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Year B Proper 6: Through God’s eyes
A Saturday night homily for St Andrew’s Episcopal Church, Elyria, OH. Come see us some time! How would you describe Jesus to someone who had no idea who this man was or what he meant to the world? Where would … Continue reading
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Tagged 1 Samuel 16:1-13, 2 Corinthians 5: 6-17, Beloved, God-lens, Jesus, Mark 4:26-29, Paul, Year B Proper 6
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Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit
Earlier this week I posted “Unforgivable,” a meditation on how we read and receive the threat of unforgivable sin as presented in this week’s gospel. I shied away from defining the unpardonable; blasphemy against the Holy Spirit. I maintain that … Continue reading
(no) Walking on the water
We are frequently offered an image of a Jesus who flouted lesser regulations; a transgressor of boundaries; a rebel. Is the story of the walk across the water an example of this?
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Tagged Daily Office, image, Jesus, lectionary, Matthew 14:22-36, transgressing, walking on water
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The birthday of the Book of Common Prayer
This is an edited version of a sermon celebrating the anniversary of the first English Book of Common Prayer. The anniversary falls on June 9th, but it “is properly celebrated on a weekday following Pentecost,” (Lesser Feasts and Fasts) and my calendar … Continue reading
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Tagged 1549 Book of Common Prayer, English, Jesus, John 4:21-24, language, Samaritan woman, spirit and truth, Thomas Cranmer, Welsh
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Postponing Pentecost reflections
“How can they be drunk?” asks Peter, in all innocence. “It’s only nine o’clock in the morning!” And every time, I have to smile, or smirk, or weep at his innocence, or naïveté. As in the rest of the gospel … Continue reading
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Tagged Acts 1, drunk, Jesus, Pentecost, Peter, Spirit
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God’s right-hand wo/men
Or, Eternity: the Sunday Update! Parts of this morning’s sermon for St Andrew’s Episcopal Church, Elyria, are already covered in the previous post (TGIF and Eternity), so I won’t repeat those parts here, but here’s where eternity ended up (so … Continue reading
Diolch, Dillwyn
One day, I ran into the vicar somewhere between the church and the vicarage. I would have been around fifteen or sixteen, I suppose – there’s a lot I don’t remember about that time. Over the past few months (I … Continue reading
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Tagged 1790 Book of Common Prayer, diolch (thank you), Exhortation, faith, Holy Communion, Jesus, Sunday School
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Easter Vigil Sermon: New fire and living water
New fire and living water. Extremes of existence, held together by the cross and the resurrection, like life and death. Water. Soothing, refreshing, life-giving. We play in it, luxuriate in it. Our bodies are more than half made of it. … Continue reading
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Tagged baptism, Easter Vigil, Harrowing of Hell, Jesus, new fire, Resurrection, St Andrew's Elyria OH, Stations of the Cross, water
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