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Part 1/5 of a set of reflections written for Ware Episcopal Church on the daily lectionary during Advent 3. Isaiah 9:1-7 9Nonetheless, those who were in distress won’t be exhausted. At an earlier time, God cursed the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but later he glorified the way of the sea, the…
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A friend of mine writes a blog titled “Sermons I Wish I’d Heard”. She reflects on what preachers often say about a particular set of lectionary readings, and wonders if that’s really what she would need to hear, and then writes her own sermon on the text. Today’s sermon, if you will, is a sermon…
Where are you going? Where am I going? Where are we going?[1] My inclination when I hear this question is to simply pull out my calendar, and ask well, what date are you asking about? When do you want to schedule for? In this world we only really think about where we’re going in a…
When October hits, I become more contemplative and morose. I wonder sometimes if it's just the weather, or the season of transition or the time in the semester. In reality, it's probably a confluence of all these things. Although I don't have a lot of time to read for fun during the semester, I thought…
Farmgirl Writes 