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At the intersection of Sacred and Profane

2019/05/05

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 […]

Article by Barry / Easter, Preaching, Sunday, Year C / breakfast, encounter, fish, Paul, Peter, preaching, risen Christ, Saul Leave a Comment

2018/01/21

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 […]

Article by Barry / Epiphany, Preaching, Sunday, Uncategorized, Year B / Andrew, called, calling, disciples, fish, James, Jesus, John, Jonah, not fish, preaching, Simon, uncertainty Leave a Comment

2016/07/24

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 […]

Article by Barry / Pentecost, Preaching, Sunday, Year C / egg, fish, Lord's Prayer, persistence, pray, prayer, preaching, scorpion, snake, stone Leave a Comment

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