Always Looking, But Do We Really See?
As we move closer and closer to Easter, Lent continues doing its work of preparing us for the Paschal mystery. The Great Vigil of Easter...
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- Feb 26
- 7 min
The Blessings of Temptation
Lent is this season where we spend a lot of time talking about how we’re preparing for Easter. For many people, Lent has often been cast...
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- Feb 12
- 5 min
The Courage to Risk It All in Trust
Today’s readings are a beautifully-assembled collection of passages from holy scripture. Each of them has something important to say to...
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- Jan 22
- 5 min
Is it me? Am I the drama?
In every circumstance, we Christians are meant to be listening for and discerning God’s call to us. Like any relationship, genuinely...
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- Jan 1
- 4 min
Names that Change
Being given a name is an important moment in our lives. Every culture I’m aware of has a way of marking this occasion, The appropriate...
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- Dec 4, 2022
- 3 min
Presence, Absence, and the Call of John the Baptist
This Advent, I have been thinking and praying very much about darkness and light. This has led me to many interesting conversations and...
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- Nov 20, 2022
- 4 min
And Who Shall Wear the Starry Crown?
Early Christians—our many-greats grandparents in the faith—were a laughing stock. To live within the bounds of the Roman Empire meant to...
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- Nov 5, 2022
- 6 min
Living in Faith, Hope, and Love
To be a Christian is to live in relationship. There is no way, even for the most dedicated, ascetic of hermits, to be an entirely...
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- Nov 1, 2022
- 4 min
When the Ordinary Becomes the Extraordinary
So often, when we speak of saints, the image that we are presented with is some version of a super-Christian. Someone who lived in such a...
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- Oct 30, 2022
- 4 min
We Love the Place, O God
An entire day to mark and celebrate the church building seems like an odd thing in an era when, so often, we hear sermons and see slogans...
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- Oct 2, 2022
- 4 min
A Pilgrim Band on the Path of the Cross
All of today’s readings speak of the necessity of faith, the demand that we submit ourselves to God’s will, and the hardships that this...
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- Sep 25, 2022
- 4 min
With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility: Lazarus and the Rich Man
Today’s gospel passage about the rich man and Lazarus opens in precisely the same way as last week’s passage about the rich man and the...
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- Sep 18, 2022
- 6 min
By Any Other Name, Would Smell As Foul
This parable about the dishonest manager is no easy thing to wrestle with. We could probably spend several hours talking about it, verse...
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- Sep 14, 2022
- 3 min
Horror Becomes Beauty, Death Becomes Life
Today we celebrate the Feast of the Holy Cross. This day commemorates the cross on which Jesus Christ was crucified and died. Today also...
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- Sep 11, 2022
- 5 min
Gather and Welcome In the Lost
In just the first few words of this Gospel passage, we are shown something extraordinary, even miraculous, about Jesus. “All the tax...
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- Sep 4, 2022
- 5 min
Counting the Cost of Discipleship
Jesus is headed to Jerusalem and knows that the Crucifixion lies before him. The crowd believes he will head a new empire and looks...
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- Aug 15, 2022
- 4 min
Who is She to Me?
St Mary is, by a long stretch, the most well-known, recognizable, and beloved of Christian saints. This has been true since the early...
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- Aug 14, 2022
- 6 min
A Costly Peace
With today’s passage from Luke’s telling of the Gospel it feels rather like we’ve all gotten lost and wandered into Advent in midsummer,...
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- May 15, 2022
- 7 min
Seasons of Love
At the beginning of today’s liturgy, we started with a hymn about some of the reasons why Jesus came down the first time. At the end of...
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- Apr 10, 2022
- 8 min
All For Love's Sake
One of the first conversations that God has with humanity is this one in the garden. It’s about what the relationship between God and the...
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