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A Sorta Hipster
Some might think I’m a hipster. Or at least I would be if I were ten years younger. That version of me would have been a total hipster. I have the right glasses for it. I have an obnoxious view of music and love both niche music from bands like mewithoutyou and Sun Kil Moon and catchy…
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Superman and Violence
Big title, short post. All this Superman talk reminds me of the Doomsday storyline from way back in which Superman is killed. As a strange attempt at selling books (which it certainly did), it revealed the problem of violence in comics, particularly for Superman. In Doomsday, Superman met an evil he could not prevent and…
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May He See Us
a homily for Proper 6C Text: Luke 7:36-8:3 The Awkward Dinner If I were to ask you to name a person, living or dead you’d like to have over for dinner, after hearing this story, I’m guessing you wouldn’t say “Jesus”. Jesus makes a lousy dinner guest for the faithful. The people that need help…
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Of what I was afraid
To tell you the absolute truth, I was not afraid I would die; I was afraid I would be damaged. Prepping for a colonoscopy, going into the hospital, being put under, being told of what was found: each of these caused concern for me. And if you’ve been reading along, you know my anxiety with…
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Not much to say
I am preparing to go have the procedure for which I have been preparing the last 24 hours. I have to say that of all the things on my mind, one shouts out the loudest: I can’t wait for dinner tonight.
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“God” is not God’s name | The Theological Wanderings of a Street Pastor
Check out this short excerpt: “God” is not God’s name | The Theological Wanderings of a Street Pastor. God language can tie people into knots, of course. In part, that is because “God” is not God’s name. Referring to the highest power we can imagine, “God” is our name for that which is greater than…
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Do I have to fast the whole day?
As Christian disciplines go, I am better at some than others. There is one, however, with which I am an abysmal failure. I don’t fast well. I can deny myself things. I can deny myself foods and drinks and favorites. I just can’t not eat. I need something. My blood sugar gets low, I get…
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The scandalous character of ministry
The Lectionary did us no favors by jumping into Luke at chapter 7, skipping what I think are the two most important chapters in the whole gospel in 5 and 6. Smack in between the calling of disciples and the Sermon on the Plain is one of my favorite moments of Jesus’s. It is striking…
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