For the second year, we are going to be working our way through the newly added “Season of Creation” to the Revised Common Lectionary. This season was created by a group of clergy and laity who felt the “season after Pentecost,” called “Ordinary...
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1000 Words: The Warrior Saints
This coming Sunday, the sermon title “Our Struggle” has to do with the letter to the Ephesians scripture about “putting on the whole armor of God.” It seemed a fitting Sunday to honor some of those in our Christian...
Read moreThe Ocean of God
About 12 years ago, I had a vision of how we relate to God/the Ground of All Being in a sort of visual metaphor that encapsulated many different approaches. Basically it posited that God was the Ocean, and the way that we relate to that Ocean...
Read moreThe Greatest Thing You’ll Ever Learn
It’s the last week of summer vacation! While some of you may feel bitter about such a thing, I was always excited about the beginning of school. I’d lay out my new clothes and shoes and backpack and school supplies, and I’d imagine seeing my...
Read moreRighteousness and Peace Have Kissed
This phrase, one of my favorites in the Bible from Psalm 85, “Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other.” is from our Psalter and is the basis for the illustration by William Blake that will be...
Read moreUnity Amidst Diversity
The past few week’s readings from Ephesians have lifted up the value of unity amidst diversity, and thus have shed light on one of our modern conundrums of “spirituality” over and against “religion.” I’m sure everyone has heard it said, (or...
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