Tag: relationship
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Taking Risks
“Taking risks” doesn’t sound like something people should do while in COVID-19 purdah[*]. We are faithfully avoiding crowds of 10 or more people and eschewing the kind of physical contact that could spread viruses for the sake of reducing risks, not running them. But there are lots of different kinds of risks. One kind of […]
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Second Sunday after Epiphany
Despite the winter storm watch on Friday/Saturday, the parking lot this morning had been ploughed and was not too slippery, and most of our driveways must have been sufficiently passable, because almost as many people showed up for worship as usual. I think our class concluded that a word that describes Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego […]
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“Listened to”
“But God had listened to Abraham’s request and kept Lot safe …” Genesis 19:29 (NLT) – suggesting that God knows the entire conversation in Genesis 18:23-33 (“would you really destroy the righteous along with the wicked??”) is all the time about Abraham’s nephew. NRSV & the MT don’t refer back to the conversation as directly; […]
Matters of Interpretation 