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At the intersection of Sacred and Profane

2021/08/15

What would you ask for?

It seems to take some of us quite a while to learn that if we don’t ask for what we need, we probably won’t ever get it. This makes sense in children who are trying to figure out how the world works but it makes less sense when you are well into adulthood and still […]

Article by Barry / Pentecost, Preaching, Sunday, Year B / ask, preaching, Solomon, wisdom 1 Comment

2018/08/19

Let’s talk wisdom

Wisdom is one of those tricky words. It is frequently conflated with cleverness or even pragmatism and it really isn’t related to either of those. We are talking about wisdom today because our Old Testament lesson, about Solomon, and our Epistle lesson, Paul telling to live wise rather than unwise lives, are very much thematically […]

Article by Barry / Pentecost, Preaching, Sunday, Year B / Ephesians, Paul, preaching, Solomon, vision, wisdom Leave a Comment

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