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Samaritans and street vendors
Here’s what happens: the priest looks back and sees the Levite pass by. Their eyes meet. They are of the same tribe, and their unspoken concurrence in the decision not to stop reinforces itself in that consecrated moment of collusion, … Continue reading
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The business traveller
After the incident; forever after as he travelled from city to stone city, he would look across the crowd, scanning the horizon and its fall, not for danger – he never saw the robbers coming, never would – blissfully ignorant, … Continue reading
Year C Proper 9: Make Jerusalem Great Again
On this July fourth weekend, it is perhaps appropriate that we hear a word from some of our political campaigners.* Towards the end of Isaiah, the “Make Jerusalem Great Again” party is gaining in popularity. The prophet paints a vivid … Continue reading
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Year C Proper 9: God-mother
Children of the promise, your God
sings you lullabies of sweet surrender;
binds you with tenderness to her breast. Continue reading
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Tagged breastfeeding, feminine divine, God, God as mother
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On being right
So the shock take-home of today’s lessons might be that the Gospel is not always about being right. James and John, two of Jesus’ inner circle of inner circles, right at Jesus’ side all the way to Jerusalem – they … Continue reading
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Tagged Galations 5:1-25, Jo Cox, Luke 9:51-62, Year C Proper 8
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Year C Proper 7: a brief litany of idolatry
The prophet drips irony using the voice of the idolatrous and indolent who say, “do not come near me, for I am too holy for you.” It is in itself idolatrous: the idolatry of the one who worships their own … Continue reading
Year C Proper 6: stories
This Sunday, I will most likely preach not from the pulpit but from the steps, sitting on the floor, in the middle of our Sunday School’s end-of-year celebration. With that change of perspective comes the realization that I can’t say … Continue reading
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Tagged Jesus, Luke 7:36-8:3, Simon the Pharisee, sinful woman, Year C Proper 6
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Year C Proper 6: David, Bathsheba, and Jesus go to Stanford
It may be that he should weep at her feet, and kiss them, the Son of David begging forgiveness, belatedly, of the daughter of Bathsheba. Continue reading
Year C Proper 5: the widows of Zarephath and Nain
A boy died in Zarephath, and his mother and Elijah cried out to God in anger at the injustice, in bitterness at the waste of life, saved by a miracle and spent so soon. Another mother’s son died in Nain, … Continue reading
Martyrs
The commemoration for tonight’s healing prayers, held in orange, is for Blandina and Her Companions, the Martyrs of Lyons. The Collect: Grant, O Lord, that we who keep the feast of the holy martyrs Blandina and her companions may be … Continue reading
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