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St. Paul's, Rock Creek, Washington D.C.

May 21, 2012

[…] lections for this sermon were 1 Kings 8:22-23,27b-30; Psalm 84; 1 Corinthians 3:1-11,16-17; Matthew 21:10-14. Human beings have always had a great yearning to connect with holy places.  It is […]

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AdventWord 2019: 11. Confess

December 11, 2019

We humans get so many things wrong, but we also get a lot of things right; we are often cruel and make a mess of our world, but we also […]

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Lenten Series: Week 4 The Complexities of Policy

March 13, 2018

[…] own image and redeemed us through Jesus your Son: Look with compassion on the whole human family; take away the arrogance and hatred which infect our hearts; break down the […]

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Bible Study: Trinity Sunday (A) – 2017

June 11, 2017

[…] attempted to shed light on the meaning behind the Jewish version of the origin of human beings and the world as we know it. Amidst all the interesting commentaries and […]

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Discernment Is a Word…, Lent 1 (B) – 2009

March 01, 2009

[…] is also an essential part of each of our spiritual journeys and our lives as human beings. In calling ourselves Christians, Children of God, we acknowledge that God has called […]

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Remember, Maundy Thursday – 2023

April 06, 2023

[…] Psalm 116:1, 10-17; 1 Corinthians 11:23-26; John 13:1-17, 31b-35 Remembering is an essential aspect of human nature. We remember a number of things, both good and bad, but we remember […]

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Truth and Lies, Proper 28 (A) – 2020

November 15, 2020

[…] may be that the most important and consequential question ever uttered in the history of humanity was Pilate’s three-word question, asked of Jesus: “What is truth?” In his dystopian novel […]

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Let's Talk Faith and Climate Webinar

October 1, 2018

[…] support faith institutions and faith leaders with a training on the links between climate, faith and humanity, the spectrum of solutions, speaking effectively on the topic, and opportunities to act and […]

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Lent 4: The LORD sent fiery serpents among the people

March 11, 2018

[…] worn off and they grew impatient. They spoke against God and Moses, trusting more in human sense than God’s faithfulness, trusting above all else their construct of reality. This never […]

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Johnny Appleseed Christianity, Epiphany 1 (A) – 2023

January 08, 2023

[…] the season, we recall yet another epiphany, how Jesus declared his solidarity with suffering, sinful humanity by accepting baptism at the hands of John—not because he needed it, but because […]

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Bible Study: Christ the King (B) – 2012

November 25, 2012

[…] death. His last song in Second Samuel reminds us that time restricts even a king’s human walk on earth. On Christ the King Sunday, however, King David’s last song prepares […]

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Episcopal Litany for Social Justice

June 3, 2020

[…] as ourselves and to strive for justice and peace, and respect the dignity of every human being. Let us now honor those vows and pray for our nation in this […]

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Leo of Rome, Bishop, 461

July 20, 2016

[…] redemption, and adore the one Christ, true God and true Man, neither divided from our human nature nor separate from thy divine Being; through the same Jesus Christ our Lord, […]

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Reflections from Guatemala During COVID-19

April 7, 2020

[…] youth and social justice advisor. For work, I’ve been focused on opening a center for human rights education, research, and collaboration to support faithbased action in the Diocese. However, a […]

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