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Year A Epiphany 5: salt
If rock salt comes from rocks (hence the salt mines), and sea salt comes from the sea, where does table salt come from? Jesus said, “You are the salt of the earth. You are the light of the world.” But … Continue reading
Year A Epiphany 3: walking in the light
There was a fascinating piece on yesterday’s NPR program, Weekend Edition, about a man named Pedro Reyes who is working on a huge collection of guns.[1] In fact, he has access to thousands in the city of Culiacan, Mexico, where … Continue reading
A Gethsemane prayer
For once, just for once you tried to lay your burdens, those acquired from crowds and children, a collection of tax collectors, sinners and scribes along the way – for once, just for once you tried to lay them on … Continue reading
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Tagged garden, gethsemane, Jesus, prayer, sons of thunder
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The Baptism of Our Lord
Today’s sermon began with yesterday’s story about Noah’s dove… Is this what Jesus meant, when he told his cousin John that he must be baptized to fulfill all righteousness: that he would have to go back to the beginning, when … Continue reading
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Tagged baptism, baptismal covenant, dove, Jesus, sanctification, Tertullian
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The Feast of the Epiphany at the Church of the Epiphany
The Feast of the Epiphany at the Church of the Epiphany. The first feast of the Epiphany was the revelation of God’s love to the world through the birth of Jesus Christ, and the proclamation of that birth and its … Continue reading
Christmas 1
Tomorrow is children’s day at Epiphany – the children are leading us, as in “a little child” etc. For me, poetry is timeless and ageless. The Prologue of St John might be a little obscure to the 6-year-old mind, but … Continue reading
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Tagged Genesis, God, Jesus, John 1:1-18, Prologue of St John, the word
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Sermon for a Christmas Eve with pick-up pageant
This sermon was written for a Christmas Eve on which the Church of the Epiphany hosted a pick-up pageant, invited any and all children to come and pick out a costume to join in the play as they arrived in … Continue reading
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Tagged angels, Christmas Eve, Emmanuel, God, Jesus, nativity, pageant, shepherds, unpredicability
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Blue Christmas 2013
There is a scene in the extended poem by W.H. Auden, For the Time Being, that has never left me since I first read it. The language is so visual I can almost see it. Transplanted into contemporary England – … Continue reading
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Tagged Blitz, Christmas, Christmas Oratorio, explosion, For the time being, gift, Jesus, Joseph, love, Mary, Matthew 1:18-25, WH Auden
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Year A Advent 3
John sends a message from prison. Whether he is worried, depressed, or angry we don’t know; but he asks, through his disciples, “Are you the one, or are we still waiting for somebody else?” John has already told the whole … Continue reading
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Tagged advent 3, Bonhoeffer, disciples, Elie Wiesel, Jesus, John the Baptist, optimism, prison
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Year A Advent 2: Snakes and other stories
There are a lot of snakes in today’s readings. In Isaiah, a small child plays over the nests of asps and adders. In Matthew, John the Baptizer calls the Pharisees a brood of vipers. Now, a quick survey of biblical … Continue reading
