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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
We are what God has made us and Jesus is our way of life
Ephesians 2:10 For we are what he has made us, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand to be our way of life. Paul’s last line in today’s passage from his letter to the Ephesians would have … Continue reading
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Tagged God, Grace, Holy Spirit, Jesus, lectionary readings, love, scripture, see, theology, WORD
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May we have the persistent faith of Mary Magdalene and the surprised belief of Peter and John
Now I should remind you, brothers and sisters,* of the good news*that I proclaimed to you, which you in turn received, in which also you stand, 2through which also you are being saved, if you hold firmly to the message that I … Continue reading
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Tagged church, Gospel, Jesus, lectionary readings, scripture, WORD, worship
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When it comes to justice, God is supreme – not the court
Exodus 1:15 The king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, one of whom was named Shiphrah and the other Puah, 16‘When you act as midwives to the Hebrew women, and see them on the birthstool, if it is a boy, … Continue reading
Not in our imagination, not in a formula either: Both And – the third way – is the way to know God’s Word
Genesis 41:17Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, ‘In my dream I was standing on the banks of the Nile;18and seven cows, fat and sleek, came up out of the Nile and fed in the reed grass. 19Then seven other cows came up … Continue reading
“Born-again” and small thinking in the loving hands of a very, very big God
The Holy Spirit paused me at so many points along the way in today’s readings. With each, I reflected out-loud in my scriptural journal, marveling at the questions and challenges put before me by God’s word. My first stop was … Continue reading
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Tagged broad place, hear, Holy Spirit, lectionary readings, mystery, praise, Psalm, psalter, scripture, WORD
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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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Tagged Book of Common Prayer, childhood, church, context, Faith, hear, lectionary readings, scripture, see, WORD, worship
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Let go, let God – the one and only contractor we need
Do you hire contractors to do the work God has offered to do for you? How’s that going? Perhaps the landscape of your life looks a bit like this? Scattered bits of this and that, unconnected and unfinished, untouched, and … Continue reading
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Tagged chaos, God, HIM, Jesus, lectionary readings, letting go and letting god, pause button, Psalm, scripture, vocation
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Rhyme and Reason for the Season
Headed into this second week of Advent I was disappointed to see that the New Testament readings were going to join the past week’s Old Testament readings in the prophetic theme of final judgment, the last days, doom, gloom, the … Continue reading
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Tagged because, chaos, lectionary readings, Lord, mystery, scripture
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Things are just not the way we see them: Lift your eyes to the Maker to see
It wasn’t until late in life that I came to believe in Satan as a ‘being’ and not a metaphor, symbol, some imperceivable dark matter or caricature of evil. Though I had recited for years the baptismal promise to “renounce Satan … Continue reading
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Tagged Father, God, HEAVEN, Jesus, matthew, mystery, pause button, scripture
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