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Tag Archives: Faith
Advent 1 A: Holy Dissatisfaction
The readings for the First Sunday of Advent are: Old Testament Isaiah 2:1–5 Psalm Psalm 122 New Testament Romans 13:11–14 Gospel Matthew 24:36–44 In his 1843 book, Fear and Trembling, the Danish philosopher, Søren Kierkegaard, criticized … Continue reading
Breakfast Guest
Breakfast at Heatherhope is a reward for completion of morning chores, prayer-of-thanks time for the long chain of harvest to truck to mill to truck again to middleman to grocery to cereal bowl…and a time for coffee brain and deep … Continue reading
Posted in Faith, Farm Diary, Featured, John's Posts, Pandemic Blog, Uncategorized
Tagged breakfast, doctrine, Faith, ruby-throated hummingbird, theology, Trinity
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Epiphany 6 C: Rooted for Rough Relations
The lessons for the Sixth Sunday after the Epiphany are… Old Testament Jeremiah 17:5–10 Psalm Psalm 1 New Testament 1 Corinthians 15:12–20 Gospel Luke 6:17–26 Do you like the use of consonance—the three “Rs” in the … Continue reading
Posted in Featured, John's Posts, Pandemic Blog, Reflections on Sunday Readings, Social Political Issues
Tagged division, Faith, Jeremiah, luke, pandemic, psalms, rooted, roots
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Easter 3 B: Ambiguity and the Sense and Sensibility of Faith
The Readings for the Third Sunday of Easter are: First Reading Acts 3:12–19 Psalm Psalm 4 New Testament 1 John 3:1–7 Gospel Luke 24:36b–48 Ambiguity drives us to distraction. We want black and white answers to … Continue reading
Posted in Church, Faith, Featured, John's Posts, Pandemic Blog, Reflections on Sunday Readings
Tagged Abraham Piper, atheism, evangelical, Faith, fundamentalism, John Piper, pandemic, sense, sensitivity
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The Household Power Structure Changes!
Pictured here are Connie, with Sméagol the cat, and Nell the sheepdog. I’m John, taking the photo. In the life of Heatherhope Farm, over the 18 years of its existence, Sméagol has run things inside the house. He meows like … Continue reading
Good Shepherd Sunday
The Fourth Sunday of Easter is, famously, Good Shepherd Sunday. The Gospel reading for this Sunday is John 10.1-10. I was asked to provide a video from our sheep farm that would give a little insight as to what … Continue reading
Posted in Border Collies, Faith, Featured, John's Posts, Pandemic Blog, Reflections on Sunday Readings, Sheep
Tagged cross, Faith, Good Shepherd, pandemic, resurrection, trust, verify
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Say “No” To Fear
Remember those, “No Fear,” decals that young, tough men used to put on their pick-ups? Let’s bring them back and retool them to read, “No to fear.” Talking with friends lately it is obvious that there is a great sadness … Continue reading
Posted in Faith, Featured, John's Posts, Social Political Issues, Spirituality, Uncategorized
Tagged America, dog training, Dogs, Donald Trump, emotions, Faith, fear, Trump
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Evangelism as Deprogramming
Last night was a night of inspiration. Six motivated laypeople and I were discussing what good doctrine might teach us about current practices in our congregations, and the conversation turned to evangelism. We returned to two ideas we … Continue reading
Posted in Church, Faith, Featured, John's Posts
Tagged Church, confessions, creeds, evangelism, Faith, Jesus, Lutheran, Martin Luther
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Jim Smith, Julie Cork, and Real Faith
A 26 year-old hipster comedian held forth on Comedy Central a couple of weeks ago. My wife and I laughed at him for a few minutes as he did his impressions of drunk young women and his friend who acted … Continue reading
Posted in Border Collies, Church, Faith, Farm Diary, Featured, John's Posts
Tagged alcoholic, alcoholics anonymous, Faith, Jim Smith, Julie Cork, Julie Wagner, redemption, unbelief
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