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What’s Your Water To Wine Story? – A Sermon On John 2:1-11
So what do you make of today’s gospel (John 2:1-11)? Did Jesus really turn water into wine? If so, how did he do that? And what do we have to do to get a refill? I think those are the kind of questions we often bring to stories like this. But I wonder if they Read more
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Paying What We Owe – A Sermon On Romans 13:8-14
How’s your credit rating these days? Are you keeping up with what you owe or have you fallen behind? Now before you answer that let me clarify what I’m asking. I’m not asking about your personal finances, mortgage, car payment, or credit card balance. I’m asking about how you are loving these days. “Owe no Read more
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I Don’t Want To Do Lent This Year – An Ash Wednesday Sermon On Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21
I’m not sure if this is a confession or just a description of where I am these days but I don’t want to do Lent this year. Do you? Let me explain what I mean by that. We began tonight by praying that we would worthily lament our sins and acknowledge our wretchedness so that Read more
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A New Year’s Day Reflection: 2017, Good Or Bad?
The year end reviews and assessments are underway. You can read them in the op eds and on social media. You can hear them in the conversations we share with one another and in the silence of our own hearts. Was 2017 a good year or a bad year? It depends, I guess, on who Read more
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Tell the Story
Elie Wiesel tells the following story in his book, The Gates of the Forest: When the great Rabbi Israel Baal Shem-Tov saw misfortune threatening the Jews it was his custom to go into a certain part of the forest to meditate. There he would light a fire, say a special prayer, and the miracle would Read more
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Alma Redemptoris Mater
With the First Sunday in Advent the Marian hymn following compline changed from the Salve Regina to the Alma Redemptoris Mater. This will be used until the Feast of the Presentation. There are two concluding collects: one for the Season of Advent one that is used from Christmas Eve until the Presentation. The Commonweal blog has Read more
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Infinite Forgiveness – A Sermon on Matthew 18:21-35, Proper 19A
The collect and readings for today, the Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Proper 19A, may be found here. The appointed gospel is Matthew 18:21-35. Then Peter came and said to him, “Lord, if another member of the church sins against me, how often should I forgive? As many as seven times?” Jesus said to him, “Not Read more
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The Mysteries of the Jesus Prayer – A Brief Review
The Jesus Prayer lies at the core of ancient Christianity. Although it has been preserved primarily in the churches and monasteries of the Christian East, it is a universal prayer of and for all Christians; lay or ordained, Eastern or Western, monk or married. A beautiful and inspiring movie by Dr. Norris Chumley and Fr. Read more
Interrupting the Silence 