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At the intersection of Sacred and Profane

2021/01/03

January 3, 2021 Second Sunday after Christmas Day

Scripture Psalm 147:12-20 Jeremiah 31:7-14 Ephesians 1:3-14 John 1:1-18 Hymns Standing at the portal O little town of Bethlehem Oh come, all ye faithful What child is this On Christmas night all Christians sing Sermon Let us begin

Article by Barry / Lectionary / Christmas 2, Year B Leave a Comment

2017/12/03

Happy new year!

Yes, you read the title correctly, Happy new year! It is a new church year. The Lectionary year begins with the first Sunday of Advent, the Sunday of Hope. This year I was reminded, as I did some reading of Walter Brueggemann, of the both/and nature of Advent. We are “in between” the two Advents […]

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2012/08/05

Who gets hurt by sin?

Well I finally preached a sermon, or sermons, on sin. There is such a resistance to even the word “sin” but it really isn’t all that scary a word. What I was trying to do today is to help us to see that sin is never victim-less; there is the concept of victim-less crimes but […]

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