Author: Gregory
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The End of the World As We Know It (Advent 1B)
Our religious practice has a pretty tenuous relationship with historical time. Of course we know that centuries separate the Exodus and the Resurrection, but in liturgical time, they happen on the same day. Likewise manna in the wilderness and the Eucharist, the Suffering Servant and the Passion of Christ: time folds in on itself, and…
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There Would Be No Power (Proper 21A)
27 September 2020 Ezekiel 18:1-4, 25-32 · Philippians 2:1-13 · Matthew 21:23-32 By this point in the Gospel, Jesus knows he doesn’t have much time left. Just yesterday, he made his (more or less) triumphal entry into Jerusalem on the back of a donkey, drove out the money-changers from the temple, insulted them, overturned their…
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The End of the World As We Know It (Advent 1B)
Our religious practice has a pretty tenuous relationship with historical time. Of course we know that centuries separate the Exodus and the Resurrection, but in liturgical time, they happen on the same day. Likewise manna in the wilderness and the Eucharist, the Suffering Servant and the Passion of Christ: time folds in on itself, and…
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There Would Be No Power (Proper 21A)
27 September 2020 Ezekiel 18:1-4, 25-32 · Philippians 2:1-13 · Matthew 21:23-32 By this point in the Gospel, Jesus knows he doesn’t have much time left. Just yesterday, he made his (more or less) triumphal entry into Jerusalem on the back of a donkey, drove out the money-changers from the temple, insulted them, overturned their…