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At the intersection of Sacred and Profane

2023/09/10

It all comes back to love

Long ago the Beatles sang, “All you need is love.” Even longer ago, St. Paul said, “. . . for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law.” (Romans 13:8b NRSV). I don’t think Lennon and/or McCartney were trying to paraphrase the apostle but they came up with a pretty good phrase nonetheless. I […]

Article by Barry / Pentecost, Preaching, Sunday, Year A / law, love, Matthew 18, Paul, preaching Leave a Comment

2023/05/14

Let’s think about love

Sometimes it’s a good thing to re-think what we think about significant things. This week’s texts led me to re-think what love might look like these days. We all know what love looks like at least in a lot of situations. I am especially interested in what it might mean to love people in our […]

Article by Barry / Easter, Preaching, Sunday, Year A / conversation, internet, Jesus, love, Paul, preaching, respect Leave a Comment

2022/05/01

Why talk about eating?

Eating. Eating is something we all do, maybe too much or too little but we all do it. Eating is something everyone in the Bible did too. If Jesus’ ministry was three years and he ate three meals a day (365 X 3 X 3 = 3285) he ate a lot of meals. So what? […]

Article by Barry / Easter, Preaching, Sunday, Year C / breakfast, Easter, eating, food, Jesus, Paul, preaching Leave a Comment

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