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I am one of two sisters. My parents, wary of the tensions that can rise between sisters, treated us extremely fairly. If one of us got a Cabbage Patch doll for Christmas, we both got a Cabbage Patch doll for Christmas. When I was ten, I received a portable stereo. When [...]
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Proper 13, Year C, 2010
02Aug10Proper 10, Year C, 2010
11Jul10Listen to the sermon here.
Have you heard the story about Capt. Matt Clauer that has been circulating this week? Capt. Clauer was serving in Iraq last year when he got a frantic phone call from his wife, Mary. Together, they owned a $300,000 house, for which they had completely paid. Mary was calling because she [...]
Proper 7, Year C, 2010
20Jun10Listen to the sermon here.
I spent the summer I turned 21 in India, as a short term summer missionary with a group called Youth with a Mission. I had many interesting experiences, but the most disturbing was when our group was meeting some religious leaders in a slum in Bho Pal. An older man pointed [...]
Good Friday, Year C, 2010
02Apr10My favorite musical of all time is West Side Story. I have watched the movie dozens of times and seen the play in the theater several times. No matter how many times I watch it, though, I root for everything to turn out in the end. I cross my fingers and hold my breath and [...]
Palm Sunday, Year C, 2010
29Mar10We have just read the entire Passion of our Lord. But I want us to take a step back to Palm Sunday, to find ourselves with Jesus and the disciples, outside of Jerusalem, awaiting the final chapter of Jesus’ earthly ministry.
We are reading through the Gospel of Luke this year, and the Palm Sunday reading [...]
