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At the intersection of Sacred and Profane

2019/11/03

Who gets called

I have been enjoying putting myself into biblical stories lately. Well, maybe “enjoying” isn’t the exact word because it isn’t always enjoyable, even when it is very valuable. I don’t do it very well. I find it difficult to imagine myself into these stories, or any stories for that matter. I don’t know if it […]

Article by Barry / Pentecost, Preaching, Sunday, Year C / being called, call, calling, Jesus, judgementalism, Luke, preaching, who is called?, Zacchaeus Leave a Comment

2019/02/10

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 […]

Article by Barry / Epiphany, Preaching, Sunday, Year C / call, called, calling, fishers of people, Isaiah, Paul, Peter, preaching, Simon Peter Leave a Comment

2018/01/21

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 […]

Article by Barry / Epiphany, Preaching, Sunday, Uncategorized, Year B / Andrew, called, calling, disciples, fish, James, Jesus, John, Jonah, not fish, preaching, Simon, uncertainty Leave a Comment

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