Singing Along the Journey

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Called to remember…

This weekend, thanks to the inspired invitation and loving encouragement of my friend Martha Burford at Grace Episcopal Church in Lexington, VA, I had the opportunity to step back into two parts of my life long dormant -- singing and preaching.  It was a healing time for me -- if you will keep reading, you will understand what I mean when I say that I had a chance to repair a breach of my own.  I will be forever grateful. The following words are my word about the Word, offered on February 9, 2020, at Grace Episcopal Church in Lexington.  Thank you to Martha and to all the people at…
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A Tale of the Other

So today we continue talking about the men of Judges and we ponder the question: why should we read these stories and what might they say to us today. We've heard about Gideon, Samson, Ehud and Jephtha…but you might have noticed that it is getting harder and harder to talk about the “men of Judges” without talking about “the women” around them…Samson AND Dalila, Jephtha AND his daughter… My assignment for today is to talk about Sisera—Sisera, who is not a Judge, not even an Israelite.  Sisera was the enemy. Sisera was the oppressor.  Sisera was an outsider. Sisera was the loser.  Sisera gets murdered.  By a woman. There are…
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Called to remember…

This weekend, thanks to the inspired invitation and loving encouragement of my friend Martha Burford at Grace Episcopal Church in Lexington, VA, I had the opportunity to step back into two parts of my life long dormant -- singing and preaching.  It was a healing time for me -- if you will keep reading, you will understand what I mean when I say that I had a chance to repair a breach of my own.  I will be forever grateful. The following words are my word about the Word, offered on February 9, 2020, at Grace Episcopal Church in Lexington.  Thank you to Martha and to all the people at…
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A Tale of the Other

So today we continue talking about the men of Judges and we ponder the question: why should we read these stories and what might they say to us today. We've heard about Gideon, Samson, Ehud and Jephtha…but you might have noticed that it is getting harder and harder to talk about the “men of Judges” without talking about “the women” around them…Samson AND Dalila, Jephtha AND his daughter… My assignment for today is to talk about Sisera—Sisera, who is not a Judge, not even an Israelite.  Sisera was the enemy. Sisera was the oppressor.  Sisera was an outsider. Sisera was the loser.  Sisera gets murdered.  By a woman. There are…
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