Opening Address The chains fell off — three of the plainest, most physical words in all of Scripture, and today’s whole feast is built around them. Beloved, grace and peace to you this morning: however you arrive here, tired or hopeful, certain or doubting, welcomed elsewhere or shut out elsewhere. Bloom is not a room […]
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15
Jul
Jul
Opening Address Keep your lamp burning — that’s the charge underneath everything in today’s readings, and it’s worth holding onto before anything else is said. Beloved, grace and peace to you this morning — however you arrive here: tired or hopeful, certain or doubting, welcomed elsewhere or shut out elsewhere. Bloom is not a room […]
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Oct
Oct
Opening Address A companion on the journey — that’s what Raphael was to Tobias, nothing more dramatic than that at first glance, and it’s worth sitting with before anything else is said this morning. Beloved, grace and peace to you this morning — however you arrive here: tired or hopeful, certain or doubting, welcomed elsewhere […]