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At the intersection of Sacred and Profane

2021/01/24 By Barry Leave a Comment

Why bother?

One of the questions we often find ourselves asking is “Why bother?” why bother doing the dishes/laundry, they will just get dirty again why bother doing the right thing, no one notices or cares These are question we might find ourselves asking. As questions go they aren’t so bad because we know the answer. We […]

Filed Under: Epiphany, Preaching, Sunday, Year B Tagged With: Jonah, Nineveh, preaching, why, why bother?

2018/01/21 By Barry Leave a Comment

Not really about fish

 It is virtually impossible to have the book of Jonah show up in the Lectionary and not think of fish. It is even more difficult to get away from fish when the Gospel lesson involves Jesus calling some of his followers away from their vocation as people who fished for a living. However, neither of […]

Filed Under: Epiphany, Preaching, Sunday, Uncategorized, Year B Tagged With: Andrew, called, calling, disciples, fish, James, Jesus, John, Jonah, not fish, preaching, Simon, uncertainty

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