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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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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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Preaching on the Lord’s Day is not part of a whistle-stop tour
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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Tagged church, Gospel, Holy Spirit, lectionary readings, scripture, truth, WORD, 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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Eggs over easily
I was co-officiating at Evening Prayer this past weekend at a spiritual retreat – a retreat where all the attendees were long time lay and ordained ministers of God’s church. I hadn’t done Morning or Evening Prayer in community regularly … Continue reading
Love _______like Jesus does
Acts 3:1 One day Peter and John were going up to the temple at the hour of prayer, at three o’clock in the afternoon. 2And a man lame from birth was being carried in. People would lay him daily at the … Continue reading
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Tagged church, eyes, Jesus, lectionary readings, love, ministry, worship
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We who are strong ought to put up with the failings of the weak, and not to please ourselves
Romans 15:1 We who are strong ought to put up with the failings of the weak, and not to please ourselves. 2Each of us must please our neighbour for the good purpose of building up the neighbour. 3For Christ did not please … Continue reading
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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
