Fourth Sunday after Epiphany; Deuteronomy 18:15-20, Psalm 111, 1 Corinthians 8:1-13, Mark 1:21-28 Oh man. Idol worship. Sacrificed meat. Exorcising demons. Not a comfortable set of lessons for an enlightened group of 21st century folks. Meat is meat – you can argue whether or not it is good for you, but not from a spiritual… [Read more…]
January 25, 2012
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Third Sunday after Epiphany, Jonah 3:1-5, 10, Mark 1:14-20 What would make you stop your life as you know it and follow a completely different path? A new job? A new life partner? A promise of another climate? A better living situation? How about a seemingly random summons from an itinerant carpenter with no promises… [Read more…]
January 25, 2012
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Epiphany; Isaiah 60:1-6, Matthew 2:1-12 This morning we celebrate Epiphany. Epiphanies (with a lower case “e”), as opposed to slow, plodding, deliberate work, have been touted as the movers and shakers of big ideas. If we stay, for the moment, outside the religious realm, Archimedes provides one of the most famous examples. Archimedes was a… [Read more…]
January 25, 2012
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First Sunday after Christmas; Isaiah 61:10-62:3, Galatians 4:4-7, Luke 2:22-40 Well, here we are, we’ve done it. Christmas day is done and gone. The waiting days of Advent, pregnant with anticipation of the coming Christ, came to their climax in the celebration of Jesus’s birth Christmas Eve. Christmas dinner has been served, and all the… [Read more…]
December 31, 2011
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December 27, 2011
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Christmas Day; John 1: 1-14 “Jesus is the reason for the season.” A popular catch phrase, meant to remind us that Christmas is not all about sales and glitter and food and presents. I was reminded the other day that some would claim that the tilt of the earth on its axis in the reason… [Read more…]
December 27, 2011
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Christmas Eve; Isaiah 9:2-7, Luke 2:1-14, (15-20) The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who lived in a land of deep darkness, on them light has shined. Our Northern nights have become long, and even during the short days the sun is pale and often shrouded in clouds. We yearn… [Read more…]
December 5, 2011
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Second Sunday of Advent; Isaiah 40:1-11, 2 Peter 3:8-15a, Mark 1:1-8 My grandmother used to say, “All the world is crazy save me and thee (and sometimes I think thou art a bit tetched). Crazy people. We’re hearing from crazy people today. Isaiah’s constructing highways in the desert, Peter can’t distinguish a day from a… [Read more…]
January 29, 2012
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