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The Original Handmaid's Tale
As we mentioned this past Sunday, once the matriarchs and patriarchs stories begin, we are already into the thick of the story. And it...
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Turning Point
This weekend we make a turn in Genesis. We began with the primordial stories of how everything came to be or as one of my professors used...
Jul 151 min read
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Babel
Throughout history, and quite often in Sunday School, we have been taught that the sin of Babel is the sin of Icarus - we flew too close...
Jul 92 min read
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The Great Unfinished Symphony
We are almost to midsummer and the rains are finally rolling in. Â I can still remember the summers of my childhood spent playing around...
Jul 22 min read
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The First Sin
"Who will you listen to?" by the Rev. Lauren Wright Pittman of A Sanctified Art, LLC This weekend we are skipping over one of the best...
Jun 262 min read
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The One No One Gets
This coming Sunday is Trinity Sunday. As far as liturgical holidays go, it's right up there in everyone's minds with National Take Your...
Jun 121 min read
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The Flame That Does Not Consume
This Sunday is Pentecost. And though many of us within the church are quite familiar, I ran into someone earlier this week who was not...
Jun 62 min read
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Welcome to the Wondrous Variety
Every year, the month of June is designated as a time to remember those who have gone before us in the LGBTQIA+ community who have died...
Jun 33 min read
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Little Things
One of the adages we are all taught at some point in our lives is "don't sweat the small stuff." And yet, it is often the small stuff...
May 222 min read
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A Tale of Two Sovereignties
"A Choice" by the Rev. Lauren Wright Pittman of A Sanctified Art, LLC When looking at the Revised Common Lectionary, it becomes...
May 152 min read
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Faithful Witnesses
"Survival for the World" by Thornton Dial We are continuing on in our study of Revelation this weekend. And after John has introduced the...
May 82 min read
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Revelation
Welcome to Eastertide! As some of my relatives asked when I mentioned it on Monday: what the heck is that? For those of us in the church,...
Apr 241 min read
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Descended into Hell
The next three days are what the high liturgical tradition call "Triduum" - Good Friday (Jesus dies), Holy Saturday (Jesus descends into...
Apr 151 min read
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The Crucified God
"Why Have You Forsaken Me?" by Hannah Garrity of A Sanctified Art, LLC This weekend we move from Lent into Holy Week. On Palm Sunday, we...
Apr 82 min read
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Holy Love
"Power Play" by the Rev. Lisle Gwynn Garrity of A Sanctified Art, LLC We are headed for my favorite week of the liturgical year: Holy...
Apr 22 min read
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Prodigal
"New In Christ" by the Rev. Lauren Wright Pittman of A Sanctified Art, LLC This weekend we will be continuing in our Lenten Journey by...
Mar 252 min read
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The Necessity of the Unsavory
"You Are Worthy" by the Rev. Lauren Wright Pittman of A Sanctified Art, LLC This weekend, we are continuing on in our foray into Jesus's...
Mar 202 min read
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Tempting
"Homeless Christ" from Kelly Latimore Icons This weekend, we dive into the season of Lent with the events immediately following the...
Mar 62 min read
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Nonviolent Resistance
This weekend we come to the crux of the matter. After speaking the blessings and woes to the inner-faith circle, Jesus continues in his...
Feb 202 min read
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Where do we stand?
"Christ of Maryknoll," by Br Robert Lentz OFM As I was growing up safe and sound in the middle of the United States during the 1980s, our...
Feb 113 min read
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