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At the intersection of Sacred and Profane

2020/01/09

Sean Kergan funeral message

Last Sunday I was honoured to officiate at the funeral of Sean Kergan. With the permission of the family I am posting the message (homily, meditation, whatever it is properly called) I gave. If you have lost someone you love or were close to—family, friend, co-worker—I hope this may prove a comfort to you.   […]

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2019/07/26

Rev. James Frost 1931-2019

The message below is the one I preached, or the meditation I shared, at the funeral of my father-in-law, Rev. James Frost. I hope it is a blessing to you. It was an honour to do it. Rev. James Frost Funeral message Blessings,

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2017/04/02

The last thing to talk about

Photo credit: Rueben J. Murray We don’t like talking about death. We don’t have to like talking about it. Unfortunately, there are some times where we simply cannot avoid it. This Sunday the Lectionary has us in the first part of John 11, the story of Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead. The other Lectionary […]

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