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At the intersection of Sacred and Profane

2019/05/05 By Barry Leave a Comment

Not just for Peter and Paul

We sometimes say we wish we could have the experiences of our biblical heroes. We want to be like Peter, or Paul, or John (one of my favourites). It is more than simple hero worship, we want the same experiences because we see the outcomes of their experiences. We read about Moses encountering the burning […]

Filed Under: Easter, Preaching, Sunday, Year C Tagged With: breakfast, encounter, fish, Paul, Peter, preaching, risen Christ, Saul

2019/02/10 By Barry Leave a Comment

Called?

This Sunday’s texts are linked together, at least somewhat, by three different stories about what it means to be called, or more properly, “called.” This is more than getting a phone call or a text to come over and hang out. The calls we looked at today are the calls God makes to people. There […]

Filed Under: Epiphany, Preaching, Sunday, Year C Tagged With: call, called, calling, fishers of people, Isaiah, Paul, Peter, preaching, Simon Peter

2017/02/26 By Barry Leave a Comment

Mountaintop experiences

 Scripture has several stories that revolve around things happening at the top of a mountain. The Lectionary talks about two such stories this Sunday, one in the Old Testament and one in the New. In Exodus we read about Moses spending days and days on a mountain with God. In Matthew we read about Jesus, […]

Filed Under: Epiphany, Preaching, Sunday, Year A Tagged With: James, Jesus, John, Moses, mountains, mountaintop, Peter, preaching, Transfiguration

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