Identity
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Pastor or Priest?
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8 min read
My friend and teacher, the Rev. Dr. D. Jay Koyle teaches that identity and worship is connected with belief and choice. We make decisions for our personal piety and liturgical acts from a place of understanding the purpose behind the choice. Much of our tradition is inherited through piety and local custom, rather than historical…
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Loving is more than words. So is GOD.
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5 min read
A long, long time ago, a deeply faithful people were given a name. A very important name. The very name of their god. The same god who was revealed without a proper pronoun, but a description. The popular translation is I AM WHO I AM But even these words in English don’t capture the movement and…
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Blogging in two places
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2 min read
I’m currently blogging in two spots. But they’re both me. And I’m struggling. If you haven’t yet been to my self-hosted site Drew Writes, you should. I’d love for you to check it out. The smarter thing for me to do would be to move this one to a self-hosted site and blog in one place. You…
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Bridging the Gap
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6 min read
a homily for Proper 21C Text: Luke 16:19-31 Picturing the People Listen again to the opening sentences of this parable. Hear it. Close your eyes and take it in. There was a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day. And at his gate lay…
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I’ve gotten hooked on the CW’s Ringer, a ridiculous show about twins, changing identity, and the attempt to change one’s life. As TV, it is pure pulp, threads the line, not between plausible and implausible, but between implausible and ludicrous. However, as study of human chaos and redemption, there is nothing like it on broadcast…