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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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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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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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Martha & Mary
There is so much to be done: the sweeping of the streets, the hanging of bags full of plasma, saline, the careful placement of Kleenex. There are so many distractions: tanks and trucks, bullets and bombs, the cleaning of windows … Continue reading
Posted in current events, lectionary reflection, poetry, prayer, sermon preparation
Tagged gun violence, Luke 10:38-42, Nice, terrorism, Turkey, Year C Proper 11
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