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Surrender, to be free indeed: a sermon for Reformation Sunday
I am grateful that by some coincidence the choir sang today a piece whose title was, “I surrender to Jesus”. And, indeed, the thread that runs through the whole song is the act of of surrendering. This theme might, on … Continue reading
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The will of God – creation,incarnation,passion – March 25
In both Mel Gibson’s ‘The Passion of the Christ’ and, more recently, Mark Burnett’s ‘The Bible’, the devil stands by watching Jesus’ moments of agony. Contemporary Jesuit writer, James Martin, SJ, describes three temptations facing Jesus during his Passion: The … Continue reading
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The Passion of Christ – a Good Friday sermon
The heaviness of it all weighs on our souls. Good Friday is a sombre day. The tormented images of the torture and death of anyone, let alone Jesus Son of God, flash across our minds-eye in the hearing of the … Continue reading
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Tagged bible, blood, Christian, Cross, death, Easter, Eucharist, faith, God, Good Friday, good news, Holy Communion, hope, Isaiah, lament, Lent, letting go, life, love, Lutheran, Martin Luther, meaning, Passion of Christ, prayer, preaching, sacrament, sermon, story, suffering, suffering servant, surrender, transfusion, tridium, Worship
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The human face of a vulnerable God
Jean-Paul Sartre once wrote a play entitled: ‘The Living Dead”. The climactic scene is set in the attic of a house in France during World War II, where a half dozen captured members of the Resistance are being kept. The … Continue reading
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Tagged bible, Christian, church, Cross, divine, Easter, false gods, God, Golgotha, Good Friday, good news, Gospel, Gospel of John, human, humility, Jean-Paul Sartre, Jesus, Jurgen Moltmann, Lent, Living Dead, love, Lutheran, Passion of Christ, poor, poverty, power, preaching, sacrifice, sermon, story, theology of the cross, vulnerability, world, Worship
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Lifting up
Imagine the path slick with rainfall and mud. I took this photo at the end of a beautiful, clear day, on the Camino de Santiago (del Norte). But just as often as there were dry, sunny days on the way, … Continue reading
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Tagged bible, Camino de Santiago, church, church calendar, cost of discipleship, Cross, Easter, faith, God, Gospel, healing, hiking, hope, Jesus, journey, life, love, Lutheran, Mark, Mt LaConte, photos, pilgrimage, preaching, proclamation, Psalms, resurrection, revised common lectionary, Saint Paul, seasons, sermon, Smoky Mountains, Spain, story, suffering, transformation, trust, walking, Worship
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Surprise ending
The Arnprior Rapids were destined to lose. If you asked me, midseason, to write the history of the 2017 Fall season of the Lanark-Renfrew Highschool Football League, it would sound completely different than it actually turned out in the end. … Continue reading
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Tagged bible, Christian, Christianity, church, commitment, Cross, death, Easter, faith, faithfulness, football, game, gifts, God, God's faithfulness, God's riches, good news, Gospel, Gospel of Matthew, history, hope, humanity, interpretation, Jesus, life, mission, money, New Testament, parable, preaching, responsibility, resurrection, risk, sermon, sin, stewardship, story, suffering, talent, theology, venture
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God-talk
Last week in the Canadian Football League (CFL), Ottawa RedBlacks receiver Diontae Spencer set a CFL record in a game against the Hamilton Ticats for most overall yardage gained — just under 500 — in one game. His incredible feat … Continue reading
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Tagged All Saints, All Saints Sunday, beatitudes, bible, blessed, Canadian Football League, CFL, Christian, church, Cross, Deontae Spencer, God, good news, Gospel, Hebrew, identity, Jesus, journey, King, law, losing, Matthew, Messiah, mission, New Testament, pain, pilgrimage, preaching, prophets, Psalm, rules, sermon, suffering, Ten Commandments, testimony, theology of the cross, way, witness
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