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What is God’s Will in the Time of a Pandemic?
A sermon preached onThe Thirteenth Sunday After Trinity (The Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost)in an online Zoom service sponsored by The Anglican Church of St. Thomas the Apostle, Kefalas, Crete,September 6, 2020 11:00 am The readings appointed for this Sunday are … Continue reading
Resources for the Sixth Sunday of Easter in the Year of the Great Pandemic 2020
These are resources meant mainly for The Anglican Church of St Thomas the Apostle, Kefalas, on the island of Crete in Greece, but others may find them helpful! Share There are three ways you can use these resources. First, you … Continue reading
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Resurrection, Sheol, and the Temple: A Sermon for the Third Sunday of Easter in the Year of the Great Pandemic 2020
A Sermon that was NOT preached at the Anglican Church of St Thomas, Kefalas, in the regional municipality of Apokoronas, on the island of Crete, in Greece on the Third Sunday of Easter, April 26, 2020, 11:00 am because of … Continue reading
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Resources for Easter Sunday 2020: The Sunday of the Resurrection in the Year of the Great Pandemic
These are resources meant mainly for The Anglican Church of St Thomas the Apostle, Kefalas, on the island of Crete in Greece, but others may find them helpful! Read The Bible readings appointed for Easter Sunday are: Acts 10:34-43 or … Continue reading
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Do Not Be Afraid: An Easter Sermon for the Year of the Great Pandemic of 2020
A Sermon that was NOT preached at the Anglican Church of St Thomas, Kefalas, in the regional municipality of Apokoronas, on the island of Crete, in Greece on Easter Sunday, April 12, 2020, 11:00 am because of the Great Pandemic … Continue reading
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The Brain as a Model for Prophecy in Isaiah
Day Nineteen of “Through Advent with Isaiah” I warn you, this is a weird post. Thinking About Brains. Once upon a time, not so long ago, scientists who studied the human brain said that it had a triune nature. By … Continue reading
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Justice in III Isaiah
Day Fourteen of “Through Advent with Isaiah” Whereas justice in II Isaiah deals with the cost of being faithful to Yahweh and ministering to the poor, the widowed, the orphan, and the powerless, justice in III Isaiah seems to be … Continue reading
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Tagged Inclusion in Judaism according to Isaiah, Isaiah 56.1-8, Isaiah 66.23
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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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Many Mansions: George Herbert’s “The World”
Through Lent with George Herbert Monday After The Fourth Sunday of Lent The World Love built a stately house, where Fortune came, And spinning fancies, she was heard to say That her fine cobwebs did support the frame, Whereas they … Continue reading
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It’s All Greek to Me: Nikos Kazantzakis & His Novel “Captain Michalis”
When Nikos Kazantzakis was a young boy he would have watched his father and his father’s friends fight in the Cretan rebellions against the Ottoman Turks, who then ruled Crete. As a teenager and a young adult, after Crete became … Continue reading
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