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Pray even for kings
A sermon for Year C Proper 20: Amos 8:4-7; Psalm 113; 1 Timothy 2:1-7; Luke 16:1-13 For Paul to write in his letter that we should pray for kings is akin almost to Jesus’ commandment that we pray for our enemies. When you consider … Continue reading
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Tagged 1 Timothy 2:1-7, Elections, John Calvin, prayer, Year C Proper 20
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Character reference
This week’s readings focus on character. The virtues of honesty, faithfulness, and godliness are lifted up; although the “advice” of Jesus to “make friends by means of dishonest wealth” is a bit of a curveball. Those of us who grew … Continue reading
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Tagged 1 Timothy 2:1-7, Amos 8:4-7, Luke 16:1-13, Year C Proper 20
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One in a hundred
The perfect thing about a parable is that it is not a fixed allegory, where this means that. It is not a code to be broken, but an invitation to find ourselves in the lifelong story of God’s relationship with the sheep of His pasture, the people of God’s hand. Continue reading
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Tagged 1 Timothy 1:12-17, 9/11, Amy-Jill Levine, grace, lost coin, lost sheep, Luke 15:1-10, parables of Jesus
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Blessings lost and found
This week’s post is late, partly because I’m on vacation, but also because I have had some struggles settling into a place of blessing in this week’s gospel reading. It should be easy: we love the idea that God would gladly … Continue reading
Blessings and challenges
When I read this Sunday’s Gospel lesson, and saw that Paul’s – let’s be honest – somewhat cringeworthy letter to Philemon was also up for consideration, I wondered if I might have waited on this new, lectionary-based blessings project until … Continue reading
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Tagged Luke 14:25-33, Philemon, Year C Proper 18
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The banquet
No sermon this Sunday, simply the observation that today’s Gospel whispered to me of those times that you have slipped into the back of the church, trying to melt into the shadows cast by the dark-wood pews, sure only of … Continue reading
God bless you and keep you
There is a moment towards the end of the Holy Eucharist service in the Episcopal Book of Common Prayer where The Bishop when present, or the Priest, may bless the people. For special services – the Thanksgiving for a Child, … Continue reading
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Tagged book of common prayer, lectionary, liturgy, prayer
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Facing God
All that the leader of the synagogue really needed to do, was to say, “Amen.” Continue reading
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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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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