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Like a Shepherd
Occasion This is a homily for the Seventh Sunday after Pentecost, July 19, 2009, based upon the day’s readings from Jeremiah, Psalms, and Mark. Prayer Let us pray… “Let the words of my mouth and the meditation[s] of [our] heart[s] be acceptable to you, O LORD, [our] rock and [our] redeemer.” Amen. (Psalm 19:14, NRSV)…
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In the End…
Occasion This is a homily for the Sixth Sunday after Pentecost, July 12, 2009, based upon the day’s Gospel, Mark 6:14-29. Prayer Let us pray… “Let the words of my mouth and the meditation[s] of [our] heart[s] be acceptable to you, O LORD, [our] rock and [our] redeemer.” Amen. (Psalm 19:14, NRSV) Homily One of…
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Seeking the Face of Grace
Let us pray… “Let the words of my mouth and the meditation[s] of [our] heart[s] be acceptable to you, O LORD, [our] rock and [our] redeemer.” Amen. (Psalm 19:14, NRSV) + + + There is a crooked ash tree that rises bent and twisted from a berm alongside the driveway at our house. At night…
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Flourishing Sprigs
22“Thus says the Lord GOD: I myself will take a sprig from the lofty top of a cedar; I will set it out. I will break off a tender one from the topmost of its young twigs; I myself will plant it on a high and lofty mountain. 23On the mountain height of Israel I…