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26.2
Monday, driving to work, I found myself stopped at a red light, studying the bumper stickers on the car in front of me. One showed a silhouette of a lady runner, ponytail streaming out behind her. Next...
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Boys and Brothers: Begging for Blessings
While not purposefully excluding girls and sisters, it seems that boys and brothers have a tough row to hoe in the bible – especially in the beginning. Just four chapters in, when brothers Cain and...
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Suprise!
Judging by the word on the street (or in the church), it seems we have some “identity issues.” These issues seem to stem from the anxiety caused by lower attendance and decreased membership in the...
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Small resurrections
Many years ago, I went to visit a Benedictine monastery and lost my heart. I’ve written about that house of God before on this blog (posted pictures, even). I went at a challenging time in my life,...
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Do Not Be Afraid
Both my parents are dead. My father died in 2001 and my mom in 2008. Death is tragic. Even when expected it’s rarely welcome, especially for those who must live with the absence of people they love....
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Priests, Painters, a Mad Farmer and a little Gabriel
As a Lenten study this year a colleague and I have put together two series, Seeing Resurrection and Living Resurrection. On Sunday mornings we’ve been looking at images of resurrection and on...
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Unbelievable! (Six)
This series explores what we don’t believe — and why — in order to help us understand what we do believe, and why we do. The Church does not teach that death brings us freedom from our bodies. When I...
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Word of The Day: Death
Death All of us will die. But we do not have to fear death. Why? Today, as Christians, we mark the day that Jesus died for the redemption of the whole world. The fact that God’s son…and therefore...
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I am Going Fishing
The daily gospel readings assigned for the week after Easter Day all focus on how and when the resurrected Jesus appears to those he knew and loved. Today’s reading from John has Jesus appearing to...
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Alleluia!
Yesterday afternoon I officiated at a memorial service. We were small in number but abounding in spirit. Funerals for people that live long lives tend to be that way and there’s an intimacy to them...
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