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A Sword Shall Pierce Your Own Soul
Photo by Nils Chittenden by the Rev. Jessie Vedanti Luke 2:25–35 Simeon, a man whose only credentials were his piety, was ready to face death knowing God had provided a savior. The Holy Spirit rested...
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The Gift of Discernment
by Zack Nyein Matthew 13:47-52 As a newly minted postulant for the priesthood in the Episcopal Church, the word “discernment” carries a lot of baggage. I think about the discernment process, my...
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Time to Act and Time to Wait
Photo by Nils Chittenden by Rachel Jones Acts 17:22-31 Saying someone has the spiritual gift of discernment is a short way of saying that they are good at helping people make hard decisions and...
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Enemies to Love
by the Rev. Jonathan Melton Luke 19:28-40 “After Jesus had said this, he went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem” (Lk 19:28) The “this” that Jesus said, before he went on ahead, up to Jerusalem, is the...
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Poured Out
Photo taken in 1968 behind the Sierra Leone Museum in Freetown by John Atherton by Jamie Osborne John 12:1-11 I think there is a tendency to characterize Jesus more like a superhero rather than a...
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Wisdom and Folly
By Adam Pike 1 Corinthians 1:18-31 In today’s reading, Paul describes God’s wisdom not as a virtuous trait, or a well of knowledge built by experience and time. Rather, it is a living thing,...
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Beloved
By Charles McClain Philippians 4:1-13 “Finally, beloved, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is pleasing, whatever is commendable, if there is any...
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Service and Sacrifice
The end results of a baking lesson Grace gave at the Mission to Migrant Workers in Hong Kong (2012) By Grace Flint John 13:1-17, 31b-35 Image Caption: The end results of a baking lesson Grace gave at...
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Being Peter
Two young women testify on behalf of immigration reform in the form of the Dream Act at General Convention 2012 By Hershey Mallette John 18:1-19:42 Image Caption: Two young women testify on behalf of...
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From quiet into rejoicing
Thank you for walking this Lenten road with us. We pray that it has lifted, strengthened, and challenged you. We hope you have found, wisdom, insight and some piece of your own reflection as a child of...
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