Sermon: Yokes & Burdens
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Meditations on themes from the Parable of the Sower & the Seed
Reflections on hard earth and fertile ground: sowing seeds, putting down roots, growing shoots … putting parables to work in current times. The Sower by VanGogh A Short Story of Falling — Alice Oswald It is the story of the falling rain to turn into a leaf and fall again it is the secret of[…]
Meditations on Carrying Burdens and Putting Them Down
Burden — Judith McCombs I am carrying the bowl where she fed, bitter herbs, salt, honey, the taste of her life. I am carrying the cloth where she lay, her dark hair veining the white, imprint & pain washed away, the binding, the seams folded shut. I am carrying what is left, her voice in[…]
Sermon: Choices
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Meditations on Independence and Bondage for July 4th Weekend
Reflections as we approach July 4th weekend: who is free, who is not free? Themes of spiritual freedom versus civic freedom … pondering Abraham’s obedience to Yahweh, willingness to sacrifice a child, the merciful intervention that freed him from such an act. What is asked of us? What is offered to us? My father always[…]