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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

2015/02/01

Some things are hard

I know that the title of this blog post is one that could be taken several ways. I hasten to add that this is not a “tell-all” post where I relate things that are going on in my life that are hard (I’m not promising that I won’t write such a post in the future, […]

Article by Barry / Epiphany, Preaching, Sunday, Year B / easy, following Jesus, hard, impossible, preaching Leave a Comment

2014/07/12

Yokes

I don’t know if I have ever been this late in putting up a blog post but there is a first time for everything I suppose. The past week was unusually busy with doctors, “procedures” and scamper camp on top of the usual work and life. Not that I’m making excuses, this is just the […]

Article by Barry / Pentecost, Sunday, Uncategorized, Year A / burden, easy, preaching, work, yoke Leave a Comment

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