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At the intersection of Sacred and Profane

2019/05/05 By Barry Leave a Comment

Not just for Peter and Paul

We sometimes say we wish we could have the experiences of our biblical heroes. We want to be like Peter, or Paul, or John (one of my favourites). It is more than simple hero worship, we want the same experiences because we see the outcomes of their experiences. We read about Moses encountering the burning […]

Filed Under: Easter, Preaching, Sunday, Year C Tagged With: breakfast, encounter, fish, Paul, Peter, preaching, risen Christ, Saul

2018/01/21 By Barry Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Epiphany, Preaching, Sunday, Uncategorized, Year B Tagged With: Andrew, called, calling, disciples, fish, James, Jesus, John, Jonah, not fish, preaching, Simon, uncertainty

2016/07/24 By Barry Leave a Comment

Prayer

This week’s sermon title is “Let’s talk prayer” which means it could be preached virtually any Sunday 🙂 In this case, the Lectionary has us looking at Luke 11 where the so-called shorter Lord’s Prayer is found. The passage continues to verse 13 which means it includes a couple of Jesus’ funniest illustrations as well […]

Filed Under: Pentecost, Preaching, Sunday, Year C Tagged With: egg, fish, Lord's Prayer, persistence, pray, prayer, preaching, scorpion, snake, stone

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