Tag: autumn
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Autumn Parish
We walk a route on streets we name and know,past gardens tucked and put to winter’s bed,through brilliant leaves that dance and drift aglowand carpet now the homeward path we tread.The time and space of life thus circumscribed,we live our span as strength and health allowbut chafe at limit strict these years implyand wish our…
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love — the way over the mountain
Paul speaks of love as the more excellent way – an image which includes within itself the idea of a mountain pass. So love is the more excellent way, the higher way, and the way over the mountain. With this in mind, my sermon a few weeks ago included images from a walk I took…
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creation, prayer, thanksgiving
Our God, we remember before you the astonishing gifts of creation – this morning we think especially of the variety of sea creatures. There is the bulky and wizened walrus, immediately recognizable with its tusks and whiskers – an ancient creature that looks its age. We think of whales, from the massive, deep-diving Blue Whale,…
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