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Their cross, our cross
I have been trying to imagine how the words of Jesus to the pre-resurrection people would have sounded. We cannot hear of the cross without spiritualizing it, sublimating it post-resurrection. To have the same impact today as he had on that crowd in first-century Galilee, what might Jesus say? Continue reading
Posted in current events, lectionary reflection, prayer, sermon, story
Tagged Jesus, repentance, righteousness, salvation, take up your cross, Year B Lent 2
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“Startled” is putting it mildly
“I mention all of this because I am able to consider Donald Trump’s suggestion that teachers in school should carry weapons, recalling my roles as a soldier, an educator and a parent.” Continue reading
Posted in current events, gun violence, story
Tagged #Parkland, arming teachers, gun violence, school safety, school shootings
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As though
Repent! the echoes ricochet off the bible.
I will require a reckoning for your lifeblood,
says the Lord. Continue reading
Posted in current events, gun violence, story
Tagged #Parkland, #StonemanDouglas, #WearOrange, God Before Guns
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Bruising God
Just before setting the bow in the sky as a sign of the covenant of mercy between God and all flesh, God tells Noah that since humanity was made in God’s image, God will require a reckoning for our lifeblood. God considers violence against any one of us violence against God’s own self. Continue reading
Posted in current events, gun violence, sermon, story
Tagged #Parkland, 1 Peter 3:18-22, AR-15, domestic violence, Genesis 9:8-17, gun violence, Lent, Mark 1:9-15, Noah's Ark, repentance
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We came here after Columbine
Let’s paint them
red, white, and blue
have some clergyman
compose a pledge
teach our children to recite it
hand on heart Continue reading
Posted in current events, gun violence, poetry
Tagged 2nd amendment, school shootings
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Holy innocents
Their wisdom was not wanted by the powers that be, in case it would unseat their certainty of their own anointed state. Warned in a dream, they went home another way, pursued by rumours of mothers kneeling in the ashes of … Continue reading
Posted in current events, holy days, poetry, story
Tagged Epiphany, Holy Innocents, Martin Luther King Jr, three kings
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Nazareth, Norway, Nathaneal
“What do you know of me?” Nathaneal demanded.
“I know enough,” answered Jesus.
“Oh, Christ,” Nathaneal swore.
“You have no idea,” replied the Christ. Continue reading
Gaudete
the Lord has anointed me to bind up the broken-hearted, to comfort all who mourn Continue reading
In all circumstances
“Rejoice always. Pray without ceasing. Give thanks in all circumstances.” 1 Thessalonians 5:16 Continue reading
Posted in current events, lectionary reflection, prayer, sermon preparation
Tagged #metoo, Alabama election, race, Year A Advent 3
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God’s time
God’s relationship with our time-bound world is much more poetic and less literal than a counting down of days between the first and the second creation to come. Continue reading
Posted in advent meditations, current events, lectionary reflection, sermon
Tagged Augustine, creation, End Times, science, time, Ussher
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