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2020/11/08 By Barry Leave a Comment

Remembering and choosing

Today was Remembrance Sunday. Not every church or denomination observes Remembrance Sunday, usually the Sunday before November 11, and I have no quarrel with choosing not to when it is a well thought out position. I am glad to be part of a denomination and two congregations who think it is important. The only “special” […]

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2019/11/10 By Barry Leave a Comment

God of the living

Today was Remembrance Sunday, at least for us. There a a lot of ways one can go with Remembrance Sunday, it is complicated when it coincides with Remembrance Day but there are some givens regardless of the calendar date.  We observed two minutes of silence, which is a very long time for most of us. […]

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2017/11/12 By Barry Leave a Comment

Memory and hope

This is the Sunday closest to Remembrance Day and as such we had some moments of remembrance in the service. As I specifically mention in at least one of the sermons, I don’t preach on secular calendar events. There is nothing wrong with those events but we are Revised Common Lectionary churches and it is […]

Filed Under: Pentecost, Preaching, Sunday, Year A Tagged With: 1 Thessalonians, grief, grieve, grieving, memory, Paul, remember, Remembrance Day

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