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At the intersection of Sacred and Profane

2020/11/22 By Barry Leave a Comment

Serving the King

Christ the King Sunday is the last Sunday in the liturgical year. It doesn’t lead, at least not always, to the kind of introspection December 31st can. This year it led me to think about what it means to serve a monarch. If we are thinking in terms of a “traditional” monarch, an historical king […]

Filed Under: Pentecost, Preaching, Sunday, Year A Tagged With: Christ the King, Ephesians, king, monarch, preaching, queen, Reign of Christ, serving

2015/10/18 By Barry Leave a Comment

Service

The notion of “service” is one that is very difficult for our culture to resonate with. It could be that we keep hearing about the “service industry” and it is one we disdain. It could be the generalized irritation we have with “service calls” that will be done sometime between 8:00 AM and 2:00 PM […]

Filed Under: Pentecost, Preaching, Sunday, Year B Tagged With: becoming like Christ, becoming the person you were created to be, Christology, Jesus, preaching, servant, service, serving

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