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At the intersection of Sacred and Profane

2023/05/21

What does a “little while” mean?

What does a “little while” mean anyway? Peter in his first letter talks about a “little while” in the context of the early church’s suffering and that it will end in that amount of time. I can’t recall what the best estimate for when Peter wrote the letter but it is more than a thousand […]

Article by Barry / Easter, Preaching, Sunday, Year A / Jesus, Peter, preaching, spiritual gifts, work Leave a Comment

2022/01/16

Miracles and/or gifts?

So what would you rather have a gift or the ability to perform miracles? It is a peculiar question to be sure but there is a reason to ask it. The New Testament readings in the Lectionary this week are the very well-known story of Jesus turning water into wine at a wedding—a miracle—and Paul […]

Article by Barry / Epiphany, Preaching, Sunday, Year C / gifts, Jesus, Mary, miracles, Paul, preaching, spiritual gifts, wedding, wine Leave a Comment

2021/09/26

What do you mean by share?

We all know we are supposed to share.* We even do it at least now and then but today is Presbyterians Sharing Sunday for the Presbyterian Church in Canada so it is worth taking a closer look at what this might mean. Presbyterians Sharing is the name of the combined efforts of Presbyterians all across […]

Article by Barry / Pentecost, Preaching, Sunday, Year B / preaching, Presbyterians Sharing, share, sharing, spiritual gifts Leave a Comment

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