Tag Archives: WORD

The Happy Sower

Posted on July 24, 2017 by Trinity Seasons

Mark 4:1 Again he began to teach beside the lake. Such a very large crowd gathered around him that he got into a boat on the lake and sat there, while the whole crowd was beside the lake on the … Continue reading →

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Long winded, unedited ‘word’ on Sunday’s ‘hot’ gospel: Churchgoer or disciple?

Posted on June 30, 2017 by Trinity Seasons

Third Sunday after Pentecost: Proper 7 Year A Genesis 21:8-21 Psalm 86:1-10, 16-17 Romans 6:1b-11 Matthew 10:24-39 Matthew 10:24-39 Jesus said to the twelve disciples, “A disciple is not above the teacher, nor a slave above the master; it is … Continue reading →

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Be pleased o God, to deliver…baby, today?

Posted on March 16, 2017 by Trinity Seasons

Psalm 70: 1 Be pleased, O God, to deliver me; * O Lord, make haste to help me. 2 Let those who seek my life be ashamed and altogether dismayed; * let those who take pleasure in my misfortune draw … Continue reading →

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Lent as Eton, not Waterloo

Posted on March 6, 2017 by Trinity Seasons
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Never on Sunday: Rejoice, this is the day the Lord has made!

Posted on January 2, 2017 by Trinity Seasons

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 →

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God’s Open Place and Poetry and How to Read Revelation

Posted on December 30, 2016 by Trinity Seasons

20 He brought me out into an open place; * he rescued me because he delighted in me. I have often reflected upon this verse from Psalm 18 because it is one – of many in the psalter – that … Continue reading →

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Good – no great – is God’s Word

Posted on October 27, 2016 by Trinity Seasons

Sirach 31:12 Are you seated at the table of the great?* Do not be greedy at it, and do not say, ‘How much food there is here!’ 13 Remember that a greedy eye is a bad thing. What has been … Continue reading →

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Family as Metaphor for God, the Gospel and Politics

Posted on September 22, 2016 by Trinity Seasons

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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Preaching on the Lord’s Day is not part of a whistle-stop tour

Posted on September 3, 2016 by Trinity Seasons

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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O Lord my stronghold, my crag, and my haven

Posted on August 25, 2016 by Trinity Seasons

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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