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Sermon: Do not be afraid
We do not need to fear the future or look back on the past with nostalgic regret, because we know that the God who does new things will walk with us into whatever lies ahead. It may be death, but we also know that after the crucifixion comes resurrection. We have nothing to fear. Thanks be to God. Amen. Continue reading
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Tagged Babylonian Exile, Exodus, Fear, Isaiah 43:16-21, John 12:1-8, Lent, Lent 5, Mary of Bethany, Psalm 126, Second Isaiah, Year of Luke
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Reflection: Rejoice!
One hundred and six years earlier Charles Dickens wrote of the reborn Scrooge, who had become ‘as good a friend, as good a master, and as good a man, as the good old city knew,’ that ‘it was always said of him, that he knew how to keep Christmas well, if any man alive possessed the knowledge’. Keeping Christmas well does not just mean rejoicing ourselves, as the prophet Isaiah reminds us. Continue reading
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Tagged Advent, Advent 3, Gaudete Sunday, Isaiah 61:1-4 8-11, Joy, Psalm 126, Third Isaiah
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