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The cross and the lightning rod
It is not the purpose of the lightning rod to be destroyed by the storm. Continue reading
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Tagged cross, Edward Daly, Hebrews 11:29-12:2, Jacques Hamel, Jeremiah 23:23-29, Jesus, lightning rod, Luke 12:49-56, peacemaker, Year C Proper 15
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August
The cicadas are praising God incessantly; while my last frayed nerve curls with the rising humidity, they sing, and play their tiny violins, an orchestra of prayer. I would join them, but my soul is having a bad hair day, refuses … Continue reading
Year C Proper 14: faith, hope, and a promise
A promise delayed, but not deferred … You know all of those charts – we’ve all seen them – showing how much wealth is in the world, how much food, how much of God’s good plenty to go around? Enough … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraham, Hagar, Jesus, kingdom of God, Luke 12, slavery, Year C Proper 14
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Collateral
I do not know what will grow, whether the markets will bustle with plenty, or if the barometer’s fall will pressure them into silence ahead of the storm; I know that this morning a child said her father’s name for the first time, and … Continue reading
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Year C Proper 11: echoes of eternity
Vanity, all is vanity: A brief reflection on the lawn. Ludwig van Beethoven was, for the latter portion of his life, profoundly deaf. A musician to his core, he could so easily have fallen into cynicism and despair (and often … Continue reading
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Tagged Beethoven, cyncicism, Ecclesiastes, Heiligenstadt Testament, Luke 12:13-21, Ode to Joy, transcendence
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She’s leaving home
My eldest child left home this week. It was a lot less dramatic than you might think. Just as the act of birthing her was fraught with all of the emotion under the sun, but revolved in the moment around … Continue reading
Ruined – a memoir by Ruth Everhart: Review
Let’s get the disclaimers out of the way first: yes, I have met the author. We are both members of an online group of (mostly) female clergy-types called the RevGalBlogPals. We both contributed to a book edited by the RevGals … Continue reading
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Tagged faith, God, memoir, redemption, RevGalBlogPals, Ruth Everhart, sexual violence
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Psalmbird
At last week’s Summer Music Camp, we learned all about David the songwriter (the one from the Bible, as we had constantly to disambiguate). We learned to sing Psalm 23 in childlike form. We listened to Kiri te Kanawa singing … Continue reading
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Tagged Church of the Epiphany, Daily Office, King David, Psalm 55, Psalm 61, Summer Music Camp
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Year C Proper 12: Teach us to pray
Jesus gave a couple of different words of advice to his disciples about prayer. In one, he tells his disciples to lock themselves behind closed doors in secret, to pray privately to God, and there is a place for that … Continue reading
About prayer
Father, Mother, source of life, all being; your very name fills us with awe. We long to know you, ruler of all; unelected, you elect us to do your will, here, now, forever. You who nursed creation as it grew, … Continue reading
Posted in lectionary reflection, prayer, sermon preparation
Tagged Luke 11:1-13, Year C Proper 12
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