Opening Address Blessed art thou that hast believed—six words spoken by one pregnant woman to another in a hill town, and the reason the Church gives us this Gospel today of all days. Beloved, grace and peace to you this morning: however you arrive here, tired or hopeful, certain or doubting, welcomed elsewhere or shut […]
Tag Archives: inclusive faith
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Aug
Aug
Opening Address Blessed are they who hear the word of God, and keep it—that is Christ’s own correction of a compliment, and it’s the sentence to carry into this morning before anything else is said. Beloved, grace and peace to you: however you arrive here, tired or hopeful, certain or doubting, welcomed elsewhere or shut […]
12
Aug
Aug
Opening Address Oil in their vessels—four words that separate one half of today’s Gospel from the other half, and they’re worth carrying into this morning before anything else is said. Beloved, grace and peace to you: however you arrive here, tired or hopeful, certain or doubting, welcomed elsewhere or shut out elsewhere. Bloom is not […]
11
Aug
Aug
Opening Address Of more value than many sparrows — that’s Christ’s own measure of worth, spoken to people who had every reason to fear their worth was about to be tested by death itself, and it’s worth carrying into this morning before anything else is said. Beloved, grace and peace to you: however you arrive […]
10
Aug
Aug
Opening Address God loveth a cheerful giver — that’s the specific praise Paul offers, and on the feast of a deacon famous for giving away everything he was ever asked to protect, it’s worth carrying into this morning before anything else is said. Beloved, grace and peace to you: however you arrive here, tired or […]
08
Aug
Aug
Opening Address Open to him immediately — that’s the specific instruction Christ gives about what to do the moment the knock actually comes, and it’s worth carrying into this morning before anything else is said. Beloved, grace and peace to you: however you arrive here, tired or hopeful, certain or doubting, welcomed elsewhere or shut […]
07
Aug
Aug
Opening Address Lamps burning in your hands — that’s the specific image Christ gives for the kind of waiting He actually wants from us, and it’s worth carrying into this morning before anything else is said. Beloved, grace and peace to you: however you arrive here, tired or hopeful, certain or doubting, welcomed elsewhere or […]
06
Aug
Aug
Opening Address Eyewitnesses of his greatness — that’s how Peter describes what happened on the mountain, decades later, still insisting it wasn’t a story he’d made up. It’s worth carrying into this morning before anything else is said. Beloved, grace and peace to you: however you arrive here, tired or hopeful, certain or doubting, welcomed […]
05
Aug
Aug
Opening Address Blessed are they who hear the word of God, and keep it — that’s Christ’s own answer when a woman in the crowd praises His mother in the most physical terms available to her, and it’s worth carrying into this morning before anything else is said. Beloved, grace and peace to you: however […]
04
Aug
Aug
Opening Address Found watching — that’s the specific condition Christ names as blessed in today’s Gospel, and what happens next is stranger and more generous than most readers expect. Beloved, grace and peace to you: however you arrive here, tired or hopeful, certain or doubting, welcomed elsewhere or shut out elsewhere. Bloom is not a […]