Posted on November 21, 2009 by Sherry
Some ideas spring full blown into my mind, and I merely have to sit down and let it ooze from my fingertips as they tap over the keyboard.
Other times, the ideas are partial, intriguing but unfinished, worthy at inception of only a paragraph. Other events must transpire, and somehow they always do, adding to the [...]
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Posted on November 11, 2009 by Sherry
The bible is a curious document. Some, for fairly self-serving reasons, suggest that it must be read with childlike wonder, allowing the Spirit to guide understanding. While this is certainly part of the process, there is no need to deny our rational mind when doing so.
Many suggest that treating the bible as an ancient document [...]
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Posted on November 1, 2009 by Sherry
The trouble with saints, is that, well, they are just so darn saintly. Not exactly people that regular folks like myself can hope to emulate. I’m told actually, and I can confirm it based on some of my readings, that most if not all saints were actually not quite as saintly as we might think.
I [...]
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Posted on October 26, 2009 by Sherry
I love going to church every Sunday. I seem to always find peace and a certain enlightenment there week to week. I deeply appreciate the congregation I am a part of. So many dedicated and hard working people.
I admit I am blessed to be in it. And yesterday’s liturgy had powerful teaching for us all.
The [...]
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Posted on October 25, 2009 by Sherry
It seems to me, that if you are going to call someone a “hater of God’s word” then you have some obligation to know a tiny bit of what you propose to talk about.
At least that’s as I see it, and I have fairly loose requirements for giving opinions on most things. But a bit [...]
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Posted on October 24, 2009 by Sherry
When God insists, I acquiesce. Either that, or God hounds me until I do. So it makes a lot of sense to give in immediately.
Such happened this morning as I prepared for my facilitating of the last of Job and Mark in the lectionary for tomorrow.
In reading a homiletical treatment of Job, I discovered something [...]
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Posted on October 22, 2009 by Sherry
If you are a Christian, you already know this. We are a bunch of rather schizophrenic folk. Yes admit it, we are. The chart at the right only barely glosses over the real tragedy locked within the pretty bands of green and blue.
We can’t agree on what we believe. Never have really, though at times, [...]
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