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At the intersection of Sacred and Profane

2016/07/03

What is the opposite of faith?

 There is something essentially human about taking the easy way. It is such a part of being human that we have turned it into a vice. What once was a path to efficiency and minimizing effort has become something to be avoided. There are very few of us who haven’t heard some variation on “don’t […]

Article by Barry / Pentecost, Preaching, Sunday, Year C / Aram, doubt, doubts, easy, faith, leper, leprosy, Naaman, preaching Leave a Comment

2016/04/03

Just another way we are all human

Doubt. There are so many things that all people have in common; doubt is simply one more. One of the things I point out in both sermons is that doubt is part of the normal human condition. Being completely convinced of everything at all times is not the sign of good mental health. We see […]

Article by Barry / Easter, Preaching, Sunday, Year C / doubt, Doubting Thomas, human condition, preaching, we all doubt Leave a Comment

2014/04/27

I doubt that. Wait! What?

Doubt. Doubts. We all have them. We might doubt that our employer cares about our future. We might doubt that our friends actually like us. We might doubt that the government is honest and serves us. We can even have doubts about God. Do these doubts make us bad people? It is all too easy […]

Article by Barry / Easter, Preaching, Sunday, Year A / concern, doubt, Doubting Thomas, doubts, preaching, relief, worry Leave a Comment

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