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At the intersection of Sacred and Profane

2019/12/29

Look back, but not in anger

 This is the last Sunday before the New Year and it seems a good time to take a look back . . . but why? What do we hope to accomplish by looking backwards? Aren’t we supposed to be living in the moment? How does looking backward work with mindfulness? First and foremost, let’s not […]

Article by Barry / Christmas, Preaching, Sunday, Year A / day by day, Hebrews, history, Isaiah, look back, mindfulness, preaching Leave a Comment

2019/03/24

Looking back but not in anger

The actual sermon title is “Looking back” so how could I come up with any other blog post title. There is nothing wrong with looking back, in the same way there is nothing wrong with looking forward. We get into trouble when we try to live in either the past or the future. This Sunday, […]

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2018/06/24

Not dry at all

I love history. The two sermons makes it pretty clear I love history. There was a time when I was planning on being a professional historian, assuming that’s a real job, but things went in a different direction. I am frustrated there are so many eras in human history I know nothing about. But that’s […]

Article by Barry / Pentecost, Preaching, Sunday, Year B / 135, anniversary, David, David and Goliath, history, our history, Paul, personal history, preaching Leave a Comment

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