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P is for Praise
Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord from the heavens; praise him in the heights! Praise him, all his angels; praise him, all his host! Praise him, sun and moon; praise him, all you shining stars! Praise him, you highest heavens, and you waters above the heavens! Let them praise the name of the Lord, for he commanded and they were…
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Lawdy Lawdy!
Gawrsh it’s been a while…I got myself lost in the Lent-Easter vortex and am only now starting to pull myself out… didn’t help that I also became not a little bit attached to watching television on the web–I am officially caught up on more shows than I care to admit. But seriously, it has been…
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Ding Dong, The Flip is Back!
I was posting sermons for family back home and then–*BAM!*–our apartment got broken into and our video recorder was stolen. Thanks in no small part to the generosity of my grandparents who visited last week, we are now in possession of a new flip video, which means that Alex has been taping sermons again (or…
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Reality-Check
I often tell people that my work situation is ideal, that it is absolutely fantastic to be able to enjoy the benefits both of the city of Philly as well as the comforts and quiet of Belvidere. Folks readily assent to the perceived benefit of being to be able to have time in and away…
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2/14 Sermon: Shine
Sermon preached at Belvidere for Transfiguration Day. Alex thought it would be fun to tape the Children’s sermon too, so here it is.
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Sermon 1/31: “All We Need Is Love”
If I speak in the tongues of mortals and of angels, but do not have love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but do not have love, I am…
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Sermon 1/24: “It’s all in the (con)text”
My parents gave me a Flip video for Christmas with the promise that I would put my sermons on the internet for them to “check in” on me occasionally. A month later, my husband and I decided to try it out, so below represents my very first attempt at sharing my own videos online… forgive…
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Discipleship and Haiti
When he finally arrives, blazing in beauty and all his angels with him, the Son of Man will take his place on his glorious throne. Then all the nations will be arranged before him and he will sort the people out, much as a shepherd sorts out sheep and goats, putting sheep to his right…
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Gratitude: A Christmas Eve Reflection on the Lukan Story
It doesn’t start off sounding like a particularly special or noteworthy story—“In those days, a decree went out from Emperor Augustus, that all the world should be registered.” No warning that this story is THE story, just information, a setting, a time and a place. A map, if you will, of the various pieces and…