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A Reflection on the Readings for Sunday, June 26, 2016. 1 Kings 19:16b, 19-21Psalm 16Galatians 5:1, 13-18The Holy Gospel According to Luke 9:51-62 Elijah is sent in the first reading to conscript Elisha into service.  Elisha is apparently not just a poor farmer, but rather from a very wealthy family.Continue Reading

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We have a tendency as people to draw in on ourselves, to leave the outside world to wallow in it’s own miseries while we protect our own.  One of the churches I went to growing up had that sort of notion built into their theology of what they felt aContinue Reading

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It has been a couple of days since I have last written.  My mind has been occupied with many things.  Today, though, I feel it necessary to put words to the page.  As the readings begin to speak of Absalom and King David, I am reminded of our own relationshipsContinue Reading

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Tomorrow’s Gospel reading is a familiar scene to most anyone who is familiar with Christ and Christianity.  It is the story of Jesus feeding a massive crowd with just a few loaves and fish. It reminds me of the journey through the desert.  When the Israelites left Egypt they cameContinue Reading

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Back when my daughter was much younger she stayed at home with me during the day.  We would work on learning the things she needed to know for school.  My mother had bought us these wonderful little math and reading flash cards and we would use those.  We would alsoContinue Reading

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Today’s readings are quite intense.  Since we are less than a day away from Advent it would be expected that the intensity grows, and so it does!  We see all these strong apocalyptic images of great beasts rising up and devouring, and then falling away to the next beast.  WhatContinue Reading