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At the intersection of Sacred and Profane

2019/09/15

Who’s looking for you?

Have you ever been lost? I have. I have been lost more times than I like to remember. In fact, I’ve been lost so often I suspect sometimes I haven’t even known I was lost. It isn’t all bad. My complete inability to deal with North, South, East, and West most of the time played […]

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2019/03/31

Lost things

 Every three years I have the opportunity to override the Lectionary and preach on something dear to me. I realize I can override the Lectionary any Sunday I choose but this Sunday, the fourth Sunday in Lent for Year C, I almost feel I have to. The Gospel lesson in the Lectionary is Luke 15:1-3, […]

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2013/09/15

Stop being so binary!

I like logical fallacies. Well, let me clarify. I don’t like “doing” logical fallacies. I like recognizing them and knowing that they have names and cool things like that. Heather is much better at identifying logical fallacies when they pop up, as they do so often in public discourse, but I find my fair share. […]

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