The Language that Remains
In a 1964 interview Hannah Arendt: “I realized… If one is attacked as a Jew, one must defend oneself as a Jew. Not as a German, not as a world-citizen, […]
Category: Sermon
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Do the things undone
A very fine film came out last year which very few people saw, and even the critics took little notice of it – and those critics who did see it […]
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From Church of Aaron to Church of Moses
“The priest against the prophet, the church of the world against the church of faith, the church of Aaron against the church of Moses—this eternal conflict in the church of […]
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I Live Here
A group of men visited a remote monastery. They were given time to visit with a venerable holy monk, who answered all their questions. Finally one of the visitors spoke […]
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The Word that leaped
Father Richard Rohr wrote something beautiful: “If the major division between Creator and creature can be overcome, then all others can be overcome too.” And he goes on to say, […]
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Why Everlasting is Better
A Calvin And Hobbes comic strip from 1989 shows Calvin, the young, often precocious boy, in seemingly deep conversation with Hobbes, Calvin’s pet tiger and sidekick. Calvin speaks: “History is […]
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Words? Or the Word?
Many of us spend a lifetime, or half a lifetime, thinking that life’s truths lie out there, elsewhere, away from home – far from where we are. But then, some […]
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Thanks to Think About
“What is impossible with men is possible with God,” we heard Jesus say at the conclusion of today’s Gospel reading, the encounter between Jesus and the rich ruler (Luke 18:18-27). […]
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The Logos plays
A trooper pulls over a priest and immediately smells alcohol on his breath. The next thing he notices is an empty wine bottle lying on the passenger seat. “Have you […]