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At the intersection of Sacred and Profane

2022/06/05

It’s Pentecost!

The Day of Pentecost is two things. First, it is the birth of the Christian church. Admittedly, the church that began then was considerably different than the church we see now but they are connected in an unbroken chain. Second, it was a new manifestation of the Holy Spirit. It was a new manifestation, not […]

Article by Barry / Pentecost, Preaching, Sunday, Uncategorized, Year C / church, holy spirit, Pentecost, preaching Leave a Comment

2022/05/22

A gift

I have never met a person who hates gifts. I have met a lot of people who don’t always like all the stuff around gift giving–the expectations, disappointments, forced gratitude–but the idea of “gift” is okay. We often don’t know what to do with gifts and that’s even more likely when we don’t see a […]

Article by Barry / Easter, Preaching, Sunday, Year C / gift, holy spirit, Jesus, preaching Leave a Comment

2022/05/15

In or out . . . who knows?

Virtually every human being wants to be part of a group. There are people who prefer solitude above everything else, but they are very much in the minority. We want to know we are “in.” There is not much wrong with the desire to be included but we cannot lose sight of the reality for […]

Article by Barry / Easter, Preaching, Sunday, Year C / in or out, Peter, preaching, St. Peter Leave a Comment

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