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Transfiguration
I love our reading from Exodus this morning. We hear about Moses going up on the mountain top to encounter God in all his power. How many...
Church of the Incarnation
Feb 22, 20235 min read


Laboring in Change and Decay; O Thou who changest not abide with me
I’ve been reading a book called, “Leaving Christianity: changing allegiances in Canada since 1945.” It looks at a breadth of statistical...
Church of the Incarnation
Jan 15, 20234 min read


God's Mission: the opposite of Despotic or Totalitarian Destruction
I’ve talked before about a book I’m reading on the origins of Totalitarianism: specifically, the regimes of Stalinist Russia and Hitler’s...
Church of the Incarnation
Jan 1, 20235 min read


God Does not Stand Far off from our Suffering but transforms reality by enduring it
This morning we have a second celebration of Jesus’s birth. But our readings today certainly take us in a more theological direction as...
Church of the Incarnation
Dec 25, 20225 min read


Christmas Eve: God comes into the world; right into the middle of our suffering. You are not alone.
We hear in our reading from Luke the most mundane description of the birth of this one promised by the angel. So mundane that it could...
Church of the Incarnation
Dec 24, 20225 min read


Advent 4: The Figures of Courage
Whenever we get to this reading about Joseph and Mary during Advent, I always have to take a step back and think carefully about their...
Church of the Incarnation
Dec 18, 20225 min read


The Third Candle Burns: Shame and Joy
I want to begin with a story about a boy named Thomas. He was a smart boy and so quite sensitive, as smart people often are. He was born...
Church of the Incarnation
Dec 11, 20225 min read


Advent 2
Imagine for a moment being a long-standing member of your faith community. You’ve been there your whole life. You know the ways, the...
Church of the Incarnation
Dec 8, 20225 min read


Judgment Day: Getting yourself out of the way so God's Word can be heard through you
Our reading from Malachi sums up the reading from 2nd Thessalonians and Luke well. So let’s hear it again: “See, the day is coming,...
Church of the Incarnation
Nov 13, 20225 min read


The Contingency of Marriage
If someone who had never been to church were to ask you what is so unique about the God that Christians believe in, how would you respond...
Church of the Incarnation
Nov 6, 20225 min read
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