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At the intersection of Sacred and Profane

2023/06/18

Hospitality and laughter

As I was getting ready for this Sunday’s sermon I found myself going back again to the Old Testament lesson. In this story we see Abraham providing hospitality, with Sarah’s help of course, and Sarah laughing. I was hoping to connect the two of them and I’m not convinced I did. Please let me know […]

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2022/07/17

Who was that?

Psychology has taught us all sorts of interesting things and one of the ones at the top of my mind at the moment is the concept of “priming.” This is the reason after you buy a new/different car you seem to see the same make and model “everywhere” when you never saw them before. It […]

Article by Barry / Pentecost, Preaching, Sunday, Year C / Abraham, hospitality, preaching, primed, priming Leave a Comment

2019/09/01

Why ask why?

Asking questions seems to be fundamental to the human experience. I seem to recall my developmental psychology professor telling the class pre-schoolers can ask more than four hundred “Why” questions a day; a statistic I can easily believe. Being asked questions can be irritating but it can also be illuminating. When someone asks you why […]

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