Tag: Christ
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Trinity Sunday
Call to Worship [Based on Psalm 29] Glory! Glory! Glory!The Glory of God fills Creation;the Glory of God fills Creation with life;the Glory of God fills time and space;floods the world with beauty;floods all things now living with meaning;floods time with purpose;the voice of God shouts and whispers in it all.In this place and timemade…
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Reframing
Maybe not everyone gets stuck seeing things just one way, but many of us do. Because of that, hearing from other people, comparing readings, seeing texts and situations “through other eyes,” unlocks new meanings. I might have a hard time imagining your perspective, and you may have a hard time imagining mine, but if we…
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Holy Saturday / Easter Vigil
But arise, let us go hence. [from an “ancient homily for Holy Saturday”]
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Christ the King / Reign of Christ Sunday
“Crown Him With Many Crowns” on the organ, which we hardly ever hear any more, woke me up: That’s right, it’s Christ the King Sunday! In spite of proofing the order of service (which mentioned it), and going to choir practice (when we talked about it), and knowing full well that next Sunday is the…
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Second Sunday in Lent
We had a great sermon today on temptation and protection. The text was Luke 4:1-13. I suppose we would have had this great sermon last week if there hadn’t been technical difficulties, but I was glad to get to hear it this week. First, there was that rather horrifying observation from the text itself when…
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Study Notes – Philippians 1 12-21
We and the other users of the Uniform Series are studying Philippians 1:12-21 for Sunday, January 20 – the first week of a three-week focus on Philippians, as a matter of fact. It’s an old joke around my house that my favorite Bible text is the one I’m working on, but honestly, Philippians really IS…
Matters of Interpretation 