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This is where I’ve been for the past few days - in my garage purging - seminary notes, papers, assigned readings, and the more personal letters and journals I’ve saved over the years. It has been emotionally draining and physically exhausting. At the same time, invigorating and sort of life giving. For once I am not planning to just remove only to replace. From now on I do that work - this work of purging and letting go - at the first encounter. Sermon notes? Discarded after preaching. Bills and statements? Trashed after paying. Handwritten letters and cards? Not so fast. Those are harder to discard though these days they are few and far between received. I’ve held on to some treasured ones and I’ll probably continue to do so. But all my own hand-written notes and journals? Ugh I’ve read for the last time all I want to read of my young, quite immature self. #cloudsofwitnessesshredded #40yearsofpaper #treasurewhereheartis #needseminaryclassnotesnolonger #iknowwhatiknowaboutdoctrine #handwrittenletterssaved #cloudsofwitnessestotherecyclebinThese #cloudsofwitnesses along with this morning’s psalm gave me needed encouragement to keep at it - a reminder from the Lord’s skies that I walk and tarry and try and live and love and grieve and try again to do and be what God has called me to do and be for self, for other and for God’s church. #cloudsofwitnessesheal #neveralone #psalterwisdom #disciplewannabe #dwellinword Psalm 90:1 Lord, you have been our refuge from one generation to another. 2 Before the mountains were brought forth, or the land and the earth were born, from age to age you are God. 14 Satisfy us by your loving-kindness in the morning; so shall we rejoice and be glad all the days of our life. 15 Make us glad by the measure of the days that you afflicted us and the years in which we suffered adversity. 16 Show your servants your works * and your splendor to their children. 17 May the graciousness of the Lord our God be upon us; * prosper the work of our hands; prosper our handiwork.Finally repurposed one HP, one Macintosh, 2 Compaq’s, two Dells, one MacBook, one Dell laptop, three printers, two Zipdrives and an assortment of iPods , cell phones, keyboards, remote controls, two LG monitors, and more…it was a sort of letting go and letting God moment - all had been stored in basement over 20 years - thinking I’d download everything on all of them but never did. Hard drives destroyed on site and now all donated to this fabulous non profit, ewasteCollective - an environmental charity committed to household electronics and computer recycling - giving away refurbished computers to those in need, schools and other non-profits. #agoodthing #abouttime #whatwasiholdingonto #community #disposableculturenot #cloudsofwitnessesrecyclers- Follow Trinity Seasons EPISTLES on WordPress.com
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Go and Do Likewise
Today’s Sermon Proper 10 C Amos 7:7-17 Psalm 82 Colossians 1:1-14 Luke 10:25-37 Luke 10:25-37 Just then a lawyer stood up to test Jesus. “Teacher,” he said, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?” He said to him, “What … Continue reading
Be joyful in the Lord, all you…
Psalm 100 Jubilate Deo 1 Be joyful in the Lord, all you lands; * serve the Lord with gladness and come before his presence with a song. 2 Know this: The Lord himself is God; * he himself has made us, … Continue reading
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Tagged Book of Common Prayer, childhood, church, Holy Spirit, lectionary readings, love, pray, prayer, Psalm, worship
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Never on Sunday: Rejoice, this is the day the Lord has made!
Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. 2Indeed, by faith* our ancestors received approval.3By faith we understand that the worlds were prepared by the word of God, so that what is seen was made … Continue reading
What matters is not who baptizes you but into whom are you baptized
Paul* went on also to Derbe and to Lystra, where there was a disciple named Timothy, the son of a Jewish woman who was a believer; but his father was a Greek. 2He was well spoken of by the believers* … Continue reading
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Tagged BAPTISM, Book of Common Prayer, church, context, God, Jesus, lectionary readings, pause button, worship
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Preaching on the Lord’s Day is not part of a whistle-stop tour
Acts 13: 5After the reading of the law and the prophets, the officials of the synagogue sent them a message, saying, ‘Brothers, if you have any word of exhortation for the people, give it.’ 16So Paul stood up and with a … Continue reading
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Tagged church, Gospel, Holy Spirit, lectionary readings, scripture, truth, WORD, worship
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Have you had a “Rhoda” moment?
Acts12:12 As soon as he realized this, he went to the house of Mary, the mother of John whose other name was Mark, where many had gathered and were praying. 13When he knocked at the outer gate, a maid named Rhoda … Continue reading
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Tagged church, Faith, God, hear, Holy Spirit, lectionary readings, Lord, praise, pray
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