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At the intersection of Sacred and Profane

2022/04/17

Thanksgiving?

So why am I talking about thanksgiving? You note there is a lower case “t” in the last sentence but there is a strongly implied upper cast “T.” Hadley and I used to work with a number of college students back in the 90s and early 00s. College students can almost always be convinced to […]

Article by Barry / Easter, Preaching, Sunday, Year C / Easter, Easter Sunday, preaching, resurrection, thankfulness, thanksgiving Leave a Comment

2018/07/01

A story about a father

Happy birthday Canada! You are looking pretty good for 151. This Sunday coincided with Canada Day so we sang the national anthem at both services but I look at Canada Day much like Mothers and Fathers days, if the texts don’t take me toward it, well, that’s fine. All that to say, this Sunday’s sermons […]

Article by Barry / Pentecost, Preaching, Sunday, Year B / asleep, daughter, Frederick Buechner, healing, jairus, Jesus, little girl, Mark, preaching, resurrection, talitha cum Leave a Comment

2018/04/15

Resurrection revisited

 I almost titled this post “Resurrection revisited, now with less neo-Platonism” but decided not to, let me know in the comments if that was a good or bad idea. Much of my thinking in this area has been shaped by Richard Rohr and a remark in one of his devotionals really struck home. His history […]

Article by Barry / Easter, Preaching, Sunday, Year B / bodily resurrection, body, creation, neo-Platonism, Plato, Platonisn, preaching, resurrection, Richard Rohr Leave a Comment

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