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My 3 Words for 2016
Happy 2016! I’m trying something new. I’m kind of jazzed about it. I’ll pick 3 words for the year. Like a mantra. A vision. A course of action. A way of changing my life and maybe help me change the world. Do you want to give it a try? [bctt tweet=”What are your 3 words?” nofollow=”yes”]…
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Essential Reading 2015
This has been a year of discovery for me. Discovery about myself, my vocation, my family, my character. It has also been a year of great challenge, strain, and growth. Some of what I’ve discovered: This was my first full year at St. Stephen’s. The rest of my family went to school, including my spouse. My…
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Fear and Loathing in San Francisco
The Christmas story is an immigrant’s story San Francisco’s Chinatown was designed to look older than the oldest parts of China. Why? Fear of immigrants. [bctt tweet=”We are always immigrants. All of us. Forever.” nofollow=”yes”] More than a century ago, blatant, nefarious racism against the Chinese was normal. But disaster made the racism even worse.…
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The Question of the Moment
For supporters of Donald Trump: Is radical candor so important to you that you are willing to support someone whose words are so ugly, divisive, and completely destructive? For everyone else: Can you see how important candor and open communication is that many people will answer this question with “yes”?
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God Embodied
The birth story isn’t about Mary and Joseph; it is about how Jesus comes into the world. AND how Jesus keeps coming into the world. The purpose of the Christmas story Christmas 1C | Luke 2:41-52 The birth backstory Every year we anticipate the coming of Jesus, lighting candles, a new one each week; four…
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Jesus and the Heart of the Matter
The power of the Christmas story can be seen in what it drives us to do, where it drives us to go, who it drives us to become. The Inbreaking GOD and the hope of the world Christmas Day | John 1:1-14 [bctt tweet=”For the light is not alone, the light is not a…
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Bearing Christ
The light doesn’t come from the bright places: its radiance and brilliance shines through the darkness, through the darkest corners of our world, through the darkest corners of our lives. It envelops the darkness with its truth, its mercy, its love. Bringing forth the salvation of the world Christmas Eve | Luke 2:1-20 The Promise…
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Christmas Message 2015
Joseph also went from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to the city of David called Bethlehem, because he was descended from the house and family of David. When we tell the birth story of Jesus, we speak of this unlikely couple with a very unlikely pregnancy; a trip to Bethlehem with its…
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