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At the intersection of Sacred and Profane

2023/05/21

What does a “little while” mean?

What does a “little while” mean anyway? Peter in his first letter talks about a “little while” in the context of the early church’s suffering and that it will end in that amount of time. I can’t recall what the best estimate for when Peter wrote the letter but it is more than a thousand […]

Article by Barry / Easter, Preaching, Sunday, Year A / Jesus, Peter, preaching, spiritual gifts, work Leave a Comment

2023/05/14

Let’s think about love

Sometimes it’s a good thing to re-think what we think about significant things. This week’s texts led me to re-think what love might look like these days. We all know what love looks like at least in a lot of situations. I am especially interested in what it might mean to love people in our […]

Article by Barry / Easter, Preaching, Sunday, Year A / conversation, internet, Jesus, love, Paul, preaching, respect Leave a Comment

2023/05/07

Building material

There is an almost endless array of images and metaphors in the Bible. Some of them are more helpful than others, for example, some of the more rural metaphors can be difficult for urban folks to grasp. The metaphor we worked with today is from St. Peter’s first letter and is building material, particularly stones. […]

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