Monthly Archives: July 2013

Exuberant joy

I was so captivated by this picture in the Washington Post last Saturday that I just have to share it with you. This is partly because with the decline in the readership of newspapers it is more likely than not … Continue reading

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Patience and Perfection

After church yesterday I had a delightful talk with a parishioner. The conversation was related to one of the questions I raised when preaching:  “Why does Jesus seem to be so demanding in regard to the exercise of faith in … Continue reading

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A few weeks ago, I went to hear Collum McCann read from his new book, Transatlantic. I had first read McCann’s Let the Great World Spin, and it had driven me to find more of his books, each distinctive, lyrical, and challenging. So … Continue reading

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There are 10 kinds of people; ….

….those who understand binary and those who don’t. A little computer geek humor there; sorry. But even though I know that 10 is two in binary, it always means ten to me when I first see it and until I … Continue reading

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Indicative, Imperative or both?

Golly I’ve been thinking a lot since yesterday’s sermon.  Of course, there were three services yesterday and each time what we shared as preacher and congregation was different but the heart of the question (ha!) was the same:  What’s the … Continue reading

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