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At the intersection of Sacred and Profane

2021/08/29

How to define “religion”?

Dictionaries are usually considered terrible places to go for theological or spiritual definitions and this is another case. The picture of all the dictionaries was chosen because I like books, including dictionaries, and I own at least two of the books pictured. So if I’m not going to go to a dictionary for a definition […]

Article by Barry / Pentecost, Preaching, Sunday, Year B / definition, James, preaching, religion, true religion Leave a Comment

2018/09/02

Now we’re talking religion

I know, I know, I know. The two things you are never supposed to talk about are money and religion. I’m not sure what I have to say about money that anyone might want to hear but I do have a few things to say about religion. Interestingly, the older I get the fewer things […]

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2012/09/02

Religion or true religion?

This Sunday I made a superficial attempt to rehabilitate the words “religion” and “religious” from their negative connotations. I say superficial because what I actually wanted to do is to remind all of us what “true” religion actually is. James has some very explicit instructions about how we are to behave and a counter-cultural definition […]

Article by Barry / Pentecost, Sunday, Uncategorized, Year B / Pentecost 14, preaching, religion, religious, sermon, true religion Leave a Comment

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