ALL PEOPLE ARE GOD’S PEOPLE
ALL PEOPLE ARE GOD’S PEOPLE The tweet was occasioned by a resolution facing the Episcopal Church at its upcoming national meeting. At...
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amherstcc77
- Jun 6
- 2 min
the power and the importance of Pentecost
Acts 2:1-6, 17-18 When the day of Pentecost had come, the disciples were all together in one place. And suddenly from heaven there came a...
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amherstcc77
- May 25
- 6 min
Litany in the Wake of a Mass Shooting
In November 2018 following a massacre in Thousand Oaks, California, Bishops United Against Gun Violence — an activist group of bishops in...
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amherstcc77
- May 17
- 2 min
just for us
Now the apostles and the believers who were in Judea heard that the Gentiles had also accepted the word of God. So when Peter went up to...
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amherstcc77
- Feb 28
- 4 min
where does it hurt?
I read the message below on Sunday afternoon, February 27, 2022, just days after Russia attacked Ukraine. It’s written by Maria Shriver...
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amherstcc77
- Dec 28, 2021
- 2 min
room for rage
Herod sent and killed all the children in and around Bethlehem who were two years old or under, according to the time that he had learned...
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amherstcc77
- Dec 13, 2021
- 1 min
Nothing Humbler than being born
"There is nothing much humbler than being born: naked, totally helpless, not much bigger than a loaf of bread. But with righteousness...
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amherstcc77
- Nov 22, 2021
- 1 min
gratitude eyes
"I go to church to be lifted up and to be reminded of Jesus’s teachings, which are to love your neighbor as yourself and to be...
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amherstcc77
- Jul 1, 2021
- 1 min
a lifestyle
Christianity is a lifestyle - a way of being in the world that is simple, non-violent, shared, and loving. However, we made it into an...
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amherstcc77
- Apr 21, 2021
- 1 min
Fr.Richard Rohr's meditation
Father Richard Rohr wrote this prayer yesterday, April 20, after Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty of the murder...
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amherstcc77
- Apr 1, 2021
- 2 min
An essay by Nadia Bolz-Weber:
In 2019 I was on 90 airplanes and in 7 countries. And my friends will tell you that at the time, I talked a lot about how tired I was,...
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amherstcc77
- Mar 1, 2021
- 2 min
Don’t Forget to be happy
Welcome to another day. You probably didn’t give much thought to the fact that you’re here, that you woke up. You likely haven’t stopped...
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amherstcc77
- Feb 8, 2021
- 2 min
not rare at all
The word of the Lord was rare in those days; visions were not widespread. … The Lord called Samuel again, a third time. – 1 Samuel 3:1,8...
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amherstcc77
- Jan 6, 2021
- 2 min
Epiphany and a Prayer Practice
Arise, shine; for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you! Isaiah 60:1 Just like Christmastide is a season of...
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amherstcc77
- Dec 2, 2020
- 2 min
rock bottom
O God, the nations have defiled your holy temple; they have laid Jerusalem in ruins. They have given the bodies of your servants to the...
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amherstcc77
- Oct 6, 2020
- 2 min
what will we be?
Beloved, we are God’s children now; what we will be has not yet been revealed. What we do know is this: when Christ is revealed, we will...
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amherstcc77
- Sep 10, 2020
- 2 min
the experience of giving & receiving
[This reflection on the cost of being a neighbor was written by Rev. Dr. Michael Piazza. Rev. Piazza is a nationally-known author,...
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amherstcc77
- Apr 8, 2020
- 4 min
raptitude
In 2011, on a tour of Mauna Kea’s summit, I looked at Saturn through a large reflecting telescope and it blew my mind. When you’ve seen a...
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amherstcc77
- Apr 1, 2020
- 2 min
steve's reflection
Last Wednesday, when I went to retrieve the Buffalo News, I discovered this pleasant surprise in the pre-dawn southern sky. It’s a...
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amherstcc77
- Mar 25, 2020
- 5 min
A mini-Sermon on Fear, Love, and Kent Brockman
At that very hour some Pharisees came and said to him, “Get away from here, for Herod wants to kill you.” He said to them, “Go and...
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