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8 Pentecost

7/30/2017

There is a lot in the world that I cannot control … all I have to do is read the headlines or watch the evening news to be convinced of that. But what is in my control are the choices I make. I can choose to live into the madness of a world that is caught up in winning at all costs … divisions and bigotry … anxiety and fear. Or I can choose to do my small part for sanity by affirming my faith at ground level and being a faithful choice-maker. For me, faith isn’t about exercising control … faith is about making choices.

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7 Pentecost

7/23/2017

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This morning we heard Jesus tell a parable about a man who sowed a crop of “good seed” in his field, only to have his enemy come during the night and sow weeds alongside the good seed. And last week we heard another parable about sowing seeds … some landing in rocks, some in thin soil, some in thorns and some in good soil. That reading … which immediately precedes this one … includes the verse, “And he spoke to them in parables.” During this summer we will hear other parables, and other stories from the Gospel of Matthew … it is Matthew’s turn in the rotation of the lectionary readings.

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5 Pentecost

7/9/2017

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Last week I mentioned that I had written a sermon about Abraham and his almost sacrifice of his beloved son Isaac. This isn't that sermon, but it is about the long arc of a family story that begins with Abraham and Sarah. Last week we heard about Abraham's almost sacrifice of Isaac. Isaac wasn't killed by his father. He grew up. And in this morning’s reading from Genesis we heard how Rebekah became Isaac’s wife. These are just part of the epic saga we are reading week after week this summer. Unfortunately, it is like reading Cliff’s Notes of the Book of Genesis only one page at a time, and then separated by a week before the next page is read.

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4 Pentecost - Independence Day

7/2/2017

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On Tuesday, the Fourth of July, after the people of St. Cyprian’s have shared a hot dog picnic dinner with the homeless in our area, there will be grand fireworks over the Oldest City in America as we celebrate the nation’s 241st birthday … the anniversary of the date when the Declaration of Independence was adopted by the Second Continental Congress. For almost two-and-a-half centuries we have been an experiment in democracy … a nation governed by her people. The people who founded this nation were people of faith, and 241 years later faith is still prominent in the discussions about our government. But in a nation with a growing diversity of faith opinions, what role does faith have in determining the rules and laws by which we live in this country?

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