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Continue reading →: Persistence over Perfection
Have you ever written an elevator pitch? In case it’s a term that’s unfamiliar to you, an elevator pitch is a short, memorable description of an organization, a service, or an initiative. The elevator pitch should cover what something is and either why it is important or what the return…
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Continue reading →: Dangerous Answers
As wonderful as the lectionary is, sometimes it starts or ends in the middle of a story and we may not know the context around it. This is the case this week when we see the chief priests and elders asking Jesus by what authority he was doing these things.…
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Continue reading →: Abundant Life
“Very truly, I tell you, I am the gate for the sheep. All who came before me are thieves and bandits; but the sheep did not listen to them. I am the gate. Whoever enters by me will be saved, and will come in and go out and find pasture.…
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Continue reading →: The Messy Middle
There are some Sundays when it can be hard to see a throughline in the appointed readings and some Sundays it seems to scream it at you. This is one of those Sundays when a single concept just jumps out at you, and the concept is bodies—the frailty of the…
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Continue reading →: Raise an Alleluia
Today is the last Sunday after the Epiphany or the last Sunday before Lent begins on Wednesday. In the cycle of the church year, things will change a bit. Vestment colors change, the words of our liturgy adapt a bit. But I think the thing that catches us the most,…
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Continue reading →: Head and Heart
You are the light of the world. You are the salt of the Earth. These are lines from one of the more well-known parables of Jesus. But, my core memory or feeling when I hear this story is Godspell. Yup, the musical. I went to a performing arts high school…
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Continue reading →: The Work of Our Baptism
Have you ever needed to explain something to someone that just seemed obvious. Or explain the “why” of something that you’ve known and understood for most of your life. Have you then needed to describe that shared experience to someone who has a similar depth, but perhaps a different relationship…
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Continue reading →: Rejoice. Rejoice Always
A few weeks ago I mentioned that I love the rhythm of the church year. And with that love of the church year comes a love of the cyclical reading of the lectionary. But every once in a while, the church year and the readings seem to be having a…
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Continue reading →: A Season of Intentionality
I love the wisdom of the church year. The continual cycle we find ourselves in year after year century after century. To be perfectly fair, the church doesn’t have a monopoly on marking the passage of time. In a few short weeks we will be welcoming in a new calendar…
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Continue reading →: A Christian Call to Civility
Growing up, my family stressed the importance of niceness and good manners. Something I heard frequently was “If you can’t say anything nice, don’t say anything at all.” The Pharisee we hear about this morning, did not seem to get similar lessons. He’s praying to God, while also using it…
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