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Cleaned
We had a good day at church today – it was part one of what I’ve taken to calling the Big Church Clean. The plan is, this weekend, to get a whole bunch of bodies together and just make things … Continue reading
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Gushed (or, the Five Guys problem)
Yesterday I grabbed our church musician to ask for a meeting. I had some big ideas for music for this next year, and wanted to do a sit-down to start thinking through some planning (I’m doing a lot of that … Continue reading
Read
I don’t quite think this counts as a New Year’s Resolution, but I am embarking on a new spiritual practice for the first chunk of 2013 – I’m going to read all of the Psalms and all of Shakespeare’s sonnets, … Continue reading
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Lost
Lost! The Precious was lost! Really, though, if I’m going with the children’s literature reference, it should probably be “Zorn! All zorn!” There’s probably a Scripture reference somewhere about the abomination of the desolation that might also fit. Suffice it … Continue reading
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Overcome – Understand
I don’t know that I’ve ever had quite so much trouble writing up a liturgy as I’m having with the one for this coming Christmas Eve. Some days, it’s hard enough working on the work of the people – trying … Continue reading
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Waited
I took a particularly ill-timed walk today. This has happened on at least one other occasion, lately, when I have departed my home or office in a world of sunshine, and have encountered, when leaving my favorite local eatery, the … Continue reading
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Tagged faith, nature, outdoors, sandwiches, trust, waiting, walking
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Winded
I think that over the last several weeks, I’ve gotten pretty winded. Between travel and events, some huge transitions taking place in the congregation, and a fairly grueling liturgical schedule, I have the sense of the breath being knocked out … Continue reading
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Infected
I was blessed to be able to give a talk at the May 22nd meeting of Hudson River Presbytery, at Larchmont Avenue Presbyterian Church. Much of my presentation was a very brief rundown of some jargon and thinking that underlies … Continue reading
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Tagged christianity, church, discipleship, evangelism, facebook, foursquare, google, ministry, praxis, social media, twitter
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Fluttered
So, as I was headed into the Fellowship Hall for the Session Meeting, I had an unexpected avian encounter. As you can see from the photograph, the stairway down to the Fellowship Hall has a method for ornithological entrance, … Continue reading
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Reminded
As I have mentioned before, I like to walk. It’s a spiritual discipline for me, even when I manage to make it coincide with some household errands (the nearest post office is charitably within walking distance). It’s a chance to … Continue reading
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Tagged christianity, faith, multiculturalism, outdoors, praxis, walking
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