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Divine Reading for the First Sunday of Advent

December 1, 2022

This Advent our little nondenominational Bible church is taking time on Sunday mornings to sit quietly in the presence of the Word, patterning our time after a medieval practice that blends reading, contemplation, and prayer, called Lectio Divina.

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Tagged With: Holidays, Advent, Church Year, Lectio Divina
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Another Transfiguration

November 5, 2020

As on that mountain, as in this year, all our plans are overthrown, and following Jesus doesn’t look the way it did before.

Shelved with: Community & Time|| Reading the Word|| Word in the World|| Civic Life
Tagged With: COVID-19, Bible, Race, Pandemic, Transfiguration, BlackLivesMatter
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Aliens, right?

Truly Alien

May 27, 2017

I was in Lexington, KY, in May of 1977 with my 2 younger brothers when Grandpa Wetzel dropped us off at the theater to see what he said was “Winnie-the-Pooh.”

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Tagged With: Family, Movies, Star Wars, SF, Winnie the Pooh, #StarWars40th
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Revising the Story of the First Thanksgiving

November 26, 2015

how can we receive the gifts history offers and use them to practice moral reflection, rather than judgement? Here’s the story we read as part of our celebration of an American Thanksgiving with church family and strangers from other shores.

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Tagged With: History, Holidays, Thanksgiving
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Realists of a Larger Reality

November 19, 2014

“We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings.” – Ursala K. LeGuin

Shelved with: Visions & Ventures|| Literature

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Purity & Love

February 14, 2014

“If only you saw what I can see, you’d understand why I need your modesty.”

So… virtue = being careful to stay out of the way of the sinfulness of young men. “That’s what makes you beautiful.” Got it.

Shelved with: Reading the Word|| Word in the World|| Parenting|| Hearts & Minds
Tagged With: Valentine's Day, Gender, Holidays, Marriage, Parenting, Psychology, Sex, Virtue
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