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At the intersection of Sacred and Profane

2019/10/06 By Barry Leave a Comment

Not ashamed

Shame. Embarrassment. These are not words we like applied to us. I have never met anyone who wants to feel ashamed. I have met many people who have gone to the most extraordinary lengths to avoid it. Paul in his second letter to Timothy¹ writes to say “Do not be ashamed” (2 Timothy 1:8a NRSV). […]

Filed Under: Pentecost, Preaching, Sunday, Year C Tagged With: ashamed, love, Paul, power, preaching, self-discipline, shame, timid, timidity, Timothy

2018/06/03 By Barry Leave a Comment

Paradox, another visit

So last week we talked about mystery and this week we are talking about paradox. As I mentioned in at least one of the sermons, this is not a course on how to think. Although, if we all end up thinking better than we did before I’ll call that a double win. Being a follower […]

Filed Under: Pentecost, Preaching, Sunday, Year B Tagged With: paradox, power, preaching, small, upside down, weak, weakness

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