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Every knee
It is crucial and critical to find this mind that is in Christ Jesus, and follow him in all of his glorious humility. There is nothing wrong with kneeling before him in silence. Continue reading
Posted in lectionary reflection, sermon, story
Tagged #takeaknee, humility, mind of Christ, Year A Proper 21
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Unfair
You do not reward us according to our loveableness, thank God, you are less fair, unlike our exacting, you err always on the side of mercy, balancing justice by melting down wood and iron, recasting the scales to create love’s … Continue reading
Posted in lectionary reflection, poetry, prayer
Tagged Matthew 20:1-16, Year A Proper 20
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Apocalypse and Passover
In times such as these, our prayer is not for God to pass us by, nor to turn a blind eye. Our prayer is for God to be with us, to share with us a sign of God’s covenant: the blood poured out, the meal hastily shared. Continue reading
Posted in current events, lectionary reflection, sermon
Tagged compassion, Exodus 12:1-14, Exodus 12:32, natural disaster, Pesach
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Overcome
What should a disaster preparedness plan for a church look like? Continue reading
Living parables
he parables within which we live are those of Moses’ mother, who shares in the history of God, remembering creation, rebuilding the ark, reclaiming her son to raise and to nurse, her love subverting the powers of imperialism even in its most beautiful and seductive form, the young woman bathing by the river. Continue reading
Posted in lectionary reflection, sermon
Tagged image of God, Incarnation, Jesus, Moses, Year A Proper 16
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Listen to her
This woman’s daughter deserved the same kind of health outcomes as her counterparts within the network of Jesus’ family, tribe, race, and creed. Continue reading
It’s not my place to say
Did I squirm? I’m sure I tried to pass it off as a settling of my old, white bones in an uncomfortable chair. Continue reading
But deliver us from evil
On our last night there, a storm rolled in. Rolled, as in went through the motions of a steamroller. Continue reading
Heaven on earth
Looking ahead to Sunday’s Transfiguration and the disciples’ awe-filled witness to the glory of God revealed in Christ, I have been thinking about religious experiences; extraordinary revelations of the divine. I occasionally wonder if I was “done out of” a … Continue reading
Posted in holy days, sermon preparation, spiritual autobiography, story
Tagged Incarnation, Transfiguration
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Preachers, politicians, and parables
In St Paul’s finest moment, he asserts that “I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will … Continue reading
Posted in lectionary reflection, sermon
Tagged God loves you no exceptions, Matthew 13, parables, Romans 8
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