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Impossible Questions: a sermon for Thanksgiving and Confirmation
In observing Jesus’ teaching style in this text (Matthew 6:24-34), indeed throughout the gospels, notice all the questions he asks. Normally, you would think the student is the only one who asks questions of the teacher, not the other way … Continue reading
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Tagged affirmation of baptism, bible, church, confirmation, creed, Ecclesiastes, faithfulness, Gospel of Matthew, gospels, grace, Hebrew Scriptures, imperfection, Jesus, Job, journey, knowing, learning, New Testament, not-knowing, pilgrimage, prayer, preaching, Proverbs, questions, Rabbi, rhetorical questions, sermon, sermon on the mount, Teacher, teaching, Thanksgiving Day, Thanksgiving Sunday
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A New Way to Pray: Tracking the Trajectory of the Reformation
What follows are the lecture notes for Week Three in the course I am giving at the Ottawa School of Theology and Spirituality (www.osts.ca) this Fall. Reformation Sunday is on the last Sunday in October, October 28, 2018. It is … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Meditation, Theological Reflection
Tagged action and contemplation, bible, Christian Meditation, Christian unity, contemplation, crucial conversations, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, faith, God, grace, hope, image of God, Jesus Christ, justification by grace through faith, kenosis, Laurence Freeman, letting go, loss, love, Lucas Cranach, Martin Luther, New Testament, Ottawa School of Theology and Spirituality, paradox, prayer, prosperity gospel, purpose of God, Reformation, Reformation altar, revelation, Richard Rohr, river, spirituality, theology, theology of glory, theology of the cross, unity in diversity, Wittenberg Castle Church, Word of God
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A spirituality of fierce landscapes
The Lord is king! Let the earth rejoice; let the many coastlands be glad! Clouds and thick darkness are all around him; righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne. (Psalm 97:1-2) Which is mountain? And which is cloud? … Continue reading
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Tagged baptism, bible, biblical, Christian, church, cloud, Cloud of Unknowing, clouds, contemplation, dove, faith, fortress, God, God’s voice, Hebrew scripture, hope, Jesus, journey, landscapes, life, love, Moses, Mount of Transfiguration, Mount Sinai, mountains, mystery, mysticism, New Testament, Old Testament, path, perspective, photos, pilgrimage, prayer, Psalms of David, rocks, Sunset, vision
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Geometric power: The circle church
The architecture of church buildings, despite Christianity’s institutional decline in the Western world today, continues to draw our attention. For the most part, these are beautiful buildings, appealing to the eye whose symbols etched in paint, glass and images conveyed … Continue reading
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Tagged 2 Samuel, action, Amos, architecture, ark of the covenant, bible, Bilbao, Bilbao Cathedral, buildings, Camino de Santiago, Canada, centrifugal force, church architecture, circle, contemplation, dancing, effort, flow, geometry, God, grace, Hebrew Scriptures, Herod Antipas, holy, human nature, identity, imperfection, Jerusalem, Jesus, John the Baptist, journey, King David, Luther Memorial Church Washington, Lutheran, Mark, Merrickville United Church, mission, music, New Testament, North American, pilgrimage, plumb line, prayer, preacing, prophets, purpose, revelation, Richard Rohr, Santiago, sermon, service, social justice, Spain, temple, vision, windows, Worship, Zion Lutheran Church Pembroke
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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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Ordinary faithfulness
“Those who love their life lose it, and those who hate their life in this world will keep it for eternal life. Whoever serves me must follow me, and where I am, there will my servant be also.” (John 12:25-26, … Continue reading
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