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The Dream of GOD, a Nightmare of Privilege
[bctt tweet=”A poem for King, justice, and repentance. #ReclaimMLK” nofollow=”yes”] When we speak of a dream, we speak not of the hazy sleep indulgence, the phantasm of our psyche, but the very call of GOD to make this world radically different from the way it is. The dream, a tricky encounter of revelation. Assaults our…
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Freaky-Cool
It isn’t the right time he insists. But she ignores him and rats him out. So of course he’s going to do it. The revelation of GOD defies expectations Epiphany 2C | John 2:1-11 The revelation When Jesus is baptized in the great big river by the prophet named John, and he comes out of…
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Unchristlike – how retaliation stains the Anglican Communion
Word has come tonight of sanctions on the Episcopal Church. This week, primates are gathered for a highly irregular meeting. The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby is trying to hold together a divided church. He is failing. And before it began, many knew it was already lost. Lost, not because it is actually over. It isn’t. Far from…
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The World’s Most Secret Theology
So what do we actually believe? Most Christians are taught specific things to believe. We find them in our prayers and creeds. We find them preached on Sunday and revealed in Bible studies on Wednesdays. And when we try to fit into a group, we want to find out what they believe. All that stuff is…
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Blessed For Mission
This is huge! And I honestly don’t understand why we don’t get this time off of school and aren’t making a bigger deal of it. Putting Jesus’s baptism at the center of faith Epiphany 1C | Luke 3:15-22 The big deal There are three ways we know that Jesus’s baptism was about as important to…
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“Spotlight” Is the Epiphany On Film
They were Jesus to people who couldn’t find Jesus in the pulpit or the pew. This is Christ revealed to the world. This is the Epiphany in action today. Jesus is revealed through mercy The Epiphany | Matthew 2:1-12 Spotlight Monday, I was one of two people in the theater watching Spotlight. If you don’t know…
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Overwhelmed by Joy
The Evangelist tells a story which resonates so fully with the Hebrew story of oppression and enslavement under Pharaoh. Herod is the new Pharaoh! Judah has become Egypt! Overcoming darkness and restoring the world Christmas 2C | Matthew 2 In the Beginning The Hebrew story begins in creation, in GOD bringing forth everything into the…
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