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Election day prayer
“My kingdom is not of this world, you say, yet, “The kingdom of God is at hand.” And so we wait, and watch, and vote, and pray, “Thy kingdom come,” all the while hoping that each small act of kindness, … Continue reading
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Tagged #election2016, kingdom of God, kingdom of heaven
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A post-election sermon on a pre-election Sunday
All Saints, 2016 Readings: Daniel 7:1-3,15-18; Psalm 149; Ephesians 1:11-23; Luke 6:20-31 Paul wrote, “I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love toward all the saints, and for this reason I do not cease to give thanks for you … Continue reading
Posted in lectionary reflection, sermon
Tagged #election2016, All Saints Year C, beatitudes, love your enemies
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All Hallows Eve
spirits wake the crones take bones and withered skin to dance by starlight feigning beauty phoenix feather passion soon consumed, confused the saints dream resurrection, raise a hymn of praise against the silence of the night a cowl thrown across … Continue reading
Prayer and empty air
A sermon for the 24th Sunday after Pentecost, October 30, 2016 Habakkuk 1:1-4; 2:1-4, Psalm 119:137-144 or Isaiah 1:10-18, Psalm 32:1-8, 2 Thessalonians 1:1-4, 11-12, Luke 19:1-10 On Friday morning, I went to the new Old Fort steps at the Rocky River Metropark. They carry visitors … Continue reading
Posted in lectionary reflection, prayer, sermon
Tagged dendrites, Jesus, Luke 19:1-10, prayer, Year C Proper 26, Zacchaeus
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The view from the top
empty light shuffling shadows fall out unseen if you never look down
Posted in haiku, lectionary reflection, poetry, sermon preparation
Tagged climbing trees, denial, prayer, Year C Proper 26, Zacchaeus
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Climbing the blessings tree
Habakkuk 1:1-4; 2:1-4, Psalm 119:137-144, or Isaiah 1:10-18, Psalm 32:1-8, 2 Thessalonians 1:1-4, 11-12, Luke 19:1-10 In this Sunday’s gospel, a long-ago tax collector reminds me of the days when our youngest child was small, but climbed higher than any of her siblings or their … Continue reading
Posted in blessings, lectionary reflection
Tagged Luke 19:1-10, Year C Proper 26, Zacchaeus
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Where is God?
Where is God in this parable? God is the one holding up a mirror to us through our own prayers. Continue reading
Humble blessings
For the twenty-third Sunday after Pentecost in Year C (Proper 25): the Pharisee and the tax collector are praying at the Temple. One is so self-satisfied that he is blinded by his own glory; he outshines God. One is so self-abased … Continue reading
Is it safe?
Before travelling to Jordan last week, three of my four near-death experiences had happened in the Holy Lands. Almost thirty years ago, I spent five weeks on a kibbutz in northern Galilee, where I nearly dehydrated, nearly drowned, and once … Continue reading
On returning from a pilgrimage
Between my hands, wheat and water; bread, flat and pale. In its grain I read the story of hands breaking bread beside a river; light lifts the surface of the water; between fragments, for a moment, I can see the … Continue reading
Posted in poetry, prayer
Tagged #HolyJordan, Bethany beyond the Jordan, Eucharist, Holy Communion, pilgrimage, River Jordan
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over the water 