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Lent 3: Suffering is Common to All; but it does not have to define who we are
How have you been tested in your life? I know some of you or those you love have been diagnosed with cancers, or Alzheimer’s, with...
Church of the Incarnation
Mar 20, 20225 min read


Lent 2: Are you a Pharisee?
One of my favorite people I’ve encountered in the Church is now a Coptic Orthodox priest in Toronto. I met him initially because his...
Church of the Incarnation
Mar 13, 20224 min read


Maybe Freud was Right About Some Stuff: The Unconscious, Habits, Temptations and Transformation
In the beginning God created all things, including us, to be images of him in the world he made and so to remain in relationship with him...
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Mar 6, 20225 min read


Ashes to Ashes: What Shall Remain?
I’m going to summarize our Gospel lesson for this Ash Wednesday: Don’t use God to point to yourself, Jesus warns the disciples. Don’t...
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Mar 4, 20224 min read


Coming Down the Mountain of Bliss
One of the huge struggles I’ve had as a Christian is coming back down the mountain where I’ve seen Jesus transfigured before me. What I...
Church of the Incarnation
Mar 4, 20225 min read


Looking for Grace Where you Feel Most Comfortable? "Good luck with that," laughed God.
One day I was talking to one of my professors about not wanting to be a parish priest, as he and others were encouraging me to consider....
Church of the Incarnation
Mar 4, 20225 min read


Feeling Empty and Finding Abundance
How many of you, at any point in life, have found yourselves coming up empty? Empty maybe with respect to energy or motivation, or empty...
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Mar 4, 20225 min read


It's not about you: Love is Particular and Often Sacrificial
In our Gospel lesson from Luke today, we have the conclusion to Jesus going into the synagogue, unrolling the scrolls, and making a...
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Mar 4, 20225 min read


Laws and Limits to Autonomy. Yeah, that's the Gospel, Oh My
When you think of laws, what usually comes to mind for you? I tend to think of laws as rules that help order and govern a group of...
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Mar 4, 20226 min read


What is Marriage all About: signs, signs everywhere a sign
One of the things I’ve been encouraging folks to do this year when reading the Scriptures, is to seek the spiritual meaning of a passage....
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Mar 4, 20225 min read
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