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2018/07/01 By Barry Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Pentecost, Preaching, Sunday, Year B Tagged With: asleep, daughter, Frederick Buechner, healing, jairus, Jesus, little girl, Mark, preaching, resurrection, talitha cum

2018/04/15 By Barry Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Easter, Preaching, Sunday, Year B Tagged With: bodily resurrection, body, creation, neo-Platonism, Plato, Platonisn, preaching, resurrection, Richard Rohr

2017/04/16 By Barry Leave a Comment

Meaning can be tricky

It can be problematic admitting ignorance or asking some questions. Not in the sense that you are displaying ignorance and as such may be considered unlettered or unlearned. Rather, when you ask a question you can’t always predict exactly what your hearers might think you mean. I remember a long time ago I was leading […]

Filed Under: Easter, Preaching, Year A Tagged With: Easter, Easter Sunday, Passion, preaching, resurrection, Resurrection of our Lord, Resurrection of the Lord

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