February 2012

  • Outside the walls of the city

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    a homily for Epiphany 6B                       Text: Mark 1:40-45 Nudy Trees My daughter and I have this little game. We point out the nudy trees to one another. She shouts: “That tree’s nudy!” Then she squeals and says “there’s another one!” I do it too.  Then I point…

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  • Destination Unknown

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    Text: Mark 1:29-39 Distractions This gospel is like life: it has a lot of distractions. There are lots of details we could run down; tangents we could explore: These new disciples, their mom and her mysterious ailment, the demon possession. This gospel, on the other hand, is actually about the gospel. It is about moving, finding,…

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  • Moving in

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    We arrived at our new home in St. Clair last Tuesday after a marathon drive up from Georgia.  As we continue to settle in to our new place, I thought I’d give you a rundown of the last couple of weeks.  First, they packed us up and filled this van.  As you can see, there wasn’t…

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