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The Totality of Easter
“Easter is rightly understood only if the burden and strain of Good Friday are not forgotten.” Hans Kung The disciples of Jesus had abandoned him. It was a Roman Centurion that recognized at Jesus’ death It took a distant disciple, … Continue reading
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Holy Week and the Outcasts
Sieger Köder “Barmherzigkeit” “Let us not underestimate how hard it is to be compassionate. Compassion is hard because it requires the inner disposition to go with others to place where they are weak, vulnerable, lonely, and broken. But this is … Continue reading
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The Paradox of the Passion: Reflections on Palm or Passion Sunday
I celebrated a quiet Palm Sunday liturgy this morning. As I read the scriptures, especially the Passion Narrative of Mark the Evangelist I was moved in a way that I have not been for some time and found that my … Continue reading
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Not Alone: The Real Warriors Campaign
“Grant stood by me when I was crazy, and I stood by him when he was drunk, and now we stand by each other.” William Tecumseh Sherman When I returned from Iraq in February 2008 it began the most difficult … Continue reading
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Faith for those that Struggle with Faith
“When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives mean the most to us, we often find that it is those who, instead of giving advice, solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share our pain and touch our … Continue reading
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A Memorial Service for HM1 David Graney and the End of a Long Week
This has been a busy week. It began with an unexpected emergency to baptize the grandchild of a dear friend injured in a terrible household accident. I drove from North Carolina on Sunday to Virginia Beach and returned Monday evening. … Continue reading
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Advent and Incarnation: Merry Christmas!
“It might be easy to run away to a monastery, away from the commercialization, the hectic hustle, the demanding family responsibilities of Christmas-time. Then we would have a holy Christmas. But we would forget the lesson of the Incarnation, of … Continue reading
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The Church Maintained in Love: Thoughts on Life a Year after Being Asked to Leave a Church
“There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but he must take it because his conscience tells him it is right….” Martin Luther It has been a year since I was … Continue reading
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I Don’t Like Bullies: The Troubling Trend in Conservative Politics
I don’t like bullies. I didn’t like them as a child and I certainly don’t like them any better now. Unfortunately the bullying that I address is not the simple schoolyard type, but a kind that has infected our politics … Continue reading
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Will we Stand? The Moral Responsibility of Christians in our Time
Party and Church election campaign “Christianity stands or falls with its revolutionary protest against violence, arbitrariness and pride of power and with its plea for the weak. Christians are doing too little to make these points clear rather than too … Continue reading
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