Tag: belief
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scars – a poem
A poem referencing the Gospel lectionary passage for this coming Sunday. John 20:19-31. Scars Running blind ‘round a corner, Robber to a cop in hot pursuit, Forehead meets half-opened door; Pain, dizziness, trickle of blood. Childhood memory is borne in the body, Fibrous tissues heralding past pain, Scar as locus of life’s hurt and healing.…
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faith: what’s evidence got to do with it?
A sermon, whose basic themes are informed by a short essay by the philosopher/theologian Jean-Luc Marion on the question of faith and evidence. ____________________ What is faith? What does it mean to have faith? How would we describe the experience of faith? In our culture a very common way of thinking about religious faith is…
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I Believe – I Trust
The first sermon in a series on the Apostles’ Creed. Here, in part, I have taken up the question of trust as it is explored by Wolfhart Pannenberg in his The Apostles’ Creed: In the light of today’s questions. ______________________ This past week Tuesday saw the death of the America writer John Updike. It…
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Creed and Community
A sermon preached today in advance of a sermon series on the Apostles’ Creed – to begin next week. _________________________________ Community. It’s a word you can’t escape today, isn’t it, both in the church and in wider society. Everywhere you turn – whether in the world of politics, in the media, in the…
encrusted words 