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A little life
Heron was back at the Lake tonight, along with ten thousand mayflies strewn across the surface like petals, wings still spread as though for flight, and I, no doubt with several pressed to my bosom like a medieval lover with … Continue reading
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Tagged Creator, God, heron, J.B.S. Haldane, Lake Erie, Matthew 10:29, mayflies, sparrows
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The Sparrow
For the sparrows that feature in this week’s gospel reading. This poem was first published by the Collegeville Institute’s Bearings. Coincidentally, today I fly to Collegeville. I Sparrow is packing heat. He has taken up residence atop a propane burner … Continue reading
Year A Proper 7: fear, scams and sparrows
First, a little bit of context. This gospel starts in the middle of Jesus’ instructions to his disciples as they are getting ready to go out into the world on their own for the first time as his emissaries, his … Continue reading
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Tagged consider the birds, debbie blue, IRS scam, Jesus. fear and discipleship, sparrows
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