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Year C Proper 22: opening thoughts
Whether the Psalm is spoken or sung or whispered behind closed doors, there is no softening that last line, with its vicious dreams of vengeance. We might be tempted to ask what it’s doing in our Bible, or at least … Continue reading
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Tagged atrocity, Babylon, Bible, faith, lectionary, Luke 17:5-10, Psalm 137, Syria, vengeance
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Brought to you by:
I wish I could give you the details. I’m a little hazy on them myself. I can tell you that today was brought on entirely by prayer. It wasn’t the words, God knows, nor the miniscule, mustard-seed faith that wrote … Continue reading
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Tagged day, faith, mustard seed, prayer
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Year C Proper 21: The rich man and Lazarus
So we have reached the finale of the season of rich man parables. You will remember that in these parables, the phrase “a rich man” is used to indicate not simply someone who has a lot of stuff, but someone … Continue reading
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Tagged 1 Timothy 6:11-19, dives and Lazarus, Jesus, Luke 16:19-31, parables, repentance, rich man, Year C Proper 21
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Year C Proper 20: The parable of the dishonest manager
We all knew, in the old westerns, who the bad guys were by the colour of their hats. These days, if you go to a movie and a smooth character speaks to you in a somewhat refined British accent, you … Continue reading
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Tagged dishonest manager, ethical investing, Financial Times, God and mammon, Jesus, Justin Welby, Kray, Luke 16:1-13, parable, Parkhurst, rich man, Shakespeare, Year C Proper 20
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Year C Proper 20: Thick as thieves
An extract from tomorrow’s sermon: A man was incarcerated in a high security prison on the Isle of Wight, off the southern coast of England. Whilst there, he had fallen under the wings of one of the most notorious criminal … Continue reading
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Tagged God and mammon, Jesus, Kray twins, Luke 16:1-13, money, parable, Parkhurst, rich man, servant of two masters
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Year C Proper 19: God’s unrelenting love
Does anyone think that the scribes and the Pharisees might be just a little bit jealous? For the past few weeks of story, Jesus has been at their house, eating at their tables, messing with their seating arrangements and telling … Continue reading
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Tagged 1 Timothy 1:12-17, child, fool, Jeremiah 4:11-28, lost and found, Luke 15:1-10, Psalm 14, Year C Proper 19
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Lost in the department store
Frantic, fleeting moments in the old department store, for each passing second a hundred possibilities; few of them good. Disembodied voices broadcast fear across the floors: “Have you seen this child? Wearing a blue coat with a hood.” Elevators, escalators, … Continue reading
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Tagged loss, lost child, Luke 15:1-10, parable, parenting, Year C Proper 19
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Psalm 14 (53)
Psalm 53 is included in today’s Daily Office readings. It is almost exactly the same as Psalm 14, which is included in this Sunday’s Revised Common Lectionary, except for the penultimate verse(s). The text of Psalm 14 is included below, … Continue reading
Year C Proper 18: One lousy sales pitch
The other day, during a screening of the final movie in the Lord of the Rings trilogy – the one where all of the final battles happen and the last-ditch attempts to overcome evil in the face of incredible odds … Continue reading
Tomorrow’s gospel
“No one starts a war, Jesus says, without first calculating the chances of winning. Otherwise, they may get drawn into open-ended, unending conflict, with no clear way out, sending life chasing after death as though they hate the lives of … Continue reading
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