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2016/01/31 By Barry Leave a Comment

Not just a Beatles song

This Sunday we talked about love and how could “All you need is love” not go through my head? Well it couldn’t, it even infiltrated the sermon title, “Love is all we need.” So was this just a mushy sermon about how if we all love each other everything will be fine? Not exactly. The […]

Filed Under: Epiphany, Preaching, Sunday, Year C Tagged With: Beatles, giftedness, gifts, love, spiritual gifts

2016/01/24 By Barry Leave a Comment

One body

So why do you think Paul uses “body” as a metaphor for the church? There are several reasons I’m sure but I suspect one of the biggest ones is that “body” is something that is common to all of us. In today’s Epistle lesson, 1 Corinthians 12:12-31, Paul makes good use of the notion of […]

Filed Under: Epiphany, Preaching, Sunday, Year C Tagged With: body, body of Christ, community of faith, Dizzy Dean, gift, giftedness, Paul, preaching

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