Category Archives: Sermon Reflections

Raise Your Voices

Posted on May 6, 2013 by

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Ash Wednesday and Tarot Night

Posted on February 13, 2013 by

Isaiah 58:6-7 Is not this the fast that I choose: to loose the bonds of injustice, to undo the thongs of the yoke, to let the oppressed go free, and to break every yoke? Is it not to share your bread with the hungry, and … Continue reading →

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Knowing the Other

Posted on April 27, 2012 by

Your Teacher Eats with Tax Collectors and Sinners: You, Cornerstone and the Mission of ACU Richard Beck is an experimental theologian/psychologist who I came across earlier today after finding his article on the Hufflepuff House in Harry Potter. I then … Continue reading →

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Lent 2012: Day Forty-Five – Good Friday

Posted on April 6, 2012 by

Luke 23:46: Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit.  A three hour devotion in Church today, for The Seven Words from the Cross of Our Lord Jesus Christ: Forgiveness: Father forgive them, for they know not what they do. (Luke 23:34) Salvation: Truly … Continue reading →

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Lent 2012: Day Two

Posted on February 23, 2012 by

Luke 9:23 Then he said to them all, ‘If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me. Last night at the 8pm service, Fr David preached a wonderful sermon about … Continue reading →

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The Value of Silence

Posted on February 18, 2012 by

A friend of mine from London sent me a book in October called Amazing Grace: A Vocabulary of Faith by Kathleen Norris. I’ve been dipping in and out of it since, and remembered this afternoon that she had written a … Continue reading →

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Communion

Posted on February 14, 2012 by

Glanced to the back cover of “A Margin of Silence” to see a description of the Anglican Communion: …one of the ‘instruments of communion’ which holds Anglicans in ‘bonds of affection’… I’m afraid we haven’t seen a lot of that … Continue reading →

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Reclaiming Holiness

Posted on December 17, 2011 by

“The Church must be merciful. Jesus occupied the temple, and chased out the robbers and the thieves, and reclaimed the holiness of the Church.” It’s not Santa Clause’s shopping day. It’s the celebration of Jesus’ birth. May we remember the … Continue reading →

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Peace and Mercy

Posted on October 10, 2011 by

I’ve been looking back this evening on Archbishop Rowan William’s sermon on Sunday, where he preached to the Anglicans in Zimbabwe. A strong, powerful, great message which I recommend a look at it to all my readers. Click here for … Continue reading →

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The Beauty of People

Posted on September 28, 2011 by

Continuing in my research of the different religions (and denominations) I today heard Pastor Robert Rutherford (a Universalist) talking about what his belief in God meant to him, and what he thought of humanity. Robert: This a $100 dollar bill. … Continue reading →

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