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Tag Archives: Christianity
Ascension
A sermon for the Seventh Sunday of Easter (Sunday after Ascension), Year A Prepared for Grace and Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, Richmond VA Lectionary Readings Between my days as a college professor and my evenings as a seminary student, I … Continue reading
Posted in sermons
Tagged Art, ascension, ascension art, Christ Ascension, Christianity, church history, feet, homily, Jesus, medieval art, ocular communion, sacramental theology, sermon
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Advocate
A homily for Easter 6, Year A prepared for the Red Door Healing Service, Grace and Holy Trinity Episcopal Church John 14:15-21 Jesus said, ”If you love me, you will keep my commandments. And I will ask the Father, and … Continue reading
Posted in sermons
Tagged advocacy, advocate, Christianity, God, Holy Spirit, homily, Jesus, John 14:15-21, sermon, vulnerability
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Who am I?
Homily prepared for Red Door Healing Service, Grace and Holy Trinity Episcopal Church 4th Sunday of Easter, Year A John 10:1-10 Jesus said, “Very truly, I tell you, anyone who does not enter the sheepfold by the gate but climbs … Continue reading
The Road Home
Homily prepared for Friday Red Door Healing Service, Grace and Holy Trinity Episcopal Church. Third Sunday of Easter, Year A Luke 24:13-35 Now on that same day two of Jesus’ disciples were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven … Continue reading
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Tagged Christianity, church, disciples, Easter, Emmaus, Eucharist, Jesus, journal, Luke 24:13-35, resurrection
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Grace Shows Up
It was supposed to be a very quick trip to the grocery store; a mission of mercy for ranch dressing that we’d neglected to pick up for Red Door lunch. My goal was to get in, out, and back in … Continue reading
Posted in Lent 2017
Tagged Christianity, forgiveness, giving, Good Friday, grace, ministry, reconciliation, Serendipity, service, vulnerabiity
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Hosanna
A homily prepared for Red Door Healing Service, Grace and Holy Trinity Episcopal Church Friday, April 7 2017 Gospel Text: Palm Sunday/Liturgy of the Palms, Year A Matthew 21:1-11 When Jesus and his disciples had come near Jerusalem and had … Continue reading
Posted in Lent 2017, sermons
Tagged Christianity, hosanna, Jesus, liberation, liberation theology, palm sunday, preaching, sermon
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Band-Aids
There were only a few people left lingering in the church that afternoon. I had taken off my alb after preaching and was readying myself to head out with my daughter for some lunch. I saw one of the few … Continue reading
Posted in Lent 2017
Tagged Christianity, church, empathy, healing, ministry, poverty, prayer, proximity, reflections, urban ministry
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My Shepherd
My well intended daily lenten blog writing has taken a back-seat to several weeks where it seemed a perfect storm of stress, health, and existential challenges were making it difficult to remain upright, let alone find public words to share. … Continue reading
By night…
This is the homily I offered up today for Red Door Healing Service at Grace and Holy Trinity Episcopal Church. It is all about proximity, though (as everything seems to be this Lent…my intention is doing what it was intended … Continue reading
Posted in Lent 2017
Tagged Christianity, darkness, eternal life, faith, homily, Jesus, John 3:16, Lent, Lent 2, Nicodemus, proximity, sermon
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I Am Your Privacy
As someone who craves the luxury of time and space that can only be found in solitude, I find it incredibly exhausting when I’ve been “on” for long periods of time in my rather gregarious and relational life. As I … Continue reading
Posted in Lent 2017, work and life
Tagged Christianity, faith, God, Parenting, proximity, Psalm 139, relationship, repentence
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