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At the intersection of Sacred and Profane

2023/03/26

Death and life

We usually say “Life and death.” It is so ingrained I even titled my sermon, “Life and death” and then go on to say I got it wrong. I would have been much better off using the title of this post. I think life before death makes sense when we are looking linearly at life […]

Article by Barry / Lent, Preaching, Sunday, Year A / death, Lent, lent 5, life, life to death, preaching Leave a Comment

2014/08/17

Out of left field

“Out of left field.” “That came out of nowhere.” “I never would have predicted that!” These are just a small sampling of phrases that we can use when something catches us off guard or something doesn’t do what we are expecting. Sometimes a catastrophe comes out of nowhere, sometimes a delightful surprise comes our way, […]

Article by Barry / Pentecost, Preaching, Sunday, Year A / "bad", "good", blessing, death, God's respect for people, life, loss, miscarriage, preaching, surprise Leave a Comment

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