Tag: community
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On an early fall morning
There is so much I would tell you if there were time, if you had time. I would tell you how the trees are shedding their raiment, their leaves scattered across the turf like the cast offs of careless teenagers. Or how, last night, my heart briefly swelled in my chest as I pondered the…
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Apathy and Me
A few years ago, someone gifted me a copy of a book by Kathleen Norris entitled “Acedia and Me: A Marriage, Monks, and a Writer’s Life.” I considered the tome for all of about 10 minutes before deciding that it had nothing helpful to teach me, after which I set the volume upon my bookshelf…
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The Gift of Distraction
If I have seemed distracted, lately, perhaps it is because I have been startled by the beauty of a world in motion. Yesterday, it seems, we were trapped in the heavy humidity of August in Pennsylvania; this week there is an edge to the morning cold, and I noticed the edge of a dark red…
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Lessons Learned
Sermon based on text from Luke 14:1, 7-14 And it came to pass that Jesus was going to the house of one of the leaders of the Pharisees on the sabbath to break bread, and they all were watching him closely. He began to tell a parable to those who had been invited, remarking how…
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Holy Wind
Man it’s only Thursday and I am getting fired up for Pentecost…. I think, in fact, that Pentecost is one of my favorite celebrations of the church. And this year, it has been made all the more meaningful through the conversations that I have had the privilege of being a part of. One conversation that…
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Today’s Subject is Loneliness
Difficult, difficult, difficult. It has always been so difficult for me to acknowledge and embrace the part of myself that can suddenly be overcome by loneliness, whether I am alone or not. The person who, in the midst of a room full of people, many of whom she knows, will become increasingly aware in the…
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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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further thoughts…
Questions that have been on my mind: what is the purpose of church? is it the same or different from the purpose of Christ? what does it mean, I mean, REALLY MEAN, to serve? what is, really, salvation? Is it possible to, as many churches would have you believe and do, save other…
Deeper in me than I 