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Ahhhmen. #roomwithaview #remindedbylighttobelight #onearthasinheaven #cloudsofwitnesseswovenintofabricofcreationSitting on the dock of the bay, today - no #cloudsofwitnessesabove but in my ears a sermon preached by someone I used to consider a mentor, someone who was a witness to me, showed me the way of Jesus, re-introduced me to the presence of the Holy Spirit in scripture, helped me begin to identify the hyperlinks of scripture, encouraged me to follow the bunny trails I hadn’t learned nor was being taught in seminary. But the sermon is hard for me to listen to - theres’ no breathing room, no love - it is a black and white, either-or….not a multi-colored both-and. I want to pause and refute, to challenge and dialogue. But as I sit here ‘on the dock of the bay’ on this most beautiful day listening and becoming increasingly unsettled, I am at the same time aware of the #cloudsofwitnesses that have mentored me, lead me, taught me, preached to me in more recent years so that I am able to listen through to the end and am blessed in the hearing. #cloudsofwitnessestransfig #gratefulforNTWrightCSLewisMichaelCurryWalterBruegemannSamuelWellsSethGodinBizarroRichardRohr and so many others I can’t think of in this minute my#cloudsofwitnesses #hebrews12:1 #breathingroom #californiablueyesiam #butgratefultooToday’s Morning Psalm prayed in another happy place. Ps 57:10 For Your mercy reaches unto the heavens, And Your truth unto the clouds. 11 Be exalted, O God, above the heavens; Let Your glory be above all the earth. #cloudsofwitnesseshometurf #cloudsofwitnesseswindsurfers #groundedinhope #californiablue #westcoast- Follow Trinity Seasons EPISTLES on WordPress.com
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“Selfie” Prayers behind me
So this morning’s Psalm got me started – and not in a welcome way. As I turned to my scriptural journal to record some thoughts prompted by the psalmist’s cry to cry no more, I was greeted by a reflection … Continue reading
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Tagged Faith, God, Holy Spirit, lectionary readings, pray, prayer, Psalm, Psalm 6, psalter, scripture, time, WORD, worship
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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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O Lord, my God, my Savior, by day and night I cry to you.
Psalm 88: 1 O Lord, my God, my Savior, * by day and night I cry to you. 2 Let my prayer enter into your presence; * incline your ear to my lamentation. 3 For I am full of trouble; … Continue reading
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Tagged #cloudsofwitnesses, abba father, Holy Spirit, lament, lectionary readings, love, pause button, prayer, Psalm, scripture, worry
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The Ascension of Jesus is Day 1 of Thy Kingdom Come
Today is the feast of The Ascension – the occasion on which the risen Christ is taken into heaven after appearing to his followers for forty days (Acts 1:1-11, Mk 16:19). The Ascension marks the conclusion of Jesus’ post-resurrection appearances. … Continue reading
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For from him and through him and to him are all things
From today’s readings, Romans 11: Romans 11:36For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be the glory for ever. Amen. Wildflower protected California Poppy and “Weed-to-some” dandelion growing side by side. The natural world bears … Continue reading
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Tagged beauty, broad place, God, Gospel, Holy Spirit, Jesus, one God, scripture
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“…because he delighted in me”…ugh, not feeling it
Psalm 18:20 He brought me out into an open place; * A year ago this week I paused at Psalm 18 to reflect in my personal scriptural journal on this first line of the last couplet and specifically at the … Continue reading
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Tagged broad place, God, Holy Spirit, lectionary readings, love, pause button, pray, Psalm, Spirit, Ugh
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Persevere in Prayer
Note: A reminder for new readers of this blog. I pray the Daily Office every morning and when prompted by the Holy Spirit by a pause or a thought-like bubble, I reflect in writing, here. The reflections, thus, are spontaneous, … Continue reading
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Tagged BIBLE, Book of Common Prayer, Daily Office, Holy Spirit, pause button, prayer, Priest, Psalm, psalter
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