This Needle Sure is a Tight Squeeze
I've heard some Christians call it "Gospel math"—the idea that if you are generous with your money and possessions, you will discover that God always, in turn, provides what you need. Gospel math is offered to counter the more h ...
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#Blessed
Pentecost 24C: Luke 6:20-31For All Saints Day, which is actually on November 1st but will be celebrated at St. James’s on Sunday, November 3rd, we hear a portion of Jesus’ Sermon on the Plain from Luke—specifically the Beati ...
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A Few More Shades of Gray
Surely you've heard the story about the woman who sued McDonalds for millions because she claimed, after spilling a cup of coffee in her lap, that the coffee was too hot. It's the go-to story for those of us convinced ...
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A Pharisee & a tax collector walk into a temple...
Pentecost 23C: Luke 18:9-14 © 2008 Keith Riley-Whittingham, FlickrA Pharisee and a tax collector walk into a temple. The Pharisee prays a prayer of thanksgiving that he is not a thief, rogue, adulterer, or tax collector, and that he fasts and tithes. ...
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Don't Be Afraid to Pray Honestly. God Can Take It.
At the 9:30 Sunday service a few weeks ago, we read Psalm 137 aloud. This psalm is a lament about God's people being exiled in Babylon, forced to sing for their captors. The opening line is familiar to many of us: "By ...
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Graffiti and Theology
Who would have thought that graffiti in the mountains outside of Las Vagas would be so theologically correct?
Stay tuned as "Buddy Christ" travels the globe - near and far - with parishioners on their journeys, taking a little Jesus ...
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A Head-On Collision
Pentecost 21C: Genesis 32:22-31The same night that Jacob learned that his brother Esau was coming for revenge, he took his two wives, Rachel and Leah, (who happened to be his cousins), his two women servant/slaves/baby-mamas, Zilpah and ...
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Twelve.
As part of our annual fall pledge campaign, I ask a few members of the parish to write something up about their experience of St. J's. This year one of the folks I asked was Jackie Keen, a high school ...
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Did the Resurrection Really Happen? Does It Matter?
I blog for Patheos, a religion/spirituality web portal, alongside some big muckety-mucks in the world of progressive theologians. Two of the muckety-mucks used their blogs last week to hold a polite but pointed discussion on whether the bodily, physical ...
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Bright Lights - Big City
This has been a busy week for our Lord visiting Las Vegas with Curtis and Antonio. While the bright lights and the big city were very interesting it was nice to have chance to bet away from it all and ...
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