How much peace have you made this week? What does it even mean to ‘make peace’? In the literal sense of the phrase, James is telling us that peace can be manufactured, constructed. But how?
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This week’s lectionary serves up some strange passages. The Gospel reading begins with Jesus saying, “Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood abide in me and I in them.” Just because we affirm this, do this, each communion Sunday doesn’t quite remove the ‘Ewww!’ factor in this passage!
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What is a miracle? I don’t know how I feel about miracles. On the one hand, I feel like most things that happen have a simple, logical explanation. On the other, I can’t picture moving through life without a constant feeling of wonder!
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Sometimes the truth hurts. How often do you avoid saying something, even when something needs to be said, because you don’t want to risk a friendship, a work situation, a family relationship? That’s what John the Baptist’s story is making me think about.
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If you are like me, you are carrying a lot right now. A lot of anxiety about the state of our nation. Concern for those in the path of war and violence. Stress about our planet, as a warming climate threatens more and more dramatic weather events. Money worries, health worries, worries about loved ones.
How often do we get placed into situations and expectations that are just not us? And how hard it is, then, to know and claim who we really are!
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Sunday will be special! First, it’s the ‘official’ kickoff to our Capital Campaign to ‘rebuild the walls’ (and, more particularly the roof!) of St. Paul & St. Andrew.
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