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Acting like we love Jesus
Photo Credit: Tambako the Jaguar via Compfight cc a Sermon for Conversion of St. Paul the Apostle Text: Matthew 10:16-22 Sacrifice In the years after Jesus died, his closest followers passed on stories...
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With: Jesus, shepherds, and feeling alone
a Homily for Easter 4A Text: John 10:1-10 Photo Credit: the bbp via Compfight cc Alone When I left for college, I was pretty conflicted. In one sense, I was confident and believed in myself. In...
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The Water and the Land
Jesus’s response to the crowd, Pharisees, and the Canaanite Woman reveals how hard it is to be perfect and how ridiculous the pursuit really is a Homily for Proper 15 A Text: Matthew 15: (10-20), 21-28...
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Ghettoed Suffering: a Reflection on World AIDS Day
Photo Credit: Sham Hardy via Compfight cc I drove across town to Maple Avenue United Methodist Church. It was dark, cold; the streets were wet. I was running late, but thankfully it started late. The...
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Of what are we afraid?
This is what trust looks like, what faith looks like. Not only in the mustard seed, but in the calming of storms. Not only in the theoretical, but in our lives; in our triumphs and challenges; in our...
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Don’t You Care That We’re Dying?
Don’t You Care That We’re Dying? (Day 15 of A Simple Lent) Friday In one sense, the idea that the disciples have that Jesus should at least be awake and aware of what’s happening is a pretty valid...
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The Scars of Jesus
Jesus comes in peace, not cured, not perfect, not totally destroyed, not undead, zombied, but alive, with the scars to show the kind of death he suffered. He arrives to the disciples, who are scared,...
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When Love Overcomes Fear
For he was not only feral: he was naked. Not even human. But when they see him, he is clothed and “in his right mind.” Instead of feeling joy and excitement, they fear him. They fear Jesus. They fear...
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With: Jesus, shepherds, and feeling alone
a Homily for Easter 4A Text: John 10:1-10 Photo Credit: the bbp via Compfight cc Alone When I left for college, I was pretty conflicted. In one sense, I was confident and believed in myself. In...
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The Water and the Land
Jesus’s response to the crowd, Pharisees, and the Canaanite Woman reveals how hard it is to be perfect and how ridiculous the pursuit really is a Homily for Proper 15 A Text: Matthew 15: (10-20), 21-28...
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With: Jesus, shepherds, and feeling alone
a Homily for Easter 4A Text: John 10:1-10 Photo Credit: the bbp via Compfight cc Alone When I left for college, I was pretty conflicted. In one sense, I was confident and believed in myself. In...
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The Water and the Land
Jesus’s response to the crowd, Pharisees, and the Canaanite Woman reveals how hard it is to be perfect and how ridiculous the pursuit really is a Homily for Proper 15 A Text: Matthew 15: (10-20), 21-28...
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Ghettoed Suffering: a Reflection on World AIDS Day
Photo Credit: Sham Hardy via Compfight cc I drove across town to Maple Avenue United Methodist Church. It was dark, cold; the streets were wet. I was running late, but thankfully it started late. The...
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Of what are we afraid?
This is what trust looks like, what faith looks like. Not only in the mustard seed, but in the calming of storms. Not only in the theoretical, but in our lives; in our triumphs and challenges; in our...
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Don’t You Care That We’re Dying?
Don’t You Care That We’re Dying? (Day 15 of A Simple Lent) Friday In one sense, the idea that the disciples have that Jesus should at least be awake and aware of what’s happening is a pretty valid...
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The Scars of Jesus
Jesus comes in peace, not cured, not perfect, not totally destroyed, not undead, zombied, but alive, with the scars to show the kind of death he suffered. He arrives to the disciples, who are scared,...
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When Love Overcomes Fear
For he was not only feral: he was naked. Not even human. But when they see him, he is clothed and “in his right mind.” Instead of feeling joy and excitement, they fear him. They fear Jesus. They fear...
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“Fear does not prevent death.”
“Fear does not prevent death. It prevents life.” —Naguib Mahfouz For much of my life, I felt ruled by fear. Like a despot in charge of my life like a banana republic. Fear of alienating myself, of...
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Walking on Water
In the story, Jesus walks on water. So does Peter. He is just doing what Jesus did, offering us an option at a time of great fear. Proper 14A | Matthew 14:22-33 read, listen, or read while you listen!...
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The Back of the Boat
In the stilling of the storm in Mark 4:35-41, Jesus opens the disciples to the frightening possibility that they were wrong. And it reminds us that Jesus has the same message for us. “Peace. Be still!”...
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