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 […]
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14
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 […]
25
Oct
Oct
Opening Address Blessed are they who hear the word of God and keep it — that’s Christ’s own answer today to a woman shouting the loudest compliment she can think of, and it’s worth carrying into this morning before anything else is said. Beloved, grace and peace to you this morning — however you arrive […]