Rev Mibi

Sunday, February 28, 2010

Today's Sermon: Luke 13:31-35 “Fixing It”

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The Pharisees weren’t particularly known for their love of Jesus. The gospels are full of stories painting the Pharisees, the religio...
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Friday, February 26, 2010

Friday Five: Winter Olympics Edition

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Songbird brings us a fun Friday Five from the RevGalsBlogPals: 1) Which of the Winter Olympic sports is your favorite to watch? I love to ...
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Yes, I've been busy...

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As I mentioned a few days ago, stuff is going on which must remain unblogged for a bit longer. So be patient, dear friends. All will be reve...
Sunday, February 21, 2010

Today’s Sermon: Luke 4:1-13: “Temptations”

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I struggle with the idea of real devils, like the one we hear about in today’s Gospel. I know, though, that evil is real. I see it in the pi...
Saturday, February 20, 2010

Stuff

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Stuff is happening. Good stuff. Can't tell you yet. I'll keep you posted. Please keep praying for PH and me in the midst of the stuf...
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Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Sermon for Ash Wednesday, February 17, 2010 Matt 6:1-6,16-21 “Mark of the Work”

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We’ve been in the process of calling a new vicar here at Saint Middle School and that's gotten me thinking about how we evaluate candida...
Thursday, February 11, 2010

Snowpocalypse, Snowmagdeddon, Icechaton, snowverkill, SnOMG

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And the nicknames - and curses - continue as we continue to dig out of the latest of our blizzards here in Your Nation's Capital. PH and...
Tuesday, February 09, 2010

Prayers

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Please pray for the repose of the soul of PH's uncle Rueben. He died this morning at the age of 70. He is the first of that generation t...
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Sunday, February 07, 2010

An Interesting Experiment

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We were snowed out of church today, both the normal 10 am service and the contingency plan 2 pm service. I hate to do that, but the roads ar...

Today's Sermon: Jer. Isaiah 6:1-8. Luke 5:1-11 "Out in Deep Waters"

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I am, at heart, a pretty shy person. You may not think so, because I become an extrovert every Sunday morning – you bring out the outgoi...
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Saturday, February 06, 2010

Snowmageddon

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We've got 20+ inches so far, and it is still coming down hard and fast. No church tomorrow morning. I suspect we will have no church in...
Friday, February 05, 2010

Staving Off the Gloom: Friday Five

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Sally offers us a RevGals Friday Five on surviving in the midst of winter: 1. Exercise, what do you do if you can't face getting out int...
Sunday, January 31, 2010

Snow Day Sunday

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We ended up cancelling today's service at Saint Middle School. A nasty snow storm yesterday, an unplowed parking lot down the hill in fr...
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Saturday, January 30, 2010

Today's Sermon - Jer. 1:4-10 and Luke 4:21-30 “Come to your Senses”

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Come to your senses! Can you not see? Can you not hear? Can you not speak? The Old Testament reading and the Gospel today share a c...

Snowy Saturday

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It is snowing here. It started about 8 this morning, and at this point we have maybe three inches out there. It will continue until nighttim...
Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Mad Dash

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I am madly trying to get way too many things done prior to my departure for our Diocesan Council tomorrow after lunch. I did manage to compl...
Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Amazed

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at the generosity of folks in the midst of hard times at the possibilities at the creativity that the Holy Spirit brings when I need it at t...
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Sunday, January 24, 2010

Yeah, sometimes it's like that...

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Nephew Update, Etcetera

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Peter is doing better. They have moved him to an in-patient rehab facility, where he will stay for the coming week. If things go well, he wi...
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Friday, January 22, 2010

Today's Sermon 1 Cor 12:12-31a "Not Limitations, but Possibilities"

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Our vestry was on retreat yesterday at the white Church down the road. It was a productive and spirit-filled day – folks worked hard, en...
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mibi52/ The Rev. Dr. Mary Brennan Thorpe
Richmond, VA, United States
A second (actually fifth) career Episcopal priest, I am serving as Director of Transition Ministry in the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia. I help parishes find priests and priests find new calls.How did a RC convent girl with a Teamster shop-steward dad end up here? Married to Pastoral Husband, AKA PH, an ordained minister and full-time pastoral counselor. Three kids from the prior marriage: Strong Opinions, artistic 30 y.o. girl trying on the world for size, Stonemason, 32 y.o. guy working with his hands in the North Country, Litigator, highly verbal 34 y.o. with aspirations to be the next Michael Moore. Two stepsons, 4 step grandkids, a cat. Way too many books.Well, there are never too many books...
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