Tag: forgiveness
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Perfect
Reflections on Shuffle-Play Perfect By Pink I was so angry and I didn’t even know why. I was feeling jealous, competitive, spiteful, and impatient. I didn’t want to feel any of those things, but there they were in all their ugliness. I wanted so much for that friendship to heal – why couldn’t all those…
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What to do When You Just Can’t Get Along… (sermon – 9/10/17)
For the better part of two years, she didn’t speak to me. When I saw her at church or downtown, she pretended not to see me. She skipped the line to shake my hand after worship. I suppose I’m normal in that I hate conflict – I loathe it with the fire of a thousand…
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Forgiveness Is…
“The term “forgive” is literally “release.” To forgive is not to say that what has transpired does not matter. Rather, it is to say that the wrongs that have occurred no longer define the relationship. Forgiveness or “release” means that there can be a different future, which is not defined by the past.” – Craig…
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Ash Wednesday
There were a few chores I really enjoyed while growing up. Feeding the chickens and ducks was always fun, and hanging up the laundry on the clothesline was also something I never minded doing – but the one chore that my brother and I actually fought over getting to do was to carry the trash…
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This Is The Gospel of the Lord? (a sermon from 7/12/15)
Our gospel for today from Saint Mark is actually a flashback that Herod has when he hears of all the work that the disciples are doing in Jesus’ name. Some were saying the John the Baptist had been raised from the dead and Herod was thinking they might be right – and this is when…
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Maundy Thursday
In many ways, this is the darkest night of the church year. One could argue that Good Friday is darker and more solemn as it closes with Christ in the tomb, all hope lost – and yet, I would argue that it is this evening, Maundy Thursday, when the darkness presses in most deeply –…