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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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Always in the presence
I wrote this liturgy for the beginning of worship in 2016 when 9/11 fell on a Sunday. As I came across it today, I was touched by how it speaks to the tragedies and shadows of our time. + … Continue reading
“What are you thankful for?”
My brother didn’t ask the question “What are your thankful for in this last year?” If he had, I could have spoken about the wonderful connections I have had with old friends, the time spent with family, the great staff I have to work with and some of the high points of the year. I could have spoken about the people I love, including those around the table. But he didn’t ask this question; he asked the more existential question, “What are you thankful for?” Continue reading
Posted in Easter, Grief, Hope, Thanksgiving
Tagged Christian Faith, Death and Resurrection of Jesus, Easter, Gratitude, Hope, Joy, Promise, Religion and Spirituality, Sorrow, Thanksgiving
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Thinking in stories
We are creatures who think in stories. Confusion and anxiety reign when we can’t figure out the story line. It locates us. It gives meaning to our past, shapes our understanding of the present and gives direction for the future. Continue reading
Posted in Christianity
Tagged Anna Bonde, Christian Faith, Christianity, Compassion, Courage, Hope, Joy, Story, The Biblical story, Witness
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Praying Good Friday
O thou who art the voice in the eternal silence, the light in the spreading darkness the warmth in the growing cold, the peace in the rising fear, the truth in the crowded confusion: Wounded, you heal. Broken, you restore. … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Prayer
Tagged Christ Jesus, Christian Life, Death of Jesus, Easter, Good Friday, Hope, Joy, Prayer, Religion and Spirituality
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Where the heavens bend
It seems like we are marching again towards Good Friday, towards the death of kindness and mercy, to the triumph of naked power, to a paroxysm of the Father of Lies. And with what do we stand? Simply the promise that Christ is risen, that the darkness cannot prevail, that death itself yields to the author of life. Continue reading
Posted in American Society, Christianity, Worship
Tagged Christian Faith, Christianity, Gloria Bonde, Grief, Hope, Isaiah 5, Jesus, Joy, Kindness, Life, Light, New Creation, Our broken world, Psalm 24, Worship
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Perpetual summer
The sun shall no longer be your light by day, nor for brightness shall the moon give light to you by night; but the Lord will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your glory. –Isaiah 60:19 Continue reading
Posted in Advent Devotions, Christianity, Hope, Reflections on the Scriptures
Tagged Hope, Isaiah 60, Jesus, Joy, Life, Light, New Creation, Summer, The Incarnation, Winter
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Creating joy
Through the prophet God invites us to rejoice in what God is creating – and declares that what God is creating is joy. Continue reading
Overflowing Joy
“I have said these things to you so that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be complete.” — John 15:11 Continue reading
Posted in Advent Devotions, Christian Life, Christianity, Reflections on the Scriptures
Tagged Christian Life, Jesus, Jesus' teaching, John 15, Joy
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