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Trends from a Think Tank
Ponderings from a Christian Education Think Tank A gathering of what I would call the “cream of the crop” Episcopal Christian educators gathered at Episcopal Divinity School in Cambridge, Massachusetts...
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Faithful Remnants
Only a remnant of them will return. Isaiah 10:22a When my children were small I had more time to devote to craft projects – cross-stitch, sewing little things like Halloween costumes, party dresses for...
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A Prayer for the New Year
I’m not one for New Year’s resolutions, although I do try to start a new year off with a fresh start. A new year always seems like a second chance, a fresh beginning. Beginning something new is not...
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Life, death. Light, dark.
Feast of Jeremy Taylor Proverbs 7:1-4 John 3:11-21 “My child, keep my words and store up my commandments with you; keep my commandments and live, keep my teachings as the apple of your eye;...
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Investing in the Future
28th Sunday after Pentecost 1 Thessalonians 5:1-1 Matthew 25:14-30 Today’s Gospel Lesson is the parable of the talents. Let me ease your minds upfront; I’m not going to talk...
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Concluding Lent
Yesterday I was reminded by a colleague how different Holy Week is when you are not working in a congregation. It’s been 15+ years since I’ve been immersed in the planning, preparation, crazy hours and...
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You Choose Your Child’s Religion | Plainsong Farm
I constantly run into people who say they won’t impose their religious thoughts, beliefs or traditions on their children, wanting them to make their own choice. Well, how can you make a choice if you...
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Will Your Kids Stay Religious?
If a child is securely attached to non-religious parents there is a greater likelihood that child will not be religious as an adult. If a child is insecurely attached to religious parents there is a...
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Burning Questions
Pentecost 25, Year C: Proper 27 2 Thessalonians 2:1-5, 13-17 Luke 20:27-38 Living God, burning wild and unconfined, you call us to a new being, free from the fear of death: take away the limits that...
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Enough for All
Proper 15A: The Tenth Sunday after Pentecost Isaiah 56:1, 6-8 Psalm 133 Romans 11:1-2a, 29-31 Matthew 15:21-28 I don’t know about you, but this summer has been hard. If you listen to any news reports –...
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Pack Light
A sermon preached on the Seventh Sunday after Pentecost: Proper 8, Year C based on Luke 10:1-11, 16-20. For years every summer around this time I would be packing a trunk for either my son or daughter...
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In light of the growing secularism surrounding us and living in a post-Christian society, we need to remind our young people that this is more than saying "yes" to the Christian community that...
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Whether it is confirmation, believer's baptism, profession of faith, or Bar Mitzvah, the problem of intelligent loyalty lies behind these inquiries. Is a person capable of making such as decision at...
View ArticleFoundations of the [Episcopal] Christian Faith
This Foundations course was designed to equip adults with "a grasp of the faith sufficient for intelligent and full participation in Christian life and ministry."
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