Thursday, June 28, 2012

The Crone Report

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In recent months I've been grappling with the fact that I am about to turn 60. I handled 50 just fine. 60, however, feels like all those...
Sunday, June 24, 2012

Sermon for Sunday, June 24, 2012 (Pentecost IV) 1 Samuel 17: (1a, 4-11, 19-23), 32-49/ Mark 4:35-41 “Trust”

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The bride and groom, still tired from the emotional pitch of the wedding the day before, were on the darkened airplane. As is so often...
Saturday, June 23, 2012

...and for your viewing pleasure...

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  ...an albino squirrel getting a drink from the birdbath in our back yard this morning. A lovely bold creature!

Saturday Miscellany

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Having spent the past week up in Alexandria at VTS for some continuing ed, I am way behind on a whole bunch of stuff. I just finished the se...
Sunday, June 17, 2012

Sermon for Sunday, June 17, 2012 Pentecost III/Father’s Day/Baptisms Mark 4:25-34 “The God of Possibilities”

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A few weeks ago, we celebrated Mother’s Day, and the children who were in the Sunday School planted lovely little petunias in buckets ...
Friday, June 15, 2012

Friday meanderings

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Lots of good stuff going on right now, but there just aren't enough hours in the day. A wedding of two delightful young people on Sat...
Sunday, June 10, 2012

Sermon for Sunday, June 10, 2012 Pentecost II Mark 3:20-35 “Structures”

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We human beings love to build structures that we define as “normal.” We do this so that we can feel like we are in control of our worl...
Sunday, June 03, 2012

Sermon for Trinity Sunday, June 3, 2012 “It Ain’t Me, Lord”

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If there is one word that can link all three of the Scripture passages that we have heard on this Trinity Sunday, it is this: confusio...