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“Are We Able to Drink the Cup?”
Introduction St. Mark’s on the Campus Episcopal Church, Lincoln, Neb., celebrates the Holy Eucharist on Tuesdays at 12:30 p.m. The parish’s rector, Father Jerry Thompson, asked me to lead worship on Tuesday, July 24, 2012. The liturgy features the feast of St. James, Apostle (c. A.D. 42), transferred from July 25. Readings Jeremiah 45:1–5 Psalm…
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Practice and Perseverance
Introduction St. Mark’s on the Campus Episcopal Church, Lincoln, Neb., celebrates the Holy Eucharist on Tuesdays at 12:30 p.m. The parish’s rector, Father Jerry Thompson, asked me to lead worship on Tuesday, July 10, 2012. The liturgy features the feast of St. Benedict of Nursia, Abbot of Monte Cassino (c. A.D. 540), transferred from July…
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A Theology of Decision-Making: National Symbols in Places of Worship
NOTE This work originally served as a resource for leaders of a local congregation facing questions about the placement of the U.S. flag in the sanctuary. INTRODUCTION God gathers his Church around the Word and calls this community to order its life in accord with his Word. If the Church decides to order its life…
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“… We stand here as free, under God’s sky ….”
Introduction St. Mark’s on the Campus Episcopal Church, Lincoln, Neb., celebrates the Holy Eucharist on Tuesdays at 12:30 p.m. The parish’s rector, Father Jerry Thompson, asked me to lead worship on Tuesday, July 3, 2012. The liturgy features the memorial of Harriet Beecher Stowe, Writer and Prophetic Witness. Readings Isaiah 26:7–13 Psalm 94:16–23 1 Peter…
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Mystical “Friends of God”
Introduction St. Mark’s on the Campus Episcopal Church, Lincoln, Neb., celebrates the Holy Eucharist on Tuesdays at 12:30 p.m. The parish’s rector, Father Jerry Thompson, asked me to lead worship on Tuesday, June 12, 2012. The liturgy features the memorial of Evelyn Underhill, Anglican teacher. Readings Wisdom 7:24–8:1 Psalm 96:7–13 John 4:19–24 Homily Evelyn Underhill,…
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Testifying to the Light
Introduction St. Mark’s on the Campus Episcopal Church, Lincoln, Neb., celebrates the Holy Eucharist on Tuesdays at 12:30 p.m. The parish’s rector, Father Jerry Thompson, asked me to lead worship on Tuesday, December 27, 2011. This is the third day in the Octave of Christmas and the Feast of Saint John, Apostle and Evangelist. Readings…
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Christmas Reflections
Memories are sometimes fluid and elusive. We can come to believe that we recall an event in the kind of vivid detail that only arises from personal experience. But as we turn the memory over and over in our mind’s hands, and look at it from different angles, it gets hard to tell when our…
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Children of the Light
SCRIPTURES “Be silent before the Lord God! For the day of the Lord is at hand; the Lord has prepared a sacrifice, he has consecrated his guests …. At that time I [the Lord] will search Jerusalem with lamps, and I will punish the people who rest complacently on their dregs, those who say in…
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What One Sentence?
Introduction St. Mark’s on the Campus Episcopal Church, Lincoln, Neb., celebrates the Holy Eucharist on Tuesdays at 12:30 p.m. The parish’s rector, Father Jerry Thompson, asked me to lead worship on Tuesday, October 25, 2011. This is Tuesday of the Thirtieth Week of Ordinary Time. The Feast of Saints Simon and Jude was transferred from…
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Bearing the Yoke of Christ
SCRIPTURE “Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am meek and humble of heart; and you will find rest for yourselves. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.” —Matthew 11:28–30, New American…