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Monthly Archives: November 2014
What is hope?
I remember a friend — intelligent, thoughtful, deeply spiritual — who claimed that to hope was to be delusional. Hoping, to him, was a distraction, a pointless waste of time — like fantasizing. To hope was to be ‘faking it’, … Continue reading
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Tagged Advent, bible, Christian, church year, fishing, future church, future of the church, God, Gospel, Gospel of Mark, grace, hope, Jesus, Liturgical, preaching, promise, revised common lectionary, sermon, spiritual growth, waiting, Year B
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Layers and Lines
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November 21, 2014
Tagged contemplation, forest, peace, prayer, silence, snow, stillness, tree, Winter
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Finding the Gospel in The End
‘Each year I visit the doctor for my annual physical, and for no apparent reason. That is, I make an appointment, pay for parking, sit in the waiting room, and then have a complete physical examination. This is done all … Continue reading
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Tagged Advent, affordable housing, calendar, Canada, Christ the King Sunday, church year, doctirine of the cross. theology of glory, End times, eschaton, final judgement, Gospel, inter-faith, Jesus' second coming, lectionary, Lutheran, Lutheranism, MHI, multi-culturalism, Multi-Faith Housing Initiative, national housing day, parousia, preaching, Reign of Christ Sunday, revised common lectionary, theology of the cross
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Who’s counting?
I think it was Albert Einstein who said that we can’t solve a problem by using the same kind of thinking that caused the problem in the first place. In other words, we can’t move forward with solutions into the … Continue reading
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Tagged abundance, Albert Einstein, B2CS, Back to Church Sunday, bible, church, community, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, economy, future of the church, God, Gospel, grace, institution, Jesus, lectionary, Lutheran, marriage, materialism, Matthew, preaching, revised common lectionary, sermon, spiritual growth
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Marriage on the Rock
What first comes to mind when you think about a rock? There is, for me, something about the stability, constancy and reliability of a rock that suitably describes the durability of a 60-year long marriage. No doubt, some of that … Continue reading
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Tagged anniversary, bible, biblical, celebration, forgiveness, Gospel, grace, Jesus, Jesus Christ, marriage, Pastoral Care, preaching, renewal of marriage vows, rock, sermon, wedding, wedding anniversary
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Making a way where there is no way
Year after year I ponder how “Remembrance Day” carries with it so much staying power — especially for older generations of people. While on the surface our observances acknowledge the sacrifice made by many young service men and women in … Continue reading
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Tagged Advent, Christian, coming of Christ, death, End times, eschaton, forgiveness, grace, hope, Jesus, kingdom of God, lectionary, Liturgical, Lutheran, memory, mercy, parousia, peace, reconciliation, relationship, relationships, remembering, Remembrance Day, revised common lectionary, sermon, Thessalonians, war
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