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Flips and Currents, and Rebuilding

Orientation.  Disorientation.  Reorientation – Walter Brueggemann’s apt description for a life of faith, a life glorifying God, the Father.   And this is what the reading from Jonah had me thinking about this morning.  Jonah was with God, then intentionally … Continue reading

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Beyond our imagination, not His

Between the final chapter of Job and the reading from John’s Gospel, I see ever more clearly how only by losing all but our faith in Him and at the same time, His in us, do we live authentically and … Continue reading

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Barriers to entry

Last week I was commanded by the Holy Spirit to share a word with someone.  I knew through every fiber of my being that a book I was reading was speaking to me and to another but I knew not … Continue reading

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Commuting with God at the wheel

Like a weekday commuter leaving his driveway on a weekend who finds himself on the road leading to his office instead of the road to the grocery store he was sent out to,  I found myself in the Psalter this … Continue reading

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Psalter as Anchor, not Wings…why not both-and?

I am daunted that once again the psalm readings this morning are like an anchor rather than spirit-filled wings to which I look to the Word to send me into the day.   Instead, I am pulled down into my … Continue reading

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Ministry, the good news and joy

In seminary students are asked to name a biblical story they most identify with in terms of ministry (actually for those seeking Holy Orders a sponsoring parish will ask this long before they reach seminary).  Where do you see yourself … Continue reading

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Mother of, Daughter of, Wife of…and then, Stephen

Today’s Old Testament reading really shaped how I read both the Gospel and the Epistle.  It was the last bit of the story of Samson’s parents and how they came to know that they would not die childless. Though familiar … Continue reading

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Get into the boat!

It was flooding in the heartland.  As the flood waters were rising, a man was on the stoop of his house and another man in a row boat came by. The man in the row boat told the man on … Continue reading

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What’s in a number?

The lectionary moved from Numbers to Deuteronomy today, but it was a number in the Deuteronomy passage that popped out from the page and sent me on a bunny trail: 3In the fortieth year, on the first day of the … Continue reading

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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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