Tag: Beatitudes
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Happy Tears
(A LIT CANDLE IS PLACED ON THE PULPIT) It doesn’t look like much, does it? Yeah … I agree. But this candle represents more than thirty years of my life. Well, no … that’s not exactly right. The candle represents one particular day each year for each of the last thirty-plus years of my life. …
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Saints for All
New Day Sermonall Saints Sunday The saints we cherish are a far bigger community that simply those we have loved who have died in this world. We who still walk the earth are all “living saints” too. Join us for a broader consideration of “sainthood” as we engage some voices from the past who have…
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Tempered Strength
If I asked you to list ten words that describe you, would “meek” be on the list? My guess is that it would not. It probably would not make a list of one hundred words you would compile. I’m not sure when I have last heard the word “meek” used in conversation. But it has…
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Saints and Death … A Conversation
Traditional Sermon All Saints Sunday You have been here before. Saints … tears … the first Sunday in November … a litany naming those we have lost … the Beatitudes serving as our Gospel Lesson … All Saints Sunday. It is a day when we remember … formally through the…