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On the Way: June 2014
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With the drawing of this Love and the voice of this Calling We shall not cease from exploration. T. S. Eliot. Learning War No More. Isaiah 2: 1-5 and Matthew 7: 15-20. June 2014/ Third Sunday after Pentecost. One hundred years ago yesterday Archduke Franz Ferdinand (b.1863), heir to the throne of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and his wife, Sophie (b.1868), Duchess of Hohenberg, were both assassinated by Gavrilo Princip (1884-1918) in Sarajevo: 28. June 1914. It was also their wedding anniversary. It is st...
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On the Way: October 2014
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With the drawing of this Love and the voice of this Calling We shall not cease from exploration. T. S. Eliot. John Knox statue, New College, Edinburgh, Scotland. Psalm 100 & Isaiah 55. Reformation Sunday, 26. Aurispa wasn’t the only one interested in ancient texts. It had become an obsession in Europe, fueled by the emergence of humanism and the Renaissance. Christian. Codex Regius, 8th century Greek manuscript of the New Testament. And so scholars in the fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries started t...
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On the Way: April 2015
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With the drawing of this Love and the voice of this Calling We shall not cease from exploration. T. S. Eliot. Psalm 104 and Luke 24:36b-43. Care of Creation Sunday. Fourth Sunday of Easter. Allow me to be clear here from the start. The sermon title might be a little deceiving. I’m not making a pitch for buying. Organic, but for living. Organically or, simply, organic living. That’s where I wish to go. But since I brought it up let’s talk for a minute about buying. What makes something organic? Sales of o...
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On the Way: September 2014
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With the drawing of this Love and the voice of this Calling We shall not cease from exploration. T. S. Eliot. Gifted for the Common Good (Or, On Being Charismatic). Exodus 4:1-17 and 1 Corinthians 12:1-11. Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost/ 28. Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit;. And there are varieties of services, but the same Lord;. And there are varieties of activities,. But it is the same God who activates all of them in everyone. Is given a manifestation of the Spirit. Love, resp...
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On the Way: August 2014
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With the drawing of this Love and the voice of this Calling We shall not cease from exploration. T. S. Eliot. Living at Cross Purposes. Banias (Caesarea Philippi), the setting for Matthew 16: 13-28. Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost/ 24. What does it means for us to bear a cross? We know something of what it meant for Jesus. You’re probably thinking, aren’t people suffering enough these days? Why do we have to talk about crosses? After all, it’s not Lent! But what does this really mean? 8220;Bearing one...
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On the Way: April 2014
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With the drawing of this Love and the voice of this Calling We shall not cease from exploration. T. S. Eliot. Can I Get a Witness? Matthias Grünewald's "Resurrection,". From the Isenheim Altarpiece, 1512-1516. Resurrection of the Lord/ 20. Can I get a witness? It’s a question often heard in the black church experience. In the middle of a sermon you might hear the preacher shout, “Can I get a witness? Can I hear an “Amen! Is there someone who’s with me? Or, where have you seen signs of the Holy Spirit?
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On the Way: March 2014
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With the drawing of this Love and the voice of this Calling We shall not cease from exploration. T. S. Eliot. Lord, Give Us New Eyes. Fourth Sunday in Lent/ 30. Jesus said to the man born blind, “I came into this world for judgment so that those who do not see may see, and those who do see may become blind” (John 9:39). Sounds harsh, doesn’t it? Born to judge; born for judgment. What do you hear in these words? We think “condemnation.”. 8220;I came into this world for judgment….”. This is a story about s...
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On the Way: Satisfying Hungry Hearts
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With the drawing of this Love and the voice of this Calling We shall not cease from exploration. T. S. Eliot. Tenth Sunday after Pentecost. Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper. For what do you hunger? For what do you crave? How many times have you said, “I wish.” and for what? 8220;I wish….” Stephen Sondheim built an entire musical around those two words, “I wish.”. At the beginning of Into the Woods. The narrator tells us, “. There’s the baker and his wife who are childless and wish for a child. She wishes t...
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On the Way: June 2015
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With the drawing of this Love and the voice of this Calling We shall not cease from exploration. T. S. Eliot. The Call to be Generous. Sunday after Pentecost/ 28. Preaching from Paul’s letters is always a bit of a challenge. That’s because reading his epistles is like reading someone else’s mail. The letters have a specific audience in mind, addressing issues or crises that were relevant to a particular congregation. Paul knew his audience; they knew him. That’s the challenge. His letters, written (appro...
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On the Way: May 2015
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With the drawing of this Love and the voice of this Calling We shall not cease from exploration. T. S. Eliot. Not Servants – Friends. Century icon depicting Jesus and St. Menas (285 – c. 309). Last week’s gospel reading started with the first eleven verses of chapter 15, which contained these well-known words of Jesus, “I am the vine, you are the branches. Those who abide in me and I in them bear much fruit, because apart from me you can do nothing” (John 15:5). Jesus knows that his time with them is sho...
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