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A Witness and a Testimony
A Sermon Preached At The Anglican Church of St. Thomas the Apostle, Kefalas, Crete, Greece The Diocese in Europe | The Church of England October 27, 2019, 11:00 am [Expanded considerably for this blog] Key Questions: What has been your … Continue reading
Notes on the Canadians Buried at Suda Bay Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery
Among the over 1700 graves at the Suda Bay Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery there are five Canadians. All five were airmen. While the Royal Canadian Navy and the Canadian Army functioned as discrete units in operations during the Second World … Continue reading
Posted in Canadian Issues, Crete, Greece, War
Tagged Canada, Canadians Killed in WW II, Crete, Greece, Souda Bay War Cemetery, Suda Bay War Cemetery
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The Blasphemy of Theodicy
A sermon preached on The Twelfth Sunday after Trinity at The Anglican Church of St. Thomas the Apostle, Kefalas, Crete, September 8, 2019 11:00 am (slightly expanded) The Readings from Scripture were: Jeremiah 18:1-11, Psalm 139:1-5, 12-17, Philemon 1-21, Luke … Continue reading
Posted in Sermons
Tagged Evil, God on Trial, Isaiah 45.7, Jeremiah 18.11, Justice, Levinas, The Book of Job, Theodicy
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A Sermon For The Blessing of Pets
A sermon preached on the Feast of St Francis of Assisi, on September 29, 2019 (transferred from October 4, 2019) at The Anglican Parish of St Thomas, Kefalas, Apokoronas, Chania, Crete, Greece, part of the Anglican Church in Greece and … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Sermons
Tagged Blessing of Animals, Blessing of Pets, God and Dog, Missa Gaia, St Francis of Assisi, Wendy Francisco
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Anti-Christ Politics vs. the Politics of Jesus
“Everything Jesus said was exactly the opposite to the political environment in which we find ourselves.” – Jim Wallis Jim Wallis is the editor of Sojourners, a justice oriented Christian magazine in the United States. Here is a column in … Continue reading
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Kefalas Calling
A Sermon Preached on The Tenth Sunday after Trinity The Anglican Church of St. Thomas the Apostle, Kefalas, Crete August 25, 2019, 11:00 am Readings: Jeremiah 25: 4-10, Psalm 71: 1-6, Luke 13: 10-17 What are you called to? What … Continue reading
Signs of the Times
A Sermon Preached on The Ninth Sunday after Trinity The Anglican Church of St. Thomas the Apostle, Kefalas, Crete August 18, 2019 11:00 am The scripture readings were: Hebrews 11:29-12:2, Psalm 80:1-2, 8-18, and Luke 12:49-56. What time is it? … Continue reading
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Tagged #Exevangelical, Eschatology, God's Time, Holy Spirit, Justice, Last Days, Luke, Luke 12.49-56, Same-Sex Marriage, Signs of the Times, Time
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Prayer and Forgiveness
A sermon preached on The Sixth Sunday after Trinity at The Anglican Church of St. Thomas the Apostle, Kefalas, Crete July 28, 2019 11:00 am The readings for the day were Colossians 2:6-15, Psalm 85 and Luke 11:1-13. Well, given these … Continue reading
The Eagle Has Landed
A Sermon Preached On The Fifth Sunday after Trinity The Anglican Church of St. Thomas the Apostle, Kefalas, Crete July 21, 2019 11:00 am Well, fifty years ago yesterday humanity arrived on the moon, and today, going by Greenwich Mean … Continue reading
“Won’t You Be My Neighbor?”
A Sermon Preached on The Fourth Sunday after Trinity at The Anglican Church of St. Thomas the Apostle, Kefalas, Crete July 14, 2019 11:00 am One of the nice things about living in a small village in Crete is that … Continue reading