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July 2014

July 19, 2014

Treasures

It's the cutting edge of making choices, splitting what you choose from what you don't...

July 12, 2014

Weeds

Weeds. They have my attention. Grass rooting into in my flowerbeds. Clover. Acorn sprouts. The...

July 04, 2014

The Sower

. . . . So, friends, every day do something that won’t compute. Love the...

June 2014

June 29, 2014

Rest for Your Souls

Crazy Christians, Bishop Michael Curry’s reflections on faith, includes his zany sense of humor, and...

June 22, 2014

Pure Hearts

‘Purity of heart is to will one thing,’ wrote the melancholy Danish theologian, Soren Kierkegaard. ...

June 15, 2014

Many Sparrows

Nothing is covered up that will not be uncovered, and nothing secret that will not...

June 07, 2014

The Spirit in Trinity

Trinity. St. Patrick’s hymn to it, written on his death bed, sings of images of...

June 01, 2014

Voices of God

And this is eternal life, that they may know you . . . . These...

May 2014

May 25, 2014

Everything That Rises Must Converge

"Remain true to yourself, but move ever upward toward greater consciousness and greater love! At...

May 18, 2014

The Spirit of Truth

In mid-May I spent some days in Philadelphia, with four friends, each of whom has...

May 11, 2014

Promises, Promises

John 14. Such dear and familiar words, spoken by Jesus, but such a stumbling block,...

May 04, 2014

The Good Shepherd

He calls his own sheep by name, and leads them out. The sheep follow him...

April 2014

April 26, 2014

On the Emmaus Road

The Easter stranger appeared to three broken-hearted disciples who were getting out of Dodge. Jesus...

April 19, 2014

Doubting Easter

Doubting Thomas – he's always featured on the Sunday after Easter. He’s reliable. He anchors...

April 12, 2014

Easter Vision

Let me keep my distance, always, from those who think they have the answers. Let...

April 10, 2014

Beloved – a Maundy Thursday Reflection

The uses of sorrow – as Jesus unfolds them – are many, and powerful. Sorrow...

April 05, 2014

Ride On, Ride On

Who is this? He rides in straddling two donkeys, according to Matthew, one a colt,...

March 2014

March 29, 2014

Jesus, Dragonslayer

All the world has tales of dragonslayers. The dragon is Death, a monster breathing poisonous...

March 22, 2014

The Man Born Blind

The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree is a familiar adage, more often than...

March 15, 2014

The Scandalous Woman

“How is it that you ask a drink of me?” John tells this story: Jesus...

March 09, 2014

Nicodemus

The wind blows where it chooses, and you hear the sound of it, but you...

March 02, 2014

The Tempter’s Snare

There are so very many ways to get lost. And most of them include some...

February 2014

February 22, 2014

Transfiguration

And (Jesus) was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun, and his...

February 21, 2014

Ash Wednesday

‘Beware of practicing your piety before others in order to be seen by them; for...

February 15, 2014

The Face of the Enemy

Of late (the last twenty years, say) evildoers have adopted the balaclava - a knitted...

February 09, 2014

Unlikely Love

Overcoming hostility is agonizing work. Just look at Syria, the world’s best negotiators have their...

February 01, 2014

Salt and Light

“She’s the salt of the earth!” It was a common blessing in my grandmother’s mouth,...

January 2014

January 26, 2014

Blessed Are

Blessed are you when you are poor, mourning, meek; hungering and thirsting for righteousness; merciful,...

January 20, 2014

A Thousand Tongues

In a murderous time, the heart breaks and breaks and lives by breaking. - Stanley...

January 12, 2014

Followers of the Lamb

From Christmas to Lent, the gospels offer a walk through familiar mysteries, lights and signs. ...

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