Saturday, December 19, 2015

Bethlehem, you think you're so small? (C4A)

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The Visitation shrine at my church, the pregnant Mary of Nazareth arriving to serve her kinswoman's needs. Just when I thought that...
Thursday, December 17, 2015

Second thoughts: Dancing in the darkness with God

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What I heard Sunday in the readings were those words, "in your midst," chiming out like a rhyme at the end of a song lyric. Fe...
Friday, December 11, 2015

What Should We Do? (C3A)

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Rejoice in the Lord always. I shall say it again: rejoice! Your kindness should be known to all. The Lord is near. A lot of people wh...
Tuesday, December 8, 2015

Second thoughts—(C2A) Baruch, God's mercy, and the dreary curse of a Pelagian Advent

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I haven't been able to get a recent session with James Alison out of my head, and it might be for a good  reason after all. I suspect th...
Thursday, December 3, 2015

The Advent joy of the gospel (C2A)

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We have a priest who occasionally chides people in church for looking so glum. This used to bother me, but more recently, while still wish...
Sunday, November 29, 2015

For you I wait all the day (C1A)

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Maybe it's just me, but one of my most often recurring thoughts is, "Waiting is overrated." Not all waiting is the same,...
Saturday, November 21, 2015

Bending toward the Most High (Christ the King, Year B)

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"Not like those of this world..." (Really???) I saw one like a "son of man" coming on the clouds of heaven. Blessed...