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At the intersection of Sacred and Profane

2022/01/09

Reflecting on necessity

There are some things I wonder about every year. For example, in a few months, I’ll be wondering how I got this old. But this is Words From the Middle, not miscellaneous wonderings so . . . Every year we have The Baptism of the Lord Sunday and every year I find myself thinking about […]

Article by Barry / Epiphany, Preaching, Sunday, Year C / baptism, Jesus, John the Baptist, necessary?, necessity, preaching 1 Comment

2021/01/10

Baptized, but why?

The Baptism of the Lord Sunday is one of the recurring Sundays in the church year. I don’t mind recurring Sundays. I feel there is real value in looking again at something familiar . . . but actually looking at it. Regardless of all that I was wondering what I was going to say about […]

Article by Barry / Epiphany, Preaching, Sunday, Year B / baptism, Baptism of the Lord, preaching, water Leave a Comment

2018/01/07

Why did Jesus get baptized?

As I have mentioned more than once before, one of the most aggravating things about following the Lectionary is having to go over the same thing every year; also, one of the best things about the Lectionary is going over the same thing every year. Seems I’m a little conflicted. The aggravation comes from the […]

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