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At the intersection of Sacred and Profane

2019/03/17

I suppose St. Patrick could be an example

Today is St. Patrick’s Day and it will come as no surprise to anyone who knows me or reads this blog to be told I did not preach about St. Patrick at all and, in fact, did not mention him or the day at all. I don’t have anything against St. Patrick nor his “day” […]

Article by Barry / Lent, Preaching, Sunday, Year C / behaviour, behaviours, example, imitate, learn, Lent, Lent 2, Not St. Patrick's Day, preaching 1 Comment

2016/07/31

Not another list

We love lists. We love to see where we fit when we have answered a list of questions. Bring these two things together and we might have a problem with Colossians 3:1-11, the epistle lesson for today. Paul provides a list of behaviours that we should not engage in and there is an all too […]

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2016/06/26

One law is enough

 This Sunday we talked about laws and law. There is something fundamentally human about the need to make laws or rules and something equally fundamentally human about trying to circumvent those laws or rules. I wonder if this second tendency is the source of Paul’s observation in Romans 5:20 “But law came in, with the […]

Article by Barry / Pentecost, Preaching, Sunday, Year C / behavior, behaviour, grace, holy spirit, law, laws, love, neighbor, neighbour, preaching Leave a Comment

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