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At the intersection of Sacred and Profane

2019/02/10 By Barry Leave a Comment

Called?

This Sunday’s texts are linked together, at least somewhat, by three different stories about what it means to be called, or more properly, “called.” This is more than getting a phone call or a text to come over and hang out. The calls we looked at today are the calls God makes to people. There […]

Filed Under: Epiphany, Preaching, Sunday, Year C Tagged With: call, called, calling, fishers of people, Isaiah, Paul, Peter, preaching, Simon Peter

2018/01/21 By Barry Leave a Comment

Not really about fish

 It is virtually impossible to have the book of Jonah show up in the Lectionary and not think of fish. It is even more difficult to get away from fish when the Gospel lesson involves Jesus calling some of his followers away from their vocation as people who fished for a living. However, neither of […]

Filed Under: Epiphany, Preaching, Sunday, Uncategorized, Year B Tagged With: Andrew, called, calling, disciples, fish, James, Jesus, John, Jonah, not fish, preaching, Simon, uncertainty

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