Author Archives: Trinity Seasons

God in all things…

12 Are your wonders known in the darkness, or your saving help in the land of forgetfulness? The Spirit has me thinking about all those who are living with Alzheimer’s and dementia – those we would describe as living in … Continue reading

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Jesus gets the last word, thank God

The Parable of the Unforgiving Servant from today’s gospel reading has never really grabbed me. Perhaps it is because the characters are a bit shady and the context rather off-putting.  Perhaps, too, because I don’t identify with anyone in the … Continue reading

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Piraro’s comics just make me smile.

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Just stop already!

Sometimes, I want Paul to stop – stop rambling – stop inserting into his letters contextual particularities and examples that distract from what the Spirit is saying about God, salvation, faith, judgment.  Maybe it was the lawyer in him that … Continue reading

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What a fool believes he sees

Often when I encounter in scripture talk about the foolish and the wise, a song by the Doobie Brothers plays in my head.  It did so this morning as I read from today’s Epistle selection Paul’s letter to the Romans, … Continue reading

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Cloud cover as guide…am I seeing clearly?

Numbers 9:17-18 17Whenever the cloud lifted from over the tent, then the Israelites would set out; and in the place where the cloud settled down, there the Israelites would camp. 18At the command of the Lord the Israelites would set … Continue reading

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…he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear it…

I like gospel stories that have Jesus in real dialogue with the disciples in which  the earnest, bright, engaged, intentional Jesus tries out yet a different way to make his point  In today’s story he is saying, “Look, I know … Continue reading

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1For freedom Christ has set us free. Stand firm, therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.

4You who want to be justified by the law have cut yourselves off from Christ; you have fallen away from grace. Justified – made right – by the law and not grace.  Dr. Andrew Farley with whom I am just … Continue reading

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Psalm 112, Theology, Happiness…and well, all the rest

This is a HOW TO psalm – HOW TO BE, in this case, HAPPY. The theological basis of this psalm is revealed in the opening verse: Praise the Lord!    Happy are those who… As I was taught, Psalm 112 articulates … Continue reading

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…”it depends on what the definition of is is….”

Intro to Theology, Piraro-style. Nuanced, literal translations just don’t give breathing room to the Holy Spirit to speak and let the Word do the work it was written to do.

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