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What would St Luke say?
What would St Luke say about getting a booster for the COVID19 vaccine as available? Perhaps it is not too much of a stretch to imagine that he, in sympathy and solidarity with his physician colleagues and support staff would welcome it. Perhaps it is not too forward to imagine that he would promote every measure to keep his community safe and well and together, to relieve the burdens of those who care for the health of others, and to increase the common good. Continue reading
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Tagged community, COVID-19, public health, vaccination
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Keeping promises
I have no doubt that God was with me in that river, whose banks Jesus knew, whose rapids perhaps he had played in. I have no doubt that God would have stayed with me, whether I lived or died that day. But in order to remain alive, in that moment, I also needed my people, the little community of foreigners with whom I had set out that morning in a black tyre inner tube to float down the river towards the Sea of Galilee. Continue reading
Posted in holy days, lectionary reflection, sermon, story
Tagged baptism, baptismal covenant, community, Isaiah 43:2
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Wrestling and rest
Why isn’t it easier to live as a saint? Continue reading
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Tagged addiction, Communion, community, Jesus, love, Matthew 11:28-30, Paul, Romans 7:15, year a proper 9
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Year C Epiphany 1: Come, Holy Spirit
The Gospels take a lot of short cuts through the life of Jesus. Whether they begin at his baptism, as does Mark, when he is already fully grown and ready to set out into the wilderness of temptation, and the … Continue reading
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Tagged Acts of the Apostles, baptism, Baptism of Our Lord, community, Holy Spirit, Veni Sancte Spiritus
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Year B Lent 5: love with the lights on
It’s a big decision, to turn on the light, invite someone into your face, into your space, into your truth, your way, your life. Continue reading
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Tagged community, greeting, Jeremiah 31:31-34, John 12:20-33, newcomers
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Heart of darkness
I’ll readily (although not happily) admit that I am pretty naive about race. I grew up in the dark about my own white privilege, my own native prejudice and naive misconceptions. I moved to another country, with its own complicated racial … Continue reading
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Tagged community, diversity, Euclid, funeral visitation, Luke 9:23-26, Mark 8:34-38, racism, white flight, white privilege
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Religious rituals and summer Sunday attendance
Two days after my mother died, at half past five in the morning, I heard a strange noise outside my bedroom window, the window of the spare bedroom in my parent’s house. It was a rasping, grinding, rolling, grunting, sighing … Continue reading
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Tagged 1 Kings 18:20-39, centurion, church attendance, community, Elijah, family, funeral, healing, Hebrews 10:25, Jesus, Luke 7:1-10, religious ritual, ritual, summer
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How do we keep the dream alive today?
A reflection offered at the community celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr, hosted by Lakeshore Christian Church, Euclid, Ohio One year ago today, I stood in a room downtown before a federal judge, and I took an oath, and some … Continue reading
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Tagged Church of the Epiphany, community, dream speech, Euclid OH, faith, Isaiah, Lakeshore Christian Church, Martin Luther King Jr, unity
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Year C Epiphany 1: For us, and for our salvation
After Christmas, after Epiphany, we come to the baptism of Jesus. In a way, this story is the culmination and confirmation of everything that has happened up to now. An angel announced his conception. Faithful even before he was born, … Continue reading
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Tagged Baptism of Jesus, Baptism of Our Lord, bodily form, Christmas, community, Epiphany, God, Hank Langknecht, Holy Spirit dove, Isaiah
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Year B: All Saints
I want to talk today about baptism, and our participation in our baptismal covenant. Baptism is and has always been an important stage in the Christian journey: it was one of the two sacraments commanded and enacted by Jesus himself, … Continue reading
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Tagged All Saints, baptism, baptismal covenant, community, godparents, Hallowe'en, Hurricane Sandy, Jesus, Lazarus
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