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(another) quotation of the day, with comment: Emily Dickinson
One who wrote unflinchingly of death, Ms. Dickinson’s poem (below) has been bouncing around in my head and heart this week. I don’t know that I quite agree with her that we shall not use our love...
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may he be numbered with the saints in light
The transcript of my eulogy on the occasion of my grandpa, Chuck Thomey’s death. My friends, ours is a God who reveals himself in the face of a man, Jesus Christ, and who helps us understand who he...
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A case of the Mondays
My grandfather died on a Monday. Four Mondays ago today (and because it was February, it was also the 23rd), in fact. Each weekend since, my mind has inadvertently wandered back to that last...
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ripples in time
Having spent all morning laboring over A Case of the Mondays, I gathered myself to head into the office about noon yesterday. Waiting for me in my inbox when I got to work was a request to trek out to...
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Plane Tragedy
The recent Germanwings crash, in a remote, placid bit of Europe, for no good reason, made me think immediately of the play, The Women of Lockerbie. The Women of Lockerbie expresses and explores grief...
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Happiness List: Good Friday Edition
I offer this afternoon a few pieces of art for contemplation, instead of the usual trappings of my happiness lists. These efforts have invited me into the drama, depth, and grace of Holy Week in a...
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What’s Scripture got to do with it?
The Resurrection: In Accordance with The Scriptures (part of a sermons series with the Rev. Canon Dane Boston) This afternoon, in continuing the series begun so brilliantly by my colleague last week as...
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When Easter doesn’t feel like Easter
van Gogh’s The Raising of Lazarus This sermon is offered as part of the Eastertide Sermon Series at Evensong here at Trinity, exploring facets of Jesus’ resurrection. Today I preach on the...
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Michaelangelo’s Pieta Housed in St. Peter’s Basilica, Rome, Italy; in Carrera marble. Contemplate Jesus’ body, the lifelessness communicated in the marble, the way Jesus’ shoulder and its flesh yield...
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what to say about the Charleston martyrs
artwork via three sermons that are worth chewing on this week: “That your Gospel is more powerful than our hate, more powerful than our despair, more powerful than our pride, and more powerful than...
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Crucifixion of St. Peter “Very truly, I tell you, when you were younger, you used to fasten your own belt and to go wherever you wished. But when you grow old, you will stretch out your hands, and...
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This week, I’ve been thinking about the thief on the cross to whom Jesus promises, “today you will be with me in paradise” (Luke 23:43). It’s never too late to start over. As the shine of...
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Friday Icon: LYNCHING
At The Whitney a week ago today, I caught one of the last days of their inaugural exhibit in their new space, “America Is Hard To See.” Above, a piece in their collection by artist Julius Bloch. More...
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While we have breath
On Sunday, I preached a sermon about finding a solid foundation in this world (spoiler alert: I testify that it’s Jesus). On Tuesday (bleeding into Wednesday), I met a saint who lived it. Paul...
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Will Good Really Win?
It’s been a hard week to have the tv on, or listen to the radio, or even to read the morning paper. Each day has carried fresh horror and violence, from religious extremism to the effects of mental...
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Sermon, Last Sunday of Lent
Today’s sermon preached at St. A’s, the raising of Lazarus and Grandpa Chuck’s death. Sermon Audio It is because of my grandfather’s death that I stand before you this morning. During a particularly...
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What do we mean when we say, “He descended to the dead”?
In a bit of a jab at my bishop and my diocesan communications director, who assigned an impossibly obtuse phrase of our Apostles Creed, I have composed on the Episcopal Diocese of Dallas blog a post...
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On the Other Side of the Grave
A sermon on John 21; Third Sunday of Easter Haven’t we been here before? Is it just me who has some deja-vu? There’s a fire, there’re lots of questions aimed at Peter, he seems to be getting defensive...
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Pentecost
preached at St. Augustine’s Oak Cliff, May 31, 2020. First in-person service since March 8; outside Acts 2:1-21 John 20:19-23 “All together in one place” — but we’re not all together. George Floyd...
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