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Tag Archives: love
Succulent Wild Love
Homily for Maundy ThursdayApril 1, 2021St. Mark’s Episcopal Church — Virtual Worship in the Time of Pandemic Lectionary Texts: Exodus 12:1-4, (5-10), 11-14 1 Corinthians 11:23-26 John 13:1-17, 31b-35 Psalm 116:1, 10-17 As I began writing this sermon earlier this … Continue reading
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Tagged friendship, Grief, Holy Week, Jesus, love, love one another, maundy thursday
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Revealing
Homily for the Third Sunday in Lent, Year BSt. Mark’s Episcopal ChurchVirtual Worship in a Time of Pandemic Texts: Exodus 20:1-17 1 Corinthians 1:18-25 John 2:13-22 Media Reference: https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2019/02/20/691298594/the-power-of-martin-luther-king-jr-s-anger Sometimes, when I’m working with a group and we encounter something … Continue reading
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Tagged anger, Christianity, forgiveness, injustice, Jesus, love, oppression, redemption
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New and Good
Homily for the Fifth Sunday of Easter, Year C St. Thomas’ Episcopal Church May 19, 2019 Some of you may know that I’m a part of CirclesRVA, which is a poverty-alleviation program that was recently formed here in the City … Continue reading
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Tagged Christ, Christianity, CirclesRVA, CirclesUSA, Easter, for a new beginning, Jesus, John O'Donohue, love, love one another, new and good, resurrection, service
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Everything
Homily for Maundy Thursday Grace and Holy Trinity Episcopal Church April 18, 2019 Readings for Maundy Thursday Last year during lent, I met my colleague and friend Saba for coffee over at Panera on West Grace Street. Saba was one … Continue reading
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Tagged Death, footwashing, friendship, Grief, Jesus, love, love one another, maundy thursday, service, serving
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Bearing Witness to Love
Homily Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany, Year C Grace and Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, Richmond VA February 4, 2019 Lectionary Readings Love is in our lectionary today, just as we flip over our cultural calendar into a month where another … Continue reading
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Tagged 1st Corinthians 13, Christianity, Corinthians, God, Jesus, liberation, love, Paul, preaching, sermon, St. Paul
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Wondrous Love
What wondrous love is this, o my soul, o my soul… What wondrous love is this, o my soul What wondrous love is this, that caused the Lord of bliss to lay aside his crown for my soul, for my … Continue reading
Posted in Spiritual journey, work and life
Tagged Becca Stevens, church, divine love, episcopal church, faith, hope, hopefulness, hymn, love, missionalvoices, singing, spirituality, Thistle Farms, writing
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Sundays
My daughter asked at dinner last night, “Does the week start on Sunday, or Monday?” It was a loaded question, the way that questions from adolescents generally are. She had her opinion and she wanted to float it to her … Continue reading
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Tagged Christianity, church, community, God, grace, love, Parenting, reflection, religion, sabbath, sacred, sacred space, spirituality, stillness, Sunday, vocation, wholeness
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shattered
My daughter has grown fond of saying that the only thing she and I have in common is the roundness of our faces. While some people seem to think we have a “mini-me” thing going on, she has always taken … Continue reading
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Tagged adolescence, bond, broken, brokenness, childhood, children, daughters, gifts, God, growth, healing, insight, learning, love, meditations, mothers, Parenting, reflections, repair, spirituality, strengths, teens, tweens
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Never Too Much Ice
Even as I begin typing tonight, my fingers still feel the lingering frostiness of ice. It’s ironic, actually. My heart is melting. It’s been a deeply heartfelt and fully lived day, and I have felt the urge to write for … Continue reading
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Tagged daily ordinary, Death, faith, family, gratitude, Grief, ice, life, living, love, memoir, memory, remembering, remembrance, service, serving, story
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Unsettled
My daughter and I were sitting in our favorite local “vegetarian friendly” diner today. It has haphazard vintage tables strung together, serves all day breakfast to college students, hungover hipsters, and whatever other slices of humanity walk in the door. … Continue reading
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Tagged acceptance, church, dignity, forgiveness, gay rights, gender expression, grace, hope, lbgt, leelah alcane, love, progressive spirituality, radical hospitality, tolerance, welcome, worth
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