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Religion Is A Queer Thing: July 2009

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Religion Is A Queer Thing. Tuesday, July 14, 2009. I am Robert Wyckoff, usually known also as Bob, and I will be the supply pastor here at Cambridge Welcoming Ministries during Pastor Tiffany’s maternity leave. By way of introduction, here is little bit about myself and where I am from. I am a Certified Lay Speaker from Union United Methodist Church ( http:/ www.gbgm-umc.org/unionboston. Which is located in Boston’s South End. More recently I studied at Berklee for a performance degree in 2006. I play tr...

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The Great Homesickness: February 2010

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Inchoate thoughts on life, politics, God, and whatever happens to cross my mind. Sunday, February 14, 2010. Reflection on Matthew 19:16-30. Tonight, I want to reflect a bit on how we read the sacred testimony in our scripture. Where we stand shapes how we see things. Because we're so diverse, we each read scripture with different eyes. But in order to understand Jesus, we. Need to put on the eyes of the people Jesus was speaking to: the common people, the poor, the outcasts, the marginalized. But put on ...

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The Great Homesickness: December 2009

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Inchoate thoughts on life, politics, God, and whatever happens to cross my mind. Monday, December 14, 2009. Reflections on the Christmas Stories. The gospels give us the only stories we know of Jesus’ birth. We really have two very different stories of the first Christmas, and two other introductions to Jesus. Then we get the inspiration for many Christmas carols: angels appear to shepherds in the fields, and give the news that a Savior is born: singing “Glory to God and peace on earth.” ...And righteous...

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The Great Homesickness: Reflections on the Christmas Stories

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Inchoate thoughts on life, politics, God, and whatever happens to cross my mind. Monday, December 14, 2009. Reflections on the Christmas Stories. The gospels give us the only stories we know of Jesus’ birth. We really have two very different stories of the first Christmas, and two other introductions to Jesus. Then we get the inspiration for many Christmas carols: angels appear to shepherds in the fields, and give the news that a Savior is born: singing “Glory to God and peace on earth.” ...I love you, g...

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The Great Homesickness: A Retelling of Matthew 15:21-28

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Inchoate thoughts on life, politics, God, and whatever happens to cross my mind. Sunday, February 14, 2010. A Retelling of Matthew 15:21-28. I am going to tell you a story, in which great faith was able to change a heart, and overcome the walls that divide us, one from another. My daughter is horribly tormented by a demon! But Jesus ignored her, didn’t answer her at all. But she persisted, again and again: “Have mercy; take pity on me; heal my daughter! 8221; And finally, the disciples said to Jesus: &#8...

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The Great Homesickness: The Conversion of Paul/ Acts 9

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Inchoate thoughts on life, politics, God, and whatever happens to cross my mind. Sunday, February 14, 2010. The Conversion of Paul/ Acts 9. This week in the Christian calendar was the feast of the Conversion of Paul/Saul. The story of Paul should spark a bit of fear in all of us, but also hope. It shows how easy it is for us to have things backwards, despite our best intentions—but it also the possibility of dramatic change, the possibility of redemption. No matter how sure we are that we are right, we m...

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The Great Homesickness: Reflection on a Text of Terror

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Inchoate thoughts on life, politics, God, and whatever happens to cross my mind. Sunday, December 6, 2009. Reflection on a Text of Terror. This Psalm is not often read, and it’s a good followup to the sermon this past Sunday on “Texts of Terror”: “Set over him a wicked man… may his children be orphans, wandering and begging.”. This anger is ugly, and even if the man were evil—wishing him death— but wishing suffering on his children? But it’s in there, in our Psalms. The bible isn’t always an instru...

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The Great Homesickness: Reading for Citizens with the Saints

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Inchoate thoughts on life, politics, God, and whatever happens to cross my mind. Sunday, February 14, 2010. Reading for Citizens with the Saints. From Ephesians 2, adapted NRSV and the Inclusive Bible. Remember that you were at one time without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world. Sunday, February 14, 2010. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. Blogs of Penultimate Concern.

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The Great Homesickness: Reflection on Matthew 19:16-30

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Inchoate thoughts on life, politics, God, and whatever happens to cross my mind. Sunday, February 14, 2010. Reflection on Matthew 19:16-30. Tonight, I want to reflect a bit on how we read the sacred testimony in our scripture. Where we stand shapes how we see things. Because we're so diverse, we each read scripture with different eyes. But in order to understand Jesus, we. Need to put on the eyes of the people Jesus was speaking to: the common people, the poor, the outcasts, the marginalized. But put on ...

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The Great Homesickness: Reflections on Communion

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Inchoate thoughts on life, politics, God, and whatever happens to cross my mind. Friday, July 24, 2009. What is it that we do here each week, when we share communion—the Lord’s Supper—together? Communion is a sign of the coming of the Realm of God, which sounds so heavy, but is so accessible. Again: Communion is a sign of the coming of the Realm of God, or the kingdom of God. For death was not the end— afterwards, Jesus appeared to the disciples on the road to Emmaus: they did not recognize Jesus b...