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At the intersection of Sacred and Profane

2020/05/24 By Barry Leave a Comment

Does knowing the future matter?

We all think we want to know the future. We think if we knew the future we could avoid unpleasant experiences, prepare for things better, win lotteries, etc., etc., etc. But do we really want to know the future? Do we really want that much responsibility? For that matter, would knowing the future really help? […]

Filed Under: Easter, Preaching, Sunday, Year A Tagged With: foretelling, future, holy spirit, Jesus, preaching, prophecy, spiritual gifts

2020/04/26 By Barry Leave a Comment

Which “blind” are we talking about?

Who wants to talk about blindness? Not very many people and I can’t say that I blame anyone particularly. As someone who has worn glasses all my consci0us life blindness is a touch too close to my lived experience for me to be really happy talking about it. But, sometimes it comes up and talking […]

Filed Under: Easter, Sunday, Year A Tagged With: blind, blindness, Emmaus, Emmaus road, preaching, spiritual gifts

2019/01/27 By Barry Leave a Comment

One body for all of us

It is good to be back. I was hoping to be back last week but the weather was sufficiently threatening to prevent us from going, us in this case being Heather and me. This week was Heather and me as I am still not able to drive, hopefully by next week but I must say […]

Filed Under: Epiphany, Preaching, Sunday, Year C Tagged With: 1 Corinthians, body, body of Christ, community of faith, gifts, preaching, spiritual gifts, St. Paul

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