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Public Prayer
The gospel for Ash Wednesday invites us to rethink praying in public. And what it is we’re really going on about.
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Weekly bread daily
Americans don’t have a daily bread culture. We don’t shop daily. We set things up for the week. Which means we miss the point.
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The Lord’s Prayer (Proper 12C)
In this week’s gospel, the disciples ask Jesus how to pray. And he responds by giving them a prayer to pray.
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Indebted to sin
In teaching his disciples “The Lord’s Prayer,” Jesus reveals the relational vision of forgiveness; as an opportunity.
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Learning to Pray
Prayer God of Hope, be with me, with us today. Inspire us, encourage us, stir us up that we might know you better. That we might love you better. That we might see you, among these friends, today. Amen. Introduction The format is simple. Some teaching, some talking, some summarizing, some homework. Discussion When you…
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In the Eyes
By the time we get to Luke 12:13-21, Jesus has radically rejected our will to racism and hate, revealing the true way of life is equality and love. Standing for dignity means also standing against indignityProper 13C | Luke 12:13-21 I know you are super excited to hear a sermon about a real estate question,…
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Ashes and Hearts – On Fire
Most of what we talk about on Ash Wednesday is found in the small part of the Sermon on the Mount we get in the lectionary (Matthew 6:1-6,16-21). The rest of the chapter reveals it means so much more. Ash Wednesday is way more than ashes – it’s the work of forgiveness Ash Wednesday | …
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A Better Lord’s Prayer
Is it time to change the Lord’s Prayer? “Do not let me fall into temptation because it is I who fall, it is not God who throws me into temptation and then sees how I fell,” – Pope Francis I For many Christians, the ubiquity of the Lord’s Prayer is everything. Because of that, I…