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… But do not be afraid

A sermon for the first week of the Chautauqua Institution season, 2023, Year A Proper 7 _____________ There’s nothing like starting in the middle. With no context, no backstory to soften the blow, we arrive for a week at Chautauqua … Continue reading

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Sparrow, shopping

Browsing the shiny cellophaned produce section, soaring over fields of grain on the updraft of the bread ovens. Sealed in our tin cans, concentrated and reduced, we must be such a disappointment to you.

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