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My 5
I need to write or I’m going to explode. I stepped away from writing for a while because I had a deadline, or I had CPE and I was driving back and forth to Birmingham and Jasper. Then it was quarantine and managing my depression. Any way you look at it I stepped away from…
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Not What We Expected
Third Sunday of Advent year C Matthew 11:2-11 When John heard in prison what the Messiah was doing, he sent word by his disciples and said to him, “Are you the one who is to come, or are we to wait for another?” Matthew 11:2-3 Have you ever been really excited for something, and then…
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To Unlearn War
1st Sunday in Advent Year A. First Reading. Isaiah 2:1-5 ” He shall judge between the nations, and shall arbitrate for many peoples; they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more. ” Isaiah 2:4 War.…
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Do Unto Others
All Saints Day Luke 6:20-31 There are lots of blessings and woes in this passage. And all of them make us a little squirmy. A seminary cohort of mine used to start sentences with “deep down in my icky dark core…”. This is one of those deep down in my icky dark core moments in…
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Fight On Just a Little Bit Longer
Someone close to me shared the following lyrics from a song sung at the Poor People’s Campaign’s We Must Do M.O.R.E Mass Meeting in Maine. Fight on, just a little while longer. I know justice is coming soon In the Gospel reading for this Sunday (October 20, 2019) we find ourselves in Luke 18 with…
Sister Sara Says 