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Getting to know Paul
Several months ago I participated in step one of the wider diocesan process of electing a new bishop in what is called ‘Walkabouts’. The purpose of Walkabouts is for clergy, delegates and members of the Episcopal Church in one region … Continue reading
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Tagged Backstory, BIBLE, context, lectionary readings, Lord, mystery, Paul, pause button, scripture, self-righteous, Spirit, WORD
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God is love, God loves you more and you are God’s favorite
Psalm 87: 1 On the holy mountain stands the city he has founded; *the Lord loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob. God. Loves. Fill in the blank. More. Over the years to ones I have … Continue reading
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Tagged Book of Common Prayer, childhood, context, Grace, hear, lectionary readings, Lord, love, Psalm, see, WORD
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Micro focus fine but I find Jesus most often in the pano view
Luke 6:6 On another sabbath he entered the synagogue and taught, and there was a man there whose right hand was withered. 7The scribes and the Pharisees watched him to see whether he would cure on the sabbath, so that they … Continue reading
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Family as Metaphor for God, the Gospel and Politics
Psalm 83:15 Drive them with your tempest * and terrify them with your storm; 16 Cover their faces with shame, O Lord, * that they may seek your Name. 17 Let them be disgraced and terrified for ever; * let them … Continue reading
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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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O Lord my stronghold, my crag, and my haven
Been sort of stuck this past week in terms of being able to get up and out of my head and heart the Holy Spirit whispers that have come my way at the morning readings. I shouldn’t be stuck. I … Continue reading
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Tagged context, Holy Spirit, Jesus, lectionary readings, self-righteous, truth, Ugh, WORD, worship
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Wake up calls from Jesus
Matthew 26:41Stay awake and pray that you may not come into the time of trial;* the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.’ I think this admonition from a grieving Jesus to his friends who fell asleep while he … Continue reading
No blue? Perceiving is believing
14 But how are they to call on one in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in one of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone to proclaim him? 15And how … Continue reading
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Tagged context, eyes, Faith, God, Gospel, hear, Holy Spirit, lectionary readings, scripture, see, Spirit, WORD
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#islike: Jesus shows us how to hear and be heard
Several years ago a distant relative who had looked to me during her pregnancy for tips, for baby showers, for the way of mothering, for the how-to transition from career person to full time mother, called me in a rage … Continue reading
By jove, by heart – I would if I could
Hebrews 4:12 Indeed, the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing until it divides soul from spirit, joints from marrow; it is able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart. 13And before him … Continue reading
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