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Sword of empire or sword of Christ

November 11, 2013 1 Comment

[Martin of Tours] worked tirelessly to establish justice and compassion throughout his diocese. The date of his consecration, July 4, Independence Day, is perhaps a chance coincidence, or perhaps a synchronicity, which along with his commemoration on the anniversary of his death (Veterans Day, Nov. 11), calls us to care for veterans better and to rely, as did Martin, on the sword of Christ instead of empire for our security.

The dinner party

November 10, 2013 1 Comment

You can just see our host in this story trying to quietly eat his dinner, thinking, “My God, whatever possessed me to invite these people! How do I get them out of my house?”

Walking on water

November 9, 2013 No Comments

Prodigal cat

November 8, 2013 2 Comments

by Linda Ryan One of my boys went walkabout for a bit this morning. I had held the door open for just a few seconds

Good listening

November 7, 2013 No Comments

After this the Lord appointed seventy others and sent them on ahead of him in pairs to every town and place where he himself intended

Baseball: lessons in faith

November 6, 2013 No Comments

by Maria L. Evans “Give me a fresh vision of your love, that I may find again what I fear I have lost.”–from the prayer

Just words

November 5, 2013 No Comments

Luke 20: 27-38 The whole 20th Chapter of Luke is taken up with Jesus confounding the scribes, the Sadducees and Pharisees as they each try

Beer to Attract Church Members? No.
To Celebrate God’s Grace? Yes.

November 3, 2013 5 Comments

by Win Bassett NPR published a story this morning with the headline, Twitter followers remarked that she thought the headline misled readers. “The story is

Making the invisible visible

November 3, 2013 No Comments

I can remember decades ago, cruising down the grocery aisles, adding things up in my head as I went, making sure I didn’t go over the amount of money I had with me, or had budgeted for the trip to the store. It was not unusual for me to go to the store with a fistful of coupons, either, in those days. How did I get from that to my present state of grocery-cluelessness?

All Souls

November 2, 2013 No Comments

Psalm 130 or Psalm 116:10-17 Wisdom 3:1-9 or Isaiah 25:6-9 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 or 1 Corinthians 15:50-58 John 5:24-27 We die three deaths: the first

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