Prayers and Reflections in Season
by
Margaret D. McGee
So we make full circle and return again to the beginning, to Advent, the opening of a new year in the life of faith. The season when, around the world, hearts break open for the coming of the Christ child. A season when even our own rather damp, gray world may be revealed as the best and only place to hold the birth of love, life, and light.
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A Guest Homily by
Lois Holly
Several times in the course of my life, I have made pacts with myself to read the Bible straight through in a year. I’ve forgotten the exact formula. I think maybe it was three chapters in the morning and two at night and you could complete the entire Bible in 365 days.
Well, Genesis was great—with wonderful stories and larger than life characters. And Exodus was good—with Moses and Pharaoh and burning bushes and the parting of the Red Sea. Real Cecil B. DeMille stuff!!
AND THEN I’D GET TO LEVITICUS !!
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"Jesus told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and regarded others with contempt:" This Gospel lesson gives me the willies, and I’ll tell you why.Continue reading “Out of the Boomerang Trap: A Homily”
by Margaret D. McGee
Good morning. Welcome. It’s good to be alive and together on this beautiful Sunday.
God says to Abraham, “Abraham,” and Abraham says, “Here I am.” God says, “Take your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love … and offer him … as a burnt offering on [a mountain] that I shall show you.”
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by
Margaret D. McGee
Jesus said, “I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly.”
Continue reading “A Picture of Abundant Life”
by Margaret D. McGee
Today I’m going to talk about feet and pee, in stories of attention and change.
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In the Courtyard 