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21st Sunday after Pentecost (Lectionary 29), Year CSunday, October 21, 2007 Genesis 32:22–31 Luke 18:1–8 Grace to you and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.  Amen. God has made you a promise.God has made me a promise.God has made us – not just individually, but collectively, the whole church – aContinue reading “Let Us Pray”

16th Sunday after the Pentecost (Lectionary 24)Sunday, September 16, 2007Luke 15:1-10note: first sermon at my internship site Grace to you and peace, from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ.Amen. When my stepmother was growing up in heavily Italian, heavily Roman Catholic South Philadelphia,The priest at St. Mary Magdalen de Pazzi, at 7th andContinue reading “Grace for Grumblers”

The Baptism of our Lord, Year ASunday, January 13, 2008 Grace to you and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.  Amen. I can tell when something is really important to Cana, my 1 year-old daughter.Though she doesn’t yet have words, she has grunts.And if she’s trying to get my attention –Continue reading “Comfort and Courage”

Second Sunday in Lent, Year AFebruary 17, 2008 Grace to you and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.  Amen. John 3:8 – “The wind blows where it chooses, and you hear the sound of it,but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes.” You don’t need aContinue reading “Knowing – and not knowing – God”

Ash Wednesday, Year A Wednesday, February 6, 2008 Grace to you and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.  Amen. Ring around the rosies,     pocket full of posies,     ashes, ashes, we all fall down. What images come to mind when you hear this nursery rhyme? Children holding handsContinue reading “Ashes, Ashes, We All Fall Down – Ash Wednesday 2008”