All Meditations
Satan
posted on Mar 14, 2009Get behind me, Satan! For you are concerned with things that are of humans and not of God.MarkWhy in the world does Jesus call Peter "Satan"? Peter was a bumbler but he was not a bad guy. He made some bad mistakes, but he also made some great come...
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Those Wise Guys
posted on Jan 5, 2009My dad was in a Christmas production years ago at a local public school. He played one of the three kings. He got to wear a big crown and march down the aisle singing. All the kids loved it.About a month later, my dad was walking on the sidewalk n...
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Shaving Down to Us
posted on Dec 27, 2008Merry Christmas!I don't know about you, but I have felt different this Christmas season. Maybe its the state of the economy, the stress that everyone seems to be under. Or maybe I feel differently because of what happened to our tree this year.We ...
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The Lost Season
posted on Dec 18, 2008My father phoned last week. He is a member of an Episcopal Church in Pennsylvania. The priest asked him to teach a class on the signs and symbols of Advent. He completed the power-point presentation for his class, and then called to run it by me.�...
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In the Dark
posted on Nov 11, 2008Last night, I took the dog for a walk at 7:30 p.m. The sky was already dark, the stars bright. It was a beautiful, crisp night. It seems that the stars shine more brightly when the sky is an inky black. They stand out in contrast to the darkness.I...
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Lazarus' Perspective
posted on Sep 29, 2008Do you get mad when people are late? I do.My aunt Diana and my uncle Russell were always late. And not just late by a few minutes, late by four hours! We would expect a visit from them and they were once four hours late! So we waited and stewed an...
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I AM: The Name of God
posted on Aug 31, 2008Moses was a murderer. He couldn't control his temper when he saw one of his own people brutally beaten. He went out of his head and started hitting. Next thing he knew, the Egyptian was dead.Moses was a hit and run. He saw the dead body and he kne...
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About Sin
posted on Aug 26, 2008I sat in the office of my spiritual director. It took me years to find her. She is a Quaker with a PhD in spiritual direction and she is good.I tell her about the darkness that I see, the way the people can't stand it when you speak of money, the ...
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Abraham's Sacrifice
posted on Jul 14, 2008Then God called to Abraham and said,“Abraham, Abraham!” and Abraham said, “Here I am.” And God said, “Take your son, your only son Isaac whom you love and go to the land of Moriah and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mou...
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Matthew
posted on Jun 10, 2008I got a speeding ticket that really made me mad last winter! I was leaving Target with all three of my boys on a cold winter afternoon. It was sleeting outside, the kind of sleet that seems to come down in sheets and leaves the ground covered with...
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Saint Thomas
Saint Andrew
The Feast of All Saints
St. Michael and All Angels