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At the intersection of Sacred and Profane

2019/09/29 By Barry Leave a Comment

Contentment and giving

 Contentment is a tricky word. For some people, the connotations of contentment include a fatalistic “settling” for what is and giving up on anything else or anything better. I hasten to point out, this is not what is meant by contentment, especially not when Paul uses it in 2 Timothy. Contentment isn’t settling for what […]

Filed Under: Pentecost, Preaching, Sunday, Year C Tagged With: contentment, enough, giving, Paul, preaching, Presbyterians Sharing, Timothy

2019/08/04 By Barry Leave a Comment

How much is enough?

How much is enough? If you are an exasperated parent, “enough” is usually enough. If you are a hoarder, there is never enough Our texts for this Sunday give us a couple of perspectives on possessions; one pessimistic and one optimistic. The interesting thing about these two perspectives is they are both wrong. As anyone […]

Filed Under: Pentecost, Preaching, Sunday, Year C Tagged With: Ecclesiastes, enough, parable, possession, possessions, preaching, Rich Fool, stuff

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