Thursday, February 28, 2013

Reluctant Prophets and Cheap Grace

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When I first arrived at seminary in 1992, the school did many typical, orientation-type activities to help incoming students get to know o...
Wednesday, February 27, 2013

In Need of Healing

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The line has long struck me. Jesus encounters an invalid who is lying by a pool purported to have healing powers when its waters are ...
Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Give Me a Sign

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"Now this was the second sign that Jesus did after coming from Judea to Galilee." So ends today's gospel reading.  This sign...
Monday, February 25, 2013

Astonished by Jesus

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In today's gospel, we hear the tail end of the story of Jesus' encounter with a Samaritan woman at a well. We enter the story as t...
Sunday, February 24, 2013

Preaching Thoughts on a Non-Preaching Sunday

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It's a line filled with angst. "Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are ...
Thursday, February 21, 2013

Light, Truth, and Roaches

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I can never read today's gospel without thinking of roaches. The rainbow haired guy with the John 3:16 sign may occur to me as well, b...
Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Sequestration, Church, and Call

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Perhaps it's because I live "inside the Beltway" near DC, but sequestration is big, front-page news around here. The newspap...
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Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Religious Marketplaces

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Today's gospel story of Jesus "cleansing the Temple" is often understood in simplistic, black and white terms. Those selling...

Sermon video: Since You Are a Child of God...

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Sunday, February 17, 2013

Sermon: Since You Are a Child of God...

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Luke 4:1-13 Since You Are a Child of God… James Sledge          Service of Healing and Wholeness           February 17, 2013 I...
Thursday, February 14, 2013

Set Apart for a Reason

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The word "holy" is a strange one. In popular speech it rarely refers to anything good.  It's used as a general exclamation. ...
Wednesday, February 13, 2013

And Also Many Animals

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I have always loved the book of Jonah, and I especially enjoy its ending, and unanswered question. The final phrase, "and also many a...