There are a group of women at my church who have met weekly since the second world war. Originally they gathered to sew bandages for the Red Cross. This was back when civilians were as concerned with war as those who had been charged to fight it. Over the years their membership has gained and…
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Like A Whore In Church Isaiah 1.21-31 “How the faithful city has become a whore! She that was full of justice, righteousness lodged in her – but now murderers!” There’s a reason that Isaiah 1.21-31 doesn’t appear in the Lectionary. When we think of Advent we conjure up in our minds the Chrismon…
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Jeremiah 33:14-16; Luke 21:25-28 “There will be signs in the sun, moon, and stars, distress among nations, roaring of the sea and the waves. People will faint from fear of what is coming upon the world, for the powers will be shaken. Then they will see ‘the Son of Man coming in a cloud’ with…
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