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At the intersection of Sacred and Profane

2018/10/28

You don’t have to be blind

No one chooses to be blind. Well there was that one character in a middling-bad science fiction book who intentionally blinded himself to concentrate on science but a) he’s fictional; and, b) that’s dumb. But, does everyone choose to see? We are looking at the Gospel lesson for this Sunday, Mark 10:46-52, which is the […]

Article by Barry / Pentecost, Sunday, Year B / Bartimaeus, blind, blindness, healing, Mark, preaching, see, seeing, sermon Leave a Comment

2017/12/17

Why are we talking about joy again?

There is a short answer and a long answer to the question posed in this post’s title. The short answer is, it is the third Sunday of Advent which is the Sunday of Joy. The longer answer begins with a short answer and then an explanation. We are talking about joy again because we forget. […]

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2017/05/14

Yes, you can ask for directions

One of the more pervasive tropes in comedy is the man who will not ask directions. Like all tropes, to say nothing of cliches, it has kernel of truth. There are all sorts of men who feel their essential masculinity is called into question if they ask directions, I have never understood how getting and […]

Article by Barry / Easter, Preaching, Year A / directions, Jesus, Philip, preaching, questions, sermon, the Trinity, thomas, Trinity Leave a Comment

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