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“Alleluia!”

When our “Alleluias” sound more like belaboured yawns than jubilant exclamations, what does this say about our worship? Continue reading

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Taped Prayer

A bible study group decided to pray for the children of the parish; one name each, for a month. Continue reading

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Using our Senses

I hope that I learn, grow, and respond to the presence of Christ in touch, sound, taste, smell, and hearing. Continue reading

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Your Church DOES That?!

The Good News is in our church, and it’s our call to share that good news with the world. Continue reading

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Resurrection 2

Resurrection 2 : Preaching doubt in post-modernity: In this wild ride of following the risen Christ, are you hanging on with both hands? Continue reading

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Jesus Wants a Party

That’s right. Jesus wants us to party. It is Easter after all. This is not a dry day of solemn introspection. Rather, Easter is the day where the community of faith is called into being – where we are called to joyously fill the sky with our shouts of praise. Continue reading

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“Let my prayer be set forth in your sight as incense”

May we all have a peaceful, prayerful, and meaningful Holy Week; may we all journey forward upheld in prayer. Continue reading

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“Crucify Him!”

The fact is, in distancing ourselves from crucifixion cries we distance ourselves from the cross. We stand removed and apart from it. The refusal to join in with the cry of the crowd brings within it a sense of faulty pride, by which we self-righteously assert that we have no role in the crucifixion story. Continue reading

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It’s fine to be not fine.

It’s OK to not be OK. It’s OK to not know what to do. It doesn’t mean you are weak or faithless. It doesn’t mean that God is turning his back on you. It means you are human. Continue reading

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Pray for me

When asked to pray, I do: at home with candle lighted, in hospitals, in prisons, in pews, in the produce section of the grocery store. A recent circumstance had me asking for prayers, and it renewed my appreciation of – and intentionality towards – what it means when I am asked to pray for others. Continue reading

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