Author: Bp Matthew
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What’s your love language? Daily Mass Message: John 21:20-25 May 30, 2020
Give us this day…that we may be fed.
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May 28, 2020 Thursday in Ascension-tide
Being intimate with God in prayer, making us one. John 17:20-26
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Can you afford to be a Christian, here?
Luke 8, Counting the Cost, Hating Father and Mother; Sermon from September 9, 2019, Can you afford to be a follower of Jesus Christ here? Our gospel lays before us a really interesting challenge. It reminds me a little bit of Bill Murray. Thank you for playing. Bill Murray from Ghostbusters, Caddyshack, Groundhogs Day. Bill…
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Don’t Pull: The Parable of the Weeds and Wheat
Don’t Pull: The Parable of the Weeds and Wheat Matthew 13:24-30 Published in the Anglican Digest, Fall 2018 My grandmother preached against the weeds. She was one of the first women ordained in the United Methodist Church in the late 1960’s. From the pulpit she preached peace and grace and I can still hear her…
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Another Bethlehem?
Another Bethlehem? Maybe because it was such a nice pace after the dusty, crowded streets of Nazareth at noonday, maybe because it was significantly cooler, maybe it was the idyllic trees and rolling hills surrounding a suburban neighborhood, maybe it was the Templar church turned synagogue with couples having their wedding pictures taken as a…