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Church of the Incarnation
Dec 24, 20234 min read
That God, in Jesus Christ, became one of us
Like most of you, I was taught and conditioned to see everything through the lens that insisted on a particular narrative: that power,...
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Church of the Incarnation
Dec 24, 20235 min read
Advent 4: To be made one through the Womb of Adoption
When I first read 2 Samuel where God asks about the house to be built for him, but then says, “Moreover the LORD declares to you that the...
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Church of the Incarnation
Dec 17, 20235 min read
Advent 3: When things are falling apart and won't get better
What would you say is the greatest barrier to Christians fulfilling the Great Commission to go out and share the Good News that Jesus...
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Church of the Incarnation
Dec 10, 20234 min read
Advent 2: Calamities that burn away self-righteous chaff
I want to share with you an entry from my journal during Advent one year while I was working on my PhD. I was serving in a parish, a...
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Church of the Incarnation
Dec 3, 20234 min read
Advent 1: Waiting is not being passive. It is courageous acts of enduring hope
When I was about six years old we spent Christmas at my grandparent’s house. I was NOT happy. I had a pretty strict routine for Christmas...
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Church of the Incarnation
Nov 26, 20234 min read
Jesus is not a personal comforter
If Jesus were to present himself in front of you right now and ask you: “who do people say that I am,” how would you respond? Who do the...
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Church of the Incarnation
Nov 12, 20234 min read
Oil is the love of God we allow to pour through our actions
Last week John Kane invited us to a Rotary Club presentation at the North York senior’s Centre to which Earle and I went. The...
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Church of the Incarnation
Nov 8, 20234 min read
Peace and Humility in the face of Injustice
Do you know where you were when you heard about or saw planes crash into the WTC buildings? I do. I was at home, in Raleigh, NC, getting...
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Church of the Incarnation
Oct 30, 20234 min read
Death, Grief, Humility and God's Love
As most of you know I had surgery in early August and spent about 8 weeks recovering. I was pretty lucky during this time because I got...
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Church of the Incarnation
Oct 22, 20233 min read
A Baptism Homily: in His Image we are made
This morning we’re gathered here once again to worship God as we usually do Sunday mornings. But this particular Sunday, we’ve got the...
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