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Rector's Blog: No Such Thing as Secular
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Every time I preach or write about the political implications of the Gospel, I am stepping out of my comfort zone. Talking about divisive things in the church makes me squirm, and what’s more...
Read MoreRector's Blog: What Percentage of Your Income Do You Give to The Church?
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What percentage of your income do you give to the church?
Do you know the number? I have almost never known this number my entire life. I remember learning that in the Bible there was a mandate fo...
Read MoreRector's Blog: Where is Jesus in Your Spending?
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Where is Jesus in your spending? I asked you this question last week, but I sort of hid it at the bottom of the blog, so maybe you didn’t notice it. We don’t get to avoid that question ...
Read MoreRector's Blog: We Sold Our House
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Last Fall I was sitting in a presentation at our Annual Clergy Day and had no intention of having my life changed. My preference would have been to simply survive the day and get home before Cincin...
Read MoreRector's Blog: Imagination and Regathering
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I mentioned in my sermon this past Sunday that God's presence and work in the world require us to broaden our understanding of our current context and think imaginatively. Imagination is not abou...
Read MoreSharing in the Work with God
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At the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer, we are entering a new era of civic engagement based on our evolving response to Jesus’ command that we love our neighbors as ourselves. We know tha...
Read MoreRector's Blog: Justice and Love
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Over the last few weeks, we have been focusing on the need – not the desire or the option – but the need for our church to be active participants in the work for justice; and in particu...
Read MoreRector's Blog: Love and Justice
I am consistently shocked by my own discomfort with Love when it is inconvenient to me. When I can sense that Love will require me to make changes in the way I live, in what I believe, in how I view and treat others – when Love gets scary -...
Read MoreRector's Blog: Words and Deeds
" Seek the Lord while he may be found, call upon him while he is near; let the wicked forsake their way, and the unrighteous their thoughts; let them return to the Lord, that he may have mercy on them, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardo...
Read MoreRector's Blog: Rest Here?
In the aftermath of their Exodus from Egypt, the people of Israel experienced a time of crisis. They had been freed, and this was magnificent. God had crushed the system of oppression and death that had held them in thrall for so many years. As t...
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