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Tag Archives: healing
Looking at our Demons
Homily preached at St. Gregory of Nyssa Episcopal Church (San Francisco, CA)
Proper 7, June 19 2022 Continue reading
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Tagged Christianity, healing, homily, Jesus, juneteenth, personhood, Proper 7
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One Body
Homily for the Third Sunday after the Epiphany, Year C Continue reading
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Tagged Body of Christ, Eucharist, healing, Jesus, Racialized Trauma, Resmaa Menakem, social justice, social work, spirituality, trauma
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Sabbath Lessons
Homily for Proper 16, Year C August 25, 2019 Note: Today is both my final Sunday at Grace and Holy Trinity Episcopal Church and the commemoration of the arrival of enslaved Africans at Jamestown, VA in 1619. Gospel Lesson: Luke … Continue reading
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Tagged 1619, Christianity, enslavement, Frederick Douglass, healing, Heschel, Jesus, liberation, liberation theology, sabbath, sabbath schools, sermon, shame, slavery
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Hey, Boo…
Homily for Proper 7, Year C Grace and Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, Richmond VA June 23, 2019 Lectionary Readings: 1 Kings 19:1-4, (5-7), 8-15a Psalm 42 and 43 Galatians 3:23-29 Luke 8:26-39 If you’re familiar with Harper Lee’s To Kill a … Continue reading
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Tagged Atticus Finch, Boo Radley, Christianity, church, healing, homily, humanity, Jesus, marginalization, Proper 7, Richard Beck, sacrament, Samuel Wells, Scout Finch, sermon, social justice, To Kill a Mockingbird, transformation
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Gathered and Enfolded
A homily for Proper 11, Year B prepared for Westminster Canterbury, Richmond VA Gospel Lesson: Mark 6:30-34, 53-56 The apostles gathered around Jesus, and told him all that they had done and taught. He said to them, “Come away to … Continue reading
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Tagged Christianity, disciples, divine love, faith, follow, Good Shepherd, grace, healing, Jesus, longing, rest, sermon, ShrineMont
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Holy Time and Holy Space
Sermon for the Second Sunday after Pentecost, Year B June 3, 2018 St. John’s Episcopal Church, Richmond VA Lessons Appointed: 1 Samuel 3:1-10(11-20) Psalm 139:1-5, 12-17 2 Corinthians 4:5-12 Mark 2:23-3:6 The first time I set foot on the … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraham Joshua Heschel, call, Christianity, faith, healing, Heschel, Jesus, Judaism, sabbath, sacred space, sacred time, Samuel, seminary, sermon, thin places
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Seeing through new eyes…
via Healing Welcome I had an opportunity to participate in an interview for my own project, Faith from the Margins to the Web. It always amazes me how these things work: something will happen (in this case, someone canceling with … Continue reading
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Tagged bible study, Christianity, epiphany, healing, hope, inspiration, Jesus, light, memory, ministry, miracle, reflection, religion, serving, sight, spirituality, welcome
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Being Called In
A reflection for Proper 18, Year A Prepared for Red Door healing service, Grace and Holy Trinity Episcopal Church (Richmond, VA) Matthew 18:15-20 Jesus said, “If another member of the church sins against you, go and point out the fault … Continue reading
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Tagged anti-oppressive practice, being church, bi-vocational, calling in, calling out, Christianity, community, faith, grace, healing, Matthew 18:15-20, preaching, Proper 18, reconciliation, Red Door, teaching, transformation, Where two or three are gathered
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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