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At the intersection of Sacred and Profane

2020/05/31 By Barry Leave a Comment

What does Pentecost have to do with today?

Pentecost is one of those days that can be tricky to handle. What is there to say about Pentecost that hasn’t been said a thousand times before. Is there anything to say about it other than maybe it is the birthday of the church, or tongues of fire are pretty cool, or even back then […]

Filed Under: Pentecost, Preaching, Sunday, Year A Tagged With: Acts 2, fire, holy spirit, Pentecost, preaching, spritual gifts

2014/05/11 By Barry Leave a Comment

Sheep, shepherd, they seem to come up a lot

Sheep and shepherd metaphors abound in the Bible. I’m not making any pronouncements but I have probably preached about anything that abounds in the Bible more than once and sheep and shepherds are certainly not an exception to this. So if I have preached about these before why not give in and preach about Mother’s […]

Filed Under: Easter, Preaching, Sunday, Uncategorized, Year A Tagged With: Acts 2, Great Shepherd, preaching, sheep, shepherd

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