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Dare we imagine
For my friend’s wedding over twenty years ago, I was asked to play Pachelbel’s Canon in D on my violin for the processional. We were to rehearse on the Friday evening. As I was running late, I drove over 120 … Continue reading
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Tagged African American spiritual, apocalyptic text, art, Babylonian exile, bible, Christian, Christianity, dam bones, Day of Pentecost, discipleship, exile, Ezekiel, Festival of Homiletics, Francis of Assisi, God, Hebrew Scriptures, Holy Spirit, hope, hopeless, imagination, imagine, incarnation, interpreation, Jerusalem, Jesus, mission, music, National Gallery of Art, Pentecost, preaching, prophecy, sermon, Trinity, Washington D.C.
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Leaning in
The man with the unclean spirit is ordered by Jesus to “Be silent!”[1] After Jesus speaks to him, the unclean spirit obeys, and leaves the man. The man is thus transformed, healed, made whole in this dramatic Gospel encounter with … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Meditation, Theological Reflection
Tagged A J Casson, art, authority, bible, Capernaum, carousel, Christian, church, community, ego, evil spirit, Gospel, group of seven, Jesus, lean in, leaning, Mark, maturity, meditation, New Testament, obedience, playground, prayer, preaching, psychology, round-a-bout, self-awareness, sermon, silence, spiritual growth, spirituality, stillness, synagogue, white pine, Worship
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funeral sermon – Epiphany
Something of eternal consequence had already started the day before Derry died. As is customary in the weekly bible study at Faith, we take turns reading the scripture for the day. And we read that same scripture over three times, … Continue reading
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Tagged art, artistic expression, bible, Christmas, church, crafting, creative, creativity, darkness, death, Epiphany, funeral, glory of God, Gospel, grief, incarnation, Iraneous, January 6, lectio divina, life, light, light of Christ, loss, painting, sculpting, sermon, study, teaching, woodwork, Word, Worship
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Gospel, Italian style
On the Sunday before I left for a family vacation to Italy, you encouraged me to — “know your history”. I think that message came to me mostly during the children’s chat when we talked about the Canadian flag on … Continue reading
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Tagged 500th Reformation Anniversary, Apology to the Augsburg Confession, art, Augsburg Confession, baptism, baptistery, belief, bible, Book of Concord, church, duomo, film, forgiveness, fresco, frescoes, Gospel, grace, historical, history, Italian, Italy, Jesus, Large Catechism, love, Luca Signorelli, Lutheran, Lutheranism, Martin Luther, mercy, Naples, narratives, Orvieto, perfection, preaching, Reformation, Richard Rohr, sermon, Small Catechism, St Bonaventure, St Paul, Under the Tuscan Sun, wholeness, Worship
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You shall see the light
Jesus commanded that we shall love our neighbour as ourselves (Matthew 22:36-40). This commandment motivates me to participate this afternoon in the clerics’ cycling challenge (www.clericchallenge.com), initiated by Imam Mohamad Jebara. Practically, then, what Jesus’ commandment means is that … Continue reading
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Tagged art, artists, Babylonian exile, Christianity, Christians, church, Cross, God, Hebrews, high priest, Isaiah, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Jews, King Cyrus, lectionary, Leonard Gerbrandt, love, Ottawa artists, painting, Persia, prints, relationship, Rothwell Gallery, sacrifice, sermon, servant, suffering servant, Trinity, water colours
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Christmas: Jesus all grown-up in us
In the Monastery of the Holy Spirit in Conyers, Georgia, Mary — the God-bearer — is depicted in a magnificent rose window above the altar. What strikes me is the size of Mary’s womb. Mary sits in this glorious stained-glass … Continue reading
Because you are a sky full of stars
I love the NHL TV ad where they show just the first seconds of an on-ice interview moments after a team has won the coveted prize — the holy grail of hockey — the Stanley Cup. After over 20-some games … Continue reading
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