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Broken
At the parish where I celebrate Communion week by week, we use pita for the bread – a nice Middle Eastern connection. I tear off a small piece for each person who presents themself at the altar rail, place it … Continue reading
Beatitudes
A sermon for the fourth Sunday after the Epiphany, and the aftermath of an executive order turning away refugees and other immigrants (including green card holders) from seven nations. The Gospel was the Sermon on the Mount: the Beatitudes (Matthew … Continue reading
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Tagged beatitudes, immigraton, Matthew 5:1-12, Micah 6:8, refugees
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Unfinished
Silk, the colour of home patterned anew knotted behind; her fingers ache to run through his hair, silk upon silk; almost done. She leaves her gift on the bed, silk upon silk, runs to the airport, where she waits
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Truth
Truth is not proud, running his calloused hands across the welt of guilt, knowing good from evil, deliverance from dependence on temptation to sway the scales. Truth is not innocent of the burden of each deficit of decency, quavering … Continue reading
Mortar
blood & dust, water, sand, bone and sinew, wet cement slapped, nails etching names within the walls
Kingdom
Almighty God, great above all gods, in your hands are all the nations of the earth, and none is beyond the reach of your authority, nor of your grace. Look with compassion upon your people here, we pray, that we may … Continue reading
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What a difference a day makes
Tomorrow, Friday January 20th, will be the fifth anniversary of my swearing in as a citizen of these United States. The federal judge who administered the oath made it clear that this was, indeed, an oath of office: we were … Continue reading
Never mind the reality
One of the features of British television that our teenaged children enjoyed discovering on family visits is the alternative panel show. Characterized by wit, rude humour, and outright sarcasm, they are a guilty pleasure. One such show, Never Mind the … Continue reading
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Timeless
One of our Lay Preachers had the pulpit this morning, which is the birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. She used two of his prayers to frame a sermon which relied mostly on his words, spoken during the March on … Continue reading
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Tagged #election2016, Jesus Christ, Martin Luther King Jr, youth
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