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The Wedding Robe of Grace
By now you’re probably aware that Jesus’s parables have a much deeper meaning than the literal story you read or hear. Today we have a...
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Oct 16, 20234 min read


Empty Hands and the Bread of Life
Let me cut right to the chase here. The real miracle that we hear about in our Gospel reading this morning isn’t that Jesus was able to...
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Aug 7, 20233 min read


Selling all we have stored up so that we might receive all that matters
“Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we ought, but that very Holy Spirit intercedes with...
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Jul 30, 20234 min read


On Judgment: the wheat and the weeds
In the Western tradition, following Augustine, the parable of the wheat and the weeds has been applied to the church -- what Augustine...
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Jul 23, 20234 min read


Struggle, humility and hope
The other week I was talking to a colleague of mine who had served in parishes that either closed shortly after he left, or that he had...
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Jun 18, 20234 min read


The Law
In our reading from Romans this morning we hear Paul say that the promise that Abraham would inherit the world did not come through the...
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Jun 11, 20234 min read


Who is God?
I like our Gospel reading this morning because it makes my job easy! Dear Christians: as you have received the love of God in your own...
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Jun 4, 20235 min read


Your God given gifts are for the common good
I was a strange kid in that I wasn’t overly interested in kid stuff, except sports, and even those were like training grounds and...
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May 28, 20234 min read


Why Does Jesus Ascend?
I remember my first Ascension Sunday at church followed by a Bible study where I got to ask questions of my priest. I came to church with...
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May 21, 20234 min read


God the Spirit leads us in God the Christ to God the Father: A Gift of Recapitulation (thx Irenaeus)
Last week I told you that I’m not a big fan of street preachers because they start from a place of contempt rather than love. Yes, they...
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May 14, 20234 min read
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