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At the intersection of Sacred and Profane

2019/06/16 By Barry Leave a Comment

Another one!

Today is Trinity Sunday which is another of those Sundays which happens every year. The texts are different from year to year but it is still Trinity Sunday, just like last Sunday was Pentecost. So what does one, in this case what do me, have to say this year? I’m glad I am not under […]

Filed Under: Pentecost, Sunday, Year C Tagged With: father, holy spirit, preaching, relationality, relationships, Son, Trinity

2018/05/06 By Barry Leave a Comment

Let’s talk friends

Friend. One of the most powerful and evocative words in the language. I have never encountered anyone who says they have too many friends, in this case Facebook friends do not count. We love the friends we have. We want to have friends. So what do we do with Jesus saying in John 15 where […]

Filed Under: Easter, Preaching, Sunday, Year B Tagged With: friend, friendship, Jesus, preaching, relationship, relationships

2018/03/04 By Barry Leave a Comment

The Ten Commandments revisited

It has been a long time since I spent any real time thinking about the Ten Commandments. I’m not indifferent to them or anything like that, they just haven’t come up lately. I was doing some reading about the Lectionary texts, an act which I have noticed is becoming more common this year, and something […]

Filed Under: Lent, Preaching, Sunday, Year B Tagged With: 10 commandments, commandments, community, God, Lent, Lent 3, personal, preaching, relationship, relationships, Ten Commandments

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