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Tag Archives: Year A Proper 16
On this rock
They set a boulder to blot life
from the garden, light from the tomb.
When it was rolled away you spoke
her name into the morning like dew. Continue reading
Posted in poetry, prayer
Tagged #preparingforSundaywithpoetry, faith, rock, Stonehenge, Year A Proper 16
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Living parables
he parables within which we live are those of Moses’ mother, who shares in the history of God, remembering creation, rebuilding the ark, reclaiming her son to raise and to nurse, her love subverting the powers of imperialism even in its most beautiful and seductive form, the young woman bathing by the river. Continue reading
Posted in lectionary reflection, sermon
Tagged image of God, Incarnation, Jesus, Moses, Year A Proper 16
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Who do you say that I am?
One with the patience to measure the countless millimetres between here and eternity; his father taught him to measure twice, cut once. He would joke around the workshop that he had come to bring not peace, but a saw; brandishing, … Continue reading
Posted in lectionary reflection, poetry, sermon preparation
Tagged carpenter, Jesus, Matthew 16:13, Year A Proper 16
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over the water 