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Good News in the Wilderness. Sermons and Reflections on the Episcopal Church. Welcomed Back into Holy Space, a Holy Place. May 9, 2016 by preacher1. Yesterday morning for the first time in a very long time I put on a blue Oxford shirt rather than a black clergy shirt. Pat and I then drove over to a place that holds memories for both of us: the church on Kent Island where I spent the first four years of my ordained ministry. If so, how? What about their welcome makes me want to be a part of THIS world?
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March | 2015 | Good News in the Wilderness
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Good News in the Wilderness. Sermons and Reflections on the Episcopal Church. Archive for March, 2015. To Suffer, To Be Transformed by Carrying Your Cross. On March 1, 2015 Leave a Comment. Lent II: Mark 8:31-38. If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake, and for the sake of the gospel, will save it. Are we Christians crazy? Yet if we had been paying clos...
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May | 2015 | Good News in the Wilderness
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Good News in the Wilderness. Sermons and Reflections on the Episcopal Church. Archive for May, 2015. The Branches Growing on the Vine–the Real Vine. On May 3, 2015 1 Comment. My Father is glorified by this, that you bear much fruit and become my disciples. Why does Jesus use this metaphor about a vine? Jesus wants us to understand what it means to be a Christ-follower. Jesus says that God is the vine-grower. The gardener. Jesus is the true the authentic, the. Him, remain part of him, abide. Him We branch...
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October | 2014 | Good News in the Wilderness
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Good News in the Wilderness. Sermons and Reflections on the Episcopal Church. Archive for October, 2014. How to Rejoice In a World Without Joy. On October 12, 2014 Leave a Comment. Rejoice in the Lord always; again, I say, Rejoice! Because Paul calls them by name (he rarely names people with whom he disagrees) and speaks warmly of their work for the gospel. Can they practice their Christian beliefs not because of, but in spite of challenges and worries? Just as critical a question is this one: can we, he...
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Pillars of the Earth and Prayers | Good News in the Wilderness
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Good News in the Wilderness. Sermons and Reflections on the Episcopal Church. Laquo; The Branches Growing on the Vine–the Real Vine. The Boots of the Tramping Warriors. . .The Jesus Shoes of Peace. Pillars of the Earth and Prayers. June 5, 2015 by preacher1. For many years, my spiritual disciplines have included daily morning Bible reading, prayer, and journaling. As I have noted before, I love following. Forward Day by Day. In Luke (Luke 1:39-57.). You probably knew about Ken Follett’s novel. Of course ...
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“Stir Up the Spirit” | Good News in the Wilderness
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Good News in the Wilderness. Sermons and Reflections on the Episcopal Church. Laquo; Ash Wednesday. To Suffer, To Be Transformed by Carrying Your Cross. 8220;Stir Up the Spirit”. March 1, 2015 by preacher1. Address to EDOW ECW on Saturday, March 1, 2015. Theme: Stir Up the Spirit 2 Timothy 1:6-7, 9a. The apostle Paul is no dummy, is he? We are losing the grandmothers of our faith. She looked at me and smiled. Sheila, she replied, We ARE the grandmothers now. We have become the grandmothers. Frankly, her ...
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April | 2015 | Good News in the Wilderness
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Good News in the Wilderness. Sermons and Reflections on the Episcopal Church. Archive for April, 2015. From Terror and Amazement to Resurrection Joy. On April 6, 2015 1 Comment. If this empty tomb and this angel mean that he is alive, then where is Jesus? Trembling and astonished, the women run away, out of the cemetery, away from that empty tomb. You and I are rational 21. Century human beings. We like a good mystery, a cliff-hanger. But by the end of the movie or book, we want all the loose end...In re...
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November | 2014 | Good News in the Wilderness
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Good News in the Wilderness. Sermons and Reflections on the Episcopal Church. Archive for November, 2014. 8220;Blessed Lord, who caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning. . .”. On November 17, 2014 Leave a Comment. What is a COLLECT? Emphasis on first syllable) is a word that signifies the summing up of the prayers of all the individual people who have come together to pray and worship together. In other words, a COL-lect. Emphasis on second syllable) the prayers. The. Collect of the Day.
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Ash Wednesday | Good News in the Wilderness
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Good News in the Wilderness. Sermons and Reflections on the Episcopal Church. Laquo; “Blessed Lord, who caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning. . .”. 8220;Stir Up the Spirit”. February 20, 2015 by preacher1. Almighty and everlasting God, you hate nothing you have made and forgive the sins of all who are penitent: Create and make in us new and contrite hearts. . . From Collect for Ash Wednesday). The Rule of Benedict: A Spirituality for the 21. I am dust and ashes. And yet, for me t...
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February | 2015 | Good News in the Wilderness
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Good News in the Wilderness. Sermons and Reflections on the Episcopal Church. Archive for February, 2015. On February 20, 2015 Leave a Comment. Almighty and everlasting God, you hate nothing you have made and forgive the sins of all who are penitent: Create and make in us new and contrite hearts. . . From Collect for Ash Wednesday). A while back, I began to read a nightly devotion from Sr. Joan Chittister’s book entitled. The Rule of Benedict: A Spirituality for the 21. I am dust and ashes. And yet, ...