September 29, 2017
In this issue:
Asking For Clarity: A disconcerting silence
Let Your Actions Speak: Words are not enough
Deacon’s Diner: Food for a restless mind
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The Kingdom is one of Justice
Today’s Gospel tugs at our sense of “fair play.” We are all familiar with the concept of fairness. From an early age, we learn what “fairness” is all about. Soon after the words “No!” and “Mine!” we all learn that marvelous phrase, “It’s not fair!” As parents, we have all heard it from our children, I heard it frequently from my own daughters even though they knew what I would say to them in response, “Life’s not fair, so deal with it.”
September 22, 2017
In this issue:
Body Parts: To everything there is a purpose
Life Is Not Fair: The Kingdom is one of justice
Blessed Are You: Properly speaking
Deacon’s Diner: Food for a restless mind
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Forgiveness entails sacrifice
Alexander Pope, in his poem An Essay on Criticism wrote, “To err is human; to forgive, divine.” With these few words, Pope managed to convey the essential message of the readings today.
September 15, 2017
In this issue:
Time Enough To Serve: In the blink of an eye
Breaking Chains: Forgiveness entails sacrifice
Deacon’s Diner: Food for a restless mind
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Of whom do we love?
There is something to be said for neighbors. Some we know well and some we know not at all. Some we like and some…well, not so much. Some we trust and some we attempt to avoid like a plague. Some are always willing and eager to help when you are in need and others quickly find themselves too busy to lend a hand. Some will do for you before you ask of them.
September 08, 2017
In this issue:
Musing Mindlessness: Disposing of the mind
Who Is My Neighbor?: Of whom do we love?
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foundation or stumbling block?
Sometimes, we simply fail to see the forest for the tree. Too often we see only ourselves, thinking only of our needs, our desires, our wants. We look inside ourselves for the answers and when the answers elude us, we blame others, we blame God, but never once do we find fault within our own self.
September 01, 2017
In this issue:
Seasonings: For everything there is a seaons
You Duped Me!: Foundation or stumbling block
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