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A Piece of Broiled Fish
A Lectionary Reflection for the people of Thankful Memorial Episcopal Church for worship from home, April 18, 2021 Year B, 3 Easter Acts 3:12-19Psalm 41 John 3:1-7Luke 24: 36b-48 In the name of the Father and of the Son and… Continue reading
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White-ish, Part II
A note to my readers: Some time ago, I published a blogpost in which I referred to myself as “sort of” white. I got an inordinate amount of feedback, both positive and negative, some just curious, some weirdly aggressive, about… Continue reading
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Ash: Part Two
A note to my readers: this post is the second part to another one, published at the very beginning of Lent. As I write this now, it is Good Friday. So much has happened in the wilderness in between. But… Continue reading
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The Trauma of the Empty Tomb
A Lectionary Reflection for the people of Thankful Memorial Episcopal Church for worship from home, April 4, 2021 Year B, Easter Day Acts 10:34-43Psalm 118:1-2, 14-241 Corinthians 15:1-11Mark 16:1-8 In the name of the Father and of the Son and… Continue reading
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Ash Wednesday: Mortality & Grace
A reflection on scripture for the people of Thankful Memorial Episcopal Church for worship from home, February 17, 2021, Ash Wednesday Isaiah 58:1-12Psalm 103:8-142 Corinthians 5:20b-6:10Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21 In the name of the Father and of the Son and of… Continue reading
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Don’t Put Jesus in the Freezer!
A Lectionary Reflection for the people of Thankful Memorial Episcopal Church for worship from home, February 14, 2021, Year B, Last Epiphany 2 Kings 2:1-12Psalm 50:1-62 Corinthians 4:3-6Mark 9:2-9 In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and… Continue reading
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Ash Part One
I was not expecting the holiness. The messiness, yes. I was expecting that. The time it took: these things always take a ridiculous amount of time, so I knew to set aside at least 90 minutes, maybe more. Mostly I… Continue reading
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Do Church
From the beginning of the pandemic, I decided to refrain from doing any sort of video recording for Sunday morning worship for my congregation. Thankful Church offers no livestreaming or pre-recorded liturgy for our congregants. Instead, for numerous reasons that… Continue reading
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Repent and Believe
A Lectionary Reflection for the people of Thankful Memorial Episcopal Church for worship from home, January 24, 2021, Year B, 3 Epiphany Jonah 3:1-5, 10Psalm 62:6-141 Corinthians 7:29-31Mark 1:14-20 In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and… Continue reading
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Caught Up
A Lectionary Reflection for the people of Thankful Memorial Episcopal Church for worship from home, January 17, 2021, Year B, 2 Epiphany 1 Samuel 3:1-20Psalm 139:1-5, 12-171 Corinthians 6:12-20John 1:43-51 In the name of the Father, and of the Son,… Continue reading
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