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At the intersection of Sacred and Profane

2020/09/27

Sons, vineyards, and Presbyterians Sharing

This Sunday is Presbyterians Sharing Sunday and it is a Sunday set aside to remember we are part of something larger than our individual Presbyterian congregations. If you are reading this and are not a Presbyterian but a member/adherent/attender in another denomination I am sure everything will be perfectly familiar to you, if under a […]

Article by Barry / Pentecost, Preaching, Sunday, Year A / giving, ministry, parable, preaching, Presbyterians Sharing, sons, vineyard Leave a Comment

2019/09/29

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 […]

Article by Barry / Pentecost, Preaching, Sunday, Year C / contentment, enough, giving, Paul, preaching, Presbyterians Sharing, Timothy Leave a Comment

2015/06/28

Let’s talk giving. No really, let’s.

There are some topics that preachers aren’t supposed to touch and giving is at least two of them. Tempting as it is to say that I don’t really know why, I do know why. Money is a touchy topic almost everywhere; the church is no exception. For better or worse, and mostly worse, there is […]

Article by Barry / Pentecost, Sunday, Year B / 2 Corinthians, charity, Corinth, give, giving, Paul, preaching, St. Paul, willingness Leave a Comment

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