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At the intersection of Sacred and Profane

2013/12/01

Happy New Year! Wait! What?

Happy New Year! No, I am not crazy, or at least no more than usual. This is the beginning of a new Church year. The liturgical calendar begins with the first Sunday of Advent and that is today, so Happy New Year! The four Sundays of Advent are there to help us prepare for Christmas. […]

Article by Barry / Advent, Preaching, Year A / advent, first sunday, happy new year, hope, preaching Leave a Comment

2013/11/24

Reign? What do you mean by that anyway?

We don’t talk about “reigns” very much anymore, other than indulging in Commonwealth angst about what will happen when Elizabeth II dies and Charles ascends the throne (just so you know, nothing will happen really). Most of us have no idea what it might be like to have a hands-on kind of monarch like in […]

Article by Barry / Pentecost, Preaching, Sunday, Year C / choice, Christ the King, freedom, monarchy, preaching, reign, Reign of Christ Leave a Comment

2013/11/03

What does change look like?

How is that for a completely non-provocative and almost banal question, “What does change look like?” But is it really banal in the sense that it is so drearily commonplace that it isn’t worth consideration? I don’t think that is the case. What I do think is that we have heard so much about change: […]

Article by Barry / Pentecost, Preaching, Sunday, Year C / change, growth, preaching, salvation Leave a Comment

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