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Children of Hope and Joy
St. Michael and All Angels, September 29, 2019 This message was given on the Feast of St. Michael and All Angels when my grandchild was brought for baptism. We were worshipping at St. Peter’s Church in Manhattan. The texts for the … Continue reading
Posted in Baptism, Christian Life, Christianity
Tagged Allegiance, Antiochus IV, Baptism, Beastly kingdoms, Christian Life, Christianity, Daniel, Daniel 12, Faithfulness of God, Grace, Hope, Jesus, Joy, Kingdom of God, Love of neighbor, Love your enemy, Luke 10, New Creation, Psalm 103, Reign of God, Revelation 12, Son of Man, St. Michael and All Angels, The Church, The human community
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To him they are alive
Luke 20 38 He is God not of the dead, but of the living; for to him all of them are alive.” “To him all of them are alive.” To him Anna still walks to school with flowers in her … Continue reading
Posted in Hope
Tagged Grace, Hope, Joy, Life, Love, Luke 20, Luke 20:38, New Creation
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Like those who lift infants
Sunday, I just wanted to crawl back into bed. I was haunted, Saturday, by the news of the shooting in El Paso, and woke, Sunday, to the news of the shooting in Dayton. It still weighs heavily on my heart – for the victims, for their families, for the shooter’s family, for the spiritual poverty of the nation, for the brokenness of the world. If I hadn’t already made a plan to attend a neighboring church, I wouldn’t have had the resolve to find a place to worship; I would have gone back to bed. Continue reading
Posted in Grief, Hope, The Word of God, Worship
Tagged Christian Faith, Colossians 3, Dayton Shooting, El Paso Shooting, Faithfulness of God, Garlic Festival Shooting, Grace, Grief, Healing, Hope, Hosea 11, Luke 12, Mercy, Parable of the Rich Fool, Psalm 107, Religion and Spirituality, Word of God, Worship
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Words
Words are things of power. They create and they destroy. They exalt and cast down. They comfort and kill. They start war – but they can also end them. The right words, bold courageous words, can summon us to peace. Continue reading
Posted in The human community, Words
Tagged Beauty, Conflict, Division, Grace, Healing, Hope, Isaiah 55, Life, Matthew 7, Peace, Reconciliation, Silence, Speech, Wide and Narrow Road, Words
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Sunday after Sunday
It was a long drive back from my father’s house in Colorado, but part of me wished I could have taken it slower. I am ever amazed at the majesty of the creation, and I would have loved to be able to take photographs of all that I witnessed coming across Colorado, Utah and Nevada on the old state highways. I have a few photos, taken at rest stops and occasional halts along the way, but mostly they are fading memories, replaced only by the knowledge that it was beautiful. Continue reading
Surrounded with graces
We are surrounded by graces big and little. Every bit of beauty, every simple kindness, every child’s laughter, every kind word or sound silences the claims of fear and evil to rule the world. Continue reading
Posted in American Society, Christianity, Hope
Tagged Beauty, Christian Faith, Christian Life, God, Goodness, Grace, Hope, Mercy, Religion and Spirituality
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Lamb of God
A reflection on the death of Jesus, Good Friday, 2017 A liturgical chant from my childhood has been rattling through my mind the last few days: “O Christ, thou lamb of God, that takest away the sin of the world, … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Good Friday, The Cross of Christ
Tagged Agnus Dei, Death of Jesus, Forgiveness, Grace, Healing, Hope, Jesus, Lamb of God, Life, Passover, Peace, Redemption, Sacrifice, The Exodus, The human community, The Passion of Jesus
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The journey to our humanity
A reflection as we begin Maundy Thursday Tonight we begin the worship service that stretches over these next three days and walks us anew through the death and resurrection of Jesus. This service not only sets before us the story … Continue reading
Posted in Easter, Holy Week, Our true humanity, Spirituality
Tagged Compassion, Confession and Absolution, Easter, Easter Vigil, Good Friday, Grace, Greed, Hate, Honor, Love, Maundy Thursday, Our broken world, Our true humanity, Religion and Spirituality, Sin, Spiritual formation, The human spiritual journey, The Paschal Triduum, The Three Days, Violence
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An eternal kindness
There is room in the heart of God for us all. Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Grief, Hope, Sermons
Tagged Christian Faith, Christianity, Colossians 3, Death, funeral, God, Gospel of John, Grace, Grief, Hope, John 14, Kindness, Life, Memorial Service, Religion and Spirituality
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