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July 2014

July 19, 2014
It's the cutting edge of making choices, splitting what you choose from what you don't...
July 12, 2014
Weeds.  They have my attention.   Grass rooting into in my flowerbeds. Clover. Acorn sprouts.  The...
July 04, 2014
. . . . So, friends, every day do something that won’t compute. Love the...

June 2014

June 29, 2014
Crazy Christians, Bishop Michael Curry’s reflections on faith, includes his zany sense of humor, and...
June 22, 2014
‘Purity of heart is to will one thing,’ wrote the melancholy Danish theologian, Soren Kierkegaard. ...
June 15, 2014
Nothing is covered up that will not be uncovered, and nothing secret that will not...
June 07, 2014
Trinity. St. Patrick’s hymn to it, written on his death bed, sings of images of...
June 01, 2014
And this is eternal life, that they may know you . . . . These...

May 2014

May 25, 2014
"Remain true to yourself, but move ever upward toward greater consciousness and greater love! At...
May 18, 2014
In mid-May I spent some days in Philadelphia, with four friends, each of whom has...
May 11, 2014
John 14.  Such dear and familiar words, spoken by Jesus, but such a stumbling block,...
May 04, 2014
He calls his own sheep by name, and leads them out.  The sheep follow him...

April 2014

April 26, 2014
The Easter stranger appeared to three broken-hearted disciples who were getting out of Dodge.   Jesus...
April 19, 2014
Doubting Thomas – he's always featured on the Sunday after Easter.  He’s reliable.  He anchors...
April 12, 2014
Let me keep my distance, always,  from those who think they have the answers. Let...
April 10, 2014
The uses of sorrow – as Jesus unfolds them – are many, and powerful.  Sorrow...
April 05, 2014
Who is this? He rides in straddling two donkeys, according to Matthew, one a colt,...

March 2014

March 29, 2014
All the world has tales of dragonslayers.  The dragon is Death, a monster breathing poisonous...
March 22, 2014
The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree is a familiar adage, more often than...
March 15, 2014
“How is it that you ask a drink of me?” John tells this story:  Jesus...
March 09, 2014
The wind blows where it chooses, and you hear the sound of it, but you...
March 02, 2014
There are so very many ways to get lost.  And most of them include some...

February 2014

February 22, 2014
And (Jesus) was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun, and his...
February 21, 2014
‘Beware of practicing your piety before others in order to be seen by them; for...
February 15, 2014
Of late (the last twenty years, say) evildoers have adopted the balaclava - a knitted...
February 09, 2014
Overcoming hostility is agonizing work.  Just look at Syria, the world’s best negotiators have their...
February 01, 2014
“She’s the salt of the earth!” It was a common blessing in my grandmother’s mouth,...

January 2014

January 26, 2014
Blessed are you when you are poor, mourning, meek; hungering and thirsting for righteousness; merciful,...
January 20, 2014
In a murderous time, the heart breaks and breaks and lives by breaking. - Stanley...
January 12, 2014
From Christmas to Lent, the gospels offer a walk through familiar mysteries, lights and signs. ...
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