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At the intersection of Sacred and Profane

2021/02/28

Is it a paradox?

So what is a paradox anyway? Well, this is one of the reasons God helped us invent dictionaries. I’m grateful to all those people who then put the dictionaries online. par·a·dox  (păr′ə-dŏks′)n. 1. A statement that seems to contradict itself but may nonetheless be true: the paradox that standing is more tiring than walking. 2. […]

Article by Barry / Lent, Preaching, Sunday, Year B / Lent 2, paradox, preaching 1 Comment

2019/03/17

I suppose St. Patrick could be an example

Today is St. Patrick’s Day and it will come as no surprise to anyone who knows me or reads this blog to be told I did not preach about St. Patrick at all and, in fact, did not mention him or the day at all. I don’t have anything against St. Patrick nor his “day” […]

Article by Barry / Lent, Preaching, Sunday, Year C / behaviour, behaviours, example, imitate, learn, Lent, Lent 2, Not St. Patrick's Day, preaching 1 Comment

2018/02/25

Promises

I think it is safe to say two things about promises. First, we all like them. Second, every one of us has had a broken promise (maybe we broke it, maybe the other party did). These two things work together to make us somewhat suspicious of promises. We are set up to like the idea […]

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