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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

2020/09/20

An annoying story

I know, I know . . . I even say it in the sermon, we really aren’t “allowed” to be annoyed or irritated by stories in the Bible. But c’mon, the story about the landowner with the vineyard and his HR practices can be really annoying. There is something in Jesus’ story in Matthew 20 […]

Article by Barry / Pentecost, Preaching, Sunday, Year A / annoyance, fair, fairness, gifts, grace, irritation, justice, landowner, parable, preaching, vineyard, work Leave a Comment

2020/07/09

Stress Leave 4 – What a mixture

I was reflecting this morning (July 8) on how life is so often a mixture of good and bad, what we want and what we would never choose. July 8 is one of those days where this idea is very much at the forefront of my mind, perhaps especially this year. July 8, 1990 was the […]

Article by Barry / Other thoughts / grandkids, insurance companies, kids, leave, rest, stress, work Leave a Comment

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