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At the intersection of Sacred and Profane

2021/06/06

Do we actually know what we want?

PLEASE NOTE: our house suffered a brief power failure in the middle of the sermon so you will hear a break, then a few words from me about it, and then the sermon continues. My apologies for the jolt. There is something essentially human of wanting and NOT wanting to wait for it. It is […]

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2017/02/12

Choices, choices, choices

 It is good to be back after a couple of Sundays away. Three fifths of our family were very unexpectedly given the opportunity to spend a week in Cuba and, not being ninnies, we took it. We had a lovely time with some other family members who were there with us and the Cuban people […]

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2015/09/20

Not a wise guy, just wise

As I was thinking about the Lectionary texts for this Sunday, wisdom kept coming to the forefront of my mind and attention. Wisdom is one of those things that we all want. Interestingly, it is also one of the few words that hasn’t been debased by popular use—with the possible exception of the use in […]

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