Tag Archives: sin

The Hour is Coming

Posted on April 7, 2014 by jimq2012

Yesterday morning before Children’s Chapel, anticipating the weeks ahead, a lay leader for the service asked, “How do we talk to young children about the crucifixion?  What do we tell them?” This morning, while driving back from a kennel in Maryland … Continue reading →

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Good Friday

Posted on March 29, 2013 by matthewhanisian

“Then he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.” John 19:30b And in that single moment, the course of our human existence changed.  The sin-filled path we had been dashing headlong down, since that monumental “crunch” as Adam and … Continue reading →

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On Sale Today: Ashes

Posted on February 13, 2013 by jimq2012

In New Orleans I lived in a house that was located two blocks from a very popular Mardi Gras parade route (a New Orleanian would ask, “Is there such thing as an unpopular parade route?”)  The house was on a … Continue reading →

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Searched and Known

Posted on October 12, 2012 by matthewhanisian

I have said in a previous Daily Cup that I love the Book of Psalms.  I love them because they cover such a wide variety of emotions.  I love them because they are, as a whole, one giant prayer to … Continue reading →

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Hey, Today is St. Matthew’s Day

Posted on September 21, 2012 by matthewhanisian

Perhaps not surprisingly, in my ordained life, I’ve been asked several times: “Doesn’t it seem weird when you are reading the gospel in church to say, ‘…from the gospel according to Matthew’?”  Or, “don’t you want to sometimes say, ‘…from … Continue reading →

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Exhaltation of the Holy Cross

Posted on September 14, 2012 by matthewhanisian

Today in the life of the church we celebrate not a person so much as a thing: the cross.  The liturgical color for today is red, the color for martyrs.  We celebrate the Holy Cross today because back in 335 … Continue reading →

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