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2022/02/06

Be careful when you try to explain things

We like explanations, or perhaps more correctly, we don’t like unexplained things. There is nothing wrong with this, of course, it is part of what makes us human. But what do we do when there is no explanation? This happens quite frequently when we read Scripture. There are many, many things we can’t explain especially […]

Article by Barry / Pentecost, Preaching, Sunday, Year C / Christ, miracles, preaching, visions Leave a Comment

2019/11/17

Two different sermons

In case you think this post’s title “Two different sermons” is some cutesy thing it isn’t. The Liturgical Sunday for today is the Twenty-Third Sunday after Pentecost but St. Mark’s is having a “Hanging of the Greens” service next Sunday so . . . The Knox Presbyterian Sunday is Pentecost 23 and the St. Mark’s […]

Article by Barry / Pentecost, Preaching, Sunday, Year C / 2 Thessalonians 3:6-13, Luke, preaching, Reign of Christ, two sermons, work Leave a Comment

2019/11/10

God of the living

Today was Remembrance Sunday, at least for us. There a a lot of ways one can go with Remembrance Sunday, it is complicated when it coincides with Remembrance Day but there are some givens regardless of the calendar date.  We observed two minutes of silence, which is a very long time for most of us. […]

Article by Barry / Pentecost, Preaching, Sunday, Year C / Allan, God of the living, Luke, memory, poppy, preaching, Remembrance Day, Remembrance Sunday Leave a Comment

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