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Category Archives: Advent
Through Advent with the Apocalypse: A Summary of Posts from 2020
Back in Advent 2020, when we were in lockdown, I wrote no fewer than twenty-four posts on the Book of Revelation. I had sort of forgotten I had written so many, but I had a look today, as one of … Continue reading
On Gifts
A Sermon preached on The Twelfth Sunday after Trinityat The Anglican Church of St. Thomas the Apostle, Kefalas, Creteon the 27th of August 2023. The readings were Romans 12:1-8, Psalm 124, and Matthew 16:13-20. While written for the late summer, … Continue reading
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Tagged Gifts, gifts in the context of potlatchs, spiritual gifts
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The Second “Affliction” of George Herbert
I have not written about the poems of George Herbert in over a year, so I will have a go during this Advent, perhaps Herbert wrote once or twice, perhaps more. We shall see. Herbert wrote no fewer than five … Continue reading
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Tagged Advent, Affliction, Affliction (2), Atonement, Bloody Sweat, George Herbert
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Four Last Things: Judgement
A Sermon Preached on The First Sunday of Adventat The Anglican Church of St. Thomas the Apostle, Kefalas, Creteon the Third of December 2023, 11:00 am. The readings were Isaiah 64:1-9, Psalm 80:1-8, 18-20, and Mark 13:24-37. In the past … Continue reading
Four Last Things: Death
A Sermon preached on The Second Sunday before Adventat The Anglican Church of St. Thomas the Apostle, Kefalas, Creteon the 19th of November, 2023, at 11:00 am The readings were 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18, Psalm 90.1-12, and Matthew 25:1-13. I am … Continue reading
Resurrection: Another Advent with Herbert
Today’s poem, like yesterday’s, is a two-parter, and there is a well-documented evolution of it in the two manuscripts known to scholars as “W” and “B”. The changes are well described well by Drury (pp. 142-143) who likes this poem … Continue reading
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Tagged Easter, Easter by George Herbert, George Herbert
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Start with his Death: Another Advent with Herbert
George Herbert (1593-1633) was a Welsh-born English poet, the younger son of a wealthy family that owned much land. As a younger son he had minimal expectation of inheriting any of it so long as his elder brother Richard lived … Continue reading
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Tagged George Herbert, Good Friday, Good Friday by George Herbert
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