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Glory-Light | In The Eddy
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Poem For The Sunday Lectionary – The Transfiguration. Thomas and Reality →. February 16, 2015. Mark 9:2-9; 2 Corinthians 4:3-6. What are we to do with events like the transfiguration? These kinds of biblical events are complex, and understanding them can be a challenging task. This is especially true in the ‘enlightened’ kind of world that we live in today, where scientifically implausible events such as these only happen in science-fiction stories. What does glory-light look like? But on the other hand,...
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Why people are really leaving the church | In The Eddy
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Let’s Have a Conversation →. Why people are really leaving the church. April 21, 2015. A friend forwarded a Facebook post (the link is below) that another friend had reposted. Isn’t it amazing how information travels! After reading it, I was reminded of one of my earliest posts on this blog – Across the 9th Street Bridge. Check out the article. It’s worth a read. And some thought. And then some movement. Http:/ www.faithit.com/dear-church-heres-why-people-are-really-leaving-you/. Enter your comment here.
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Poem For The Sunday Lectionary – The Transfiguration | In The Eddy
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Poem For The Sunday Lectionary – The Transfiguration. February 14, 2015. And transfigured will be me and you…. A Poetic Kind Of Place. THE LIGHT WE’VE BEGUN TO KNOW. 2 Corinthians 4: 3-6. We think we know light’s movements. The way sun’s rays can play across. The surface of the water, the way. It falls from candle flame, or. Softly sifts through leaves to lift. The petals on their stems, opening up. Each blossom like a blessing. We think we know light’s gradients. The way it can take the shade of rain.
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Compelling Love | In The Eddy
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Being Right and Doing the Right Thing. Poem For The Sunday Lectionary – The Transfiguration →. February 7, 2015. Compelling Love: 1 Corinthians 9:16-23. We have read the story together before, and just like every other time I read it, I couldn’t make it to the end without some tears. I’ll love you forever, I’ll like you for always, as long as I’m living, my baby you’ll be. I am living, my child you’ll be. Gospel to everyone. For Paul, the gospel is the one thing that is for. But here is the flip side....
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Across the 9th Street Bridge: What’s it look like? | In The Eddy
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Across the 9th Street Bridge: What’s it look like? September 2, 2013. In the most recent Fire from the Bush, I wrote a little blurb (find it here: Fire from the Bush. 8221; That’s the million dollar question – what does ministry “outside the camp” (Heb 13:13) look like? We preachers can often get ourselves in a bit of a question asking rut, and can easily forget about finding any answers to those questions. What. Ministry across the 9th Street Bridge look like? I recently received an email from an indivi...
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Sermons | In The Eddy
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Here you will find PDF files of recent sermons. June 15th: A Table for 3 (. Or more) Trinity Sunday John 15, 16; Rom 5:1-5. June 8th: Empowered for Ministry. Pentecost Acts 2:1-21; 1 Cor 12:3-13. May 25th: What’s up with the Ascension. Acts 1:1-14; Eph. 1:15-23. May 18th Now you are God’s people (. Worship as God’s People) Acts 2:4-10. May 11th: Becoming the Whole Community of Chris. April 27th: scars and resurrection. April 20th – Easter Sunday: The Whisper of New Creation. Matthew 21; Luke 19. The Must...
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Dana Benson | In The Eddy
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Author Archives: Dana Benson. The Mustard Seed: Luke 17:1-10. October 2, 2016. We are all familiar with the mustard seed in the gospels. Jesus used the mustard seed as a parable for the Kingdom of God (Matt 13:31-32; Mk 4:30-32; Luke 13:18-19). In these contexts, we learn that signs of the Kingdom … Continue reading →. May 1, 2016. I Have Seen the Lord – Easter Sunday. April 3, 2016. I know it’s the week after Easter, so this is a little late. Good thing Resurrection lasts! Building for the Kingdom.
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Let’s Have a Conversation | In The Eddy
https://revdanabenson.wordpress.com/2015/05/15/lets-have-a-conversation
Why people are really leaving the church. Refuge for the Refugee →. Let’s Have a Conversation. May 15, 2015. Since I accepted the call to be a minister of Word and Sacrament at St. Andrew’s, a number of questions have been foremost in my mind. Who are we as Christ’s church in the world? Who are we as worshipers? What are we here for? What are we doing and why are we doing it? Loss of young people/declining numbers),. Make church more attractive/invent programs to meet perceived needs), and. I’m one...
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Thomas and Reality | In The Eddy
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Why people are really leaving the church →. April 12, 2015. On this Second Sunday of Easter, churches everywhere (at least the ones that follow the lectionary) are meeting Thomas. Our questions for today will run the gamut of faith, doubt, unbelief, and of what is really real. Here is my sermon for today, which gives Thomas a little more credit, and Jesus a lot more, than they usually get. Sermon Text: John 20:19-31. Yeah right. Not going to happen. This is beyond the realm of what is possible in...This ...
