healing
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Leaving the Cave: seeing, believing, and true power
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a Sermon for Lent 4A Text: John 9:1-41 Plato’s Cave In Plato’s Republic, the philosopher introduces a strange scenario in which a prisoner is trapped in a cave. The prisoner knows nothing of the world as we know it. He’s stuck in one place, staring straight ahead for a long, long time. Behind him is…
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Eating Again, Together
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a Homily for Proper 8B Text: Mark 5:21-43 The Physical Presence From the moment Jesus pulled the fishermen from the sea to follow him, to learn to fish anew, we have been following along. We have witnessed healings and exorcisms, teachings and miracles. Each movement an opportunity to learn about Jesus and to test our…
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No Limits
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a Sermon for Proper 19A Text: Matthew 18:21-35 Where we’ve been Ten years ago today, about this time, 4 hijacked airplanes were used as projectile missiles to cause dramatic and traumatic devastation. Three of them reached their targets and one was sent into the countryside. Many, including those aiding the victims of violence, died. Nearly…
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Bartimaeus
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This Sunday was my first opportunity to preach at my new parish. And what gospel do I get, but one of the deepest, most revealing stories in Mark–and therefore one of the most difficult. But in my wrestling with this pericope, something was awoken within me. Something that still has me wrestling. My homily wasn’t…