What is Your "Deep Gladness"?
This past weekend, St. James's parish hall resonated with the voices of young actors and singers presenting the Poppins Children's Theater production of a short musical, "The Castaways." My son Benjamin played one of the castaways—a group of kids l ...
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Buddy Christ says "thank you"
Thank you for helping "feed the my sheep."
Please remember the need does not go away when the Thanksgiving and Christmas are over - in fact it grows.
Can't wait to see what next Sunday brings.
Stay tuned as "Buddy ...
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Cross
Reign of Christ C: Luke 23:33-43
This Sunday is Reign of Christ or Christ the King Sunday, so how could we not look at the passage from Luke that puts Jesus on the cross being challenged to save himself but ...
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The Bible: Misused and Misunderstood
Here is a very helpful and hope-full post from Jason Chestnut's blog "Faith Interrupted - Looking for God in the gaps." Jason signs off on his post with what I think to be a great phrase; "Stay cool. Don't make ...
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God as a Trick of the Light
When I agreed to write weekly for this blog last summer, I worried about my ability to write an original post on such a set schedule. While I've been blogging regularly for about five years, I've always had complete leeway ...
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Classic Jesus Misdirection
Pentecost 26C: Luke 21:5-19Some were speaking about how beautiful the stones of the temple and the gifts around it were, and Jesus tells them that at some point in time none of it will exist. They ask Jesus when ...
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Answering the Call to "Feed My Sheep"
Many of those who know me know that my favorite piece of scripture is this one:When they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon son of John, do you love me more than these?” He said to him ...
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Redeeming My Grocery Routine
Of all the chores, I loathe grocery shopping the most. There are just so many steps involved—making a list (which involves a check of the fridge, the cabinets, and the calendar), pushing a heavy cart up and down aisles (a ...
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The Good Old Days
Pentecost 25C: Haggai 1:15 b-2:9
Here’s a fun fact: The prophet Haggai’s name wasn’t actually “Haggai.” Everyone was just so embarrassed that they didn’t remember his name, so when they would call out to him they would just yell, ...
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Gratitude
A little over a year ago, our vestry and I did an exercise exploring and identifying what we considered to be "Gospel Values." During this exercise, we came up with words such as, joy, community, forgiveness, reconciliation, and love--you get ...
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