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Community Parson: August 2014
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We're in DeWitt, New York. Jamar Drive, off Maple. Sundays at 8:00 and 10:00 am. Saturday, August 30, 2014. Who's in charge here? Proper 16-A August 24, 2014. 8221; Her friend’s mother was taken aback, and after the service went to the priest and introduced Laura as her daughter’s friend, who was used to receiving communion in her own church. Then Laura spoke up, “I just wanted Jesus in my heart.”. Rules We all live by rules. Nations rise and fall by rules, by definitions of who is in charge, and dur...
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Community Parson: September 2014
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We're in DeWitt, New York. Jamar Drive, off Maple. Sundays at 8:00 and 10:00 am. Saturday, September 27, 2014. What Would Jesus . have US do? Proper 19-A; September 14, 2014; PICNIC! 8221; “What Would Jesus Do? Actually, I think it is a very good question, a proper and even an easy question to ask. It is, however, not such an easy question to answer, or to hear the answer Jesus might make. What would you do, Jesus? I’m afraid it’s not a pretty picture. 8221; When given a choice, they would say, Jesus wou...
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Community Parson: Second chance, even if you missed it the first time
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We're in DeWitt, New York. Jamar Drive, off Maple. Sundays at 8:00 and 10:00 am. Saturday, May 2, 2015. Second chance, even if you missed it the first time. April 12, 2015. You’re on your own now! Stand on your own two feet! How many times have things like that been said to you? Or you have said things like that to others? We Americans would find that kind of behavior socialist (! We are much more obsessed with individual autonomy. Some believe the developmental goal of adolescence and young adulthoo...
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Community Parson: What does it mean, to be a follower of Jesus?
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We're in DeWitt, New York. Jamar Drive, off Maple. Sundays at 8:00 and 10:00 am. Monday, March 30, 2015. What does it mean, to be a follower of Jesus? The good folks at JD-FM Meals on Wheels. All kinds of home-bound neighbors between. Lent 2-B March 1, 2015. Genesis 17:1-7, 15-16. When do we get to the good parts? To the easy stuff? To the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow? When does our ship come in? Let’s cut dear old St. Peter some slack: we don’t like hearing the tough news any mo...Most people i...
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Community Parson: July 2014
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We're in DeWitt, New York. Jamar Drive, off Maple. Sundays at 8:00 and 10:00 am. Saturday, July 5, 2014. Who's in charge here? Proper 7-A; June 22, 2014. Psalm 86:1-10, 16-17. This passage comes from a section in the Gospel of Matthew concerning discipleship: what does it mean to follow Jesus? What would it look like in my life, the disciples are asking themselves, to take part in the breaking in of this kingdom of heaven? Where is God taking us with this confusing, and maybe even terrifying, lesson?
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Community Parson: February 2015
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We're in DeWitt, New York. Jamar Drive, off Maple. Sundays at 8:00 and 10:00 am. Saturday, February 21, 2015. God promises us that things will be better. Epiphany 5-B: February 8, 2015. All these stories, along with today’s Gospel story of the healing of Simon’s mother-in-law, raise these questions: what is sickness? What does it mean to be healed? Many of us wonder, and I know I have felt this way, when we are sick or in trouble, why me, why I am sick? What have I done to deserve this? If the lives of t...
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Community Parson: The LAW as the way to God
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We're in DeWitt, New York. Jamar Drive, off Maple. Sundays at 8:00 and 10:00 am. Monday, March 30, 2015. The LAW as the way to God. March 8, 2015. What happens, then, when Jesus, one rabbi among many, storms into the Temple and throws out people doing their pious religious duty? Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Welcome to St. David's Church . And to the Community Parson. Please read, comment if something sparks a reflection in you, and let's carry on the conversation, on line and in person. The yeast ...
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Community Parson: March 2015
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We're in DeWitt, New York. Jamar Drive, off Maple. Sundays at 8:00 and 10:00 am. Monday, March 30, 2015. Sin, suffering and Jesus on the cross: words from Julian of Norwich. March 29, 2015. If you were a 14th century Christian, you would know that God possessed two natures: God was wrathful toward sinners, and loving toward those who faithfully followed the teachings of the church. 8230; it seemed to me that if there had been no sin, we should all have been pure and as like our Lord as he created us....
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Community Parson: June 2014
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We're in DeWitt, New York. Jamar Drive, off Maple. Sundays at 8:00 and 10:00 am. Monday, June 30, 2014. Creation, Trinity and the Celtic Knot. Trinity Sunday June 15, 2014. Today we read the beginning and the end: God as Alpha and God as Omega. “In the beginning God created heaven and earth,” and “Lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” What do these texts say to us about the nature of God? The activity of God? The being of God? Ancient theologians thought of God as a dance. The Greek ...