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At the intersection of Sacred and Profane

2012/11/06 By Barry 2 Comments

How many laws do we need?

For the first time ever I have preached to . . . no one. I am wondering if I should just call this a podcast and be done with it? I chose not to drive to Knox and St. Mark’s this Sunday because the roads were a curling rink! The Highways Hotline said that travel […]

Filed Under: Pentecost, Sunday, Year B Tagged With: commandment, commandments, Jesus, law, preaching, sermon

2012/10/28 By Barry Leave a Comment

Ask and answer!

  This Sunday we revisited the notion of asking. The last time we talked about this we were in James, this time we are coming at it through the Gospel according to St. Mark. I have often been struck by the story of Bartimaeus, and not just because I saw my friend Brad play this […]

Filed Under: Pentecost, Sunday, Year B Tagged With: Pentecost 22, preaching, sermons

2012/10/21 By Barry Leave a Comment

“…not to be served but to serve…” Huh?

If there is a list of verbs that we don’t care for I suspect that that “serve” will be very high on the list. There is something about the notion of serving that just rubs us the wrong way. We find it very difficult to distinguish between “serve” and “servile”; some might even suggest that […]

Filed Under: Pentecost, Sunday, Year B

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