermon preparation
Tagged cross, Matthew 11:25-30, Matthew 11:28-30, year a proper 9
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Thomas the trusting
Thomas dared to wrestle with God, as Job before him, resisting and insisting on a trial, the evidence to be enumerated in wounds; bold Thomas, brazen Thomas. I do not dare to call Christ to account, to demand such demonstration … Continue reading
Welcome
Welcome is costly. God is a gracious and abundant giver – but God also asks of us our love, our devotion, our service to one another and the creation which God made us to tend. Sometimes, sure, it seems as though God is asking a lot. Ask Abraham. … Continue reading
Abraham also laughed
A poem-sermon for Friday in the first week of the 2023 Chautauqua season at the Chapel of the Good Shepherd. The readings include Genesis 17:1,9-10,15-22 Abraham also laughed, in the face of God, no less, and lived – more than … Continue reading
Posted in lectionary reflection, poetry, prayer, sermon
Tagged Abraham, covenant, friendship, Genesis 17, God laughed
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A new creation
You know the saying, that the leopard cannot change his spots. A thistle cannot become a fig tree. But there is one, there is one who can make all things new. Continue reading
Posted in lectionary reflection, sermon, story
Tagged covenant, Genesis 15:1-18, Matthew 7:15-20, new creation
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Let go to let love grow
A sermon for Tuesday in the first week of the 2023 Chautauqua season. The first reading is Lot’s separation from Abram in Genesis 13. __________________ After all those years in the bosom of his grandfather and uncle, I cannot imagine … Continue reading
Posted in lectionary reflection, sermon, story
Tagged Abraham, Abram, Chautauqua, family, Genesis 13:2-18, golden rule, Karol Jackowski, Lot
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Judge not?
There is but one judge whose acumen is trustworthy and true. Fortunately, God is infamous for steadfast forbearance, slow to anger, and abiding in great mercy. Continue reading
Posted in homily, lectionary reflection, sermon
Tagged Beth Kissileff, judge not, Matthew 7:1-5, Stephen holmgren, Tree of Life
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