ARCHIVE October, 2015
GLEANINGS (from the Daily Office) – Advance, Advance – Year One, Proper 25, Friday, October 30, 2015, Matthew 13:24-30 “. . . the weeds appeared also.” Forgive my absence yesterday. Our oldest, Mary, had a cardiac ablation at UAB. The surgery went better and faster than we could have imagined. For this we are grateful […]
October 30, 2015 in Latest News, Uncategorized by John
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GLEANINGS (from the Daily Office) – Lasik Won’t Help – Year One, Proper 25, Wednesday, October 28, 2015, Matthew 13:10-17 “ . . . many prophets and righteous men longed to see what you see . . .” Not everybody gets it. Some see. Others don’t. Some hear. Others don’t. Those who get it, however, […]
October 28, 2015 in Latest News, Uncategorized by John
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GLEANINGS (from the Daily Office) – Posers and Casting Crowns – Year One, Proper 25, Tuesday, October 27, 2015, Revelation 4:1-11 “they cast their crowns before the throne” Life rewards some with crowns. We enthrone movie stars, athletes, titans of business. Around the world, real monarchs still reign. And quietly some of us make ourselves […]
October 27, 2015 in Latest News, Uncategorized by John
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Being Blessed, Becoming a Blessing #4
October 26, 2015 in Latest News, Uncategorized by John
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GLEANINGS (from the Daily Office) – Exile vs Flight – Year One, Proper 25, Monday, October 26, 2015, Revelation 1:4-20 “I John, . . was on the island called Patmos . . .” Throughout church history there are moments when Christians flee the world. Whether it was to avoid persecution or maintain some moral purity […]
October 26, 2015 in Latest News, Uncategorized by John
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GLEANINGS (from the Daily Office) – Get Over It! – Year One, Proper 24, Thursday, October 22, 2015, 1 Corinthians 16:1-9 “A wide door for effective work has opened to me, and there are many adversaries.” We may not be brats but we are spoiled. Those of us who are Gen X and older grew […]
October 22, 2015 in Latest News, Uncategorized by John
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GLEANINGS (from the Daily Office) – Taunting Death – Year One, Proper 24, Wednesday, October 21, 2015, 1 Corinthians 15:51-58 “O death, where is thy victory? O death, where is thy sting?” Taunting death is an awesome thing. Our faith inspires it. Whatever lies beyond this life is greater than anything we can imagine. It […]
October 21, 2015 in Latest News, Uncategorized by John
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Being Blessed, Becoming a Blessing – Victory out of the Void
October 19, 2015 in Latest News, Uncategorized by John
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GLEANINGS (from the Daily Office) – Ode to Mills – Year One, Proper 24, Monday, October 19, 2015, 1 Corinthians 15:30-41 “If the dead are not raised, ‘Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.’” Yesterday I attended a memorial service for Mills Sproull, the son of my fraternity brother Miller. Mills was one […]
October 19, 2015 in Latest News, Uncategorized by John
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GLEANINGS (from the Daily Office) – KISS – Year One, Proper 23, Friday, October 16, 2015, 1 Corinthians 15:1-11 “That Christ died for our sins . . .” Have you ever been pressed for the proverbial elevator talk on the heart of Christianity? Paul gives us the template: Christ died for our sin (in accordance […]
October 16, 2015 in Latest News, Uncategorized by John
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