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Tag Archives: Prayer
Pentecost 17 C: Resolutely Watch for God’s Answer
The readings for the Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost are Old Testament & Psalm, Option I Old Testament Lamentations 1:1–6 Psalm Lamentations 3:19–26 or Psalm 137 or Old Testament & Psalm, Option II Old Testament Habakkuk 1:1–4, 2:1–4 … Continue reading
Easter 3C: Life, Not the Pandemic, Will Win
The Readings for the Third Sunday of Easter are: First Reading Acts 9:1–6 (7–20) Psalm Psalm 30 New Testament Revelation 5:11–14 Gospel John 21:1–19 I was 30 years old. My son was four. I was in … Continue reading
Posted in Faith, Featured, John's Posts, Pandemic Blog, Reflections on Sunday Readings
Tagged anxiety, depression, eternal life, John Updike, life, pandemic, Prayer, psalms, resurrection
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Emergence of Winter Wheat
Martin Luther was smart enough to remember what we all forget. Every day we forget how great life can be if we live to the potential God has built into us. Sadder still, we forget how much God does to … Continue reading
Posted in Border Collies, Farm Diary, Featured, Free Range Philosophy, John's Posts, Pandemic Blog
Tagged gratefulness, Hector, Martin Luther, pandemic, Prayer, Small Catechism, wheat, winter wheat, Zac
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Pentecost 17B: Fighting Hard in the Culture Wars
The readings for this 17th Sunday after Pentecost are: Old Testament Jeremiah 11:18–20 Psalm Psalm 54 New Testament James 3:13–4:3, 4:7–8a Gospel Mark 9:30–37 We are at an inflection point. We are in a culture war. … Continue reading
Pentecost 6B: Boasting and Praying on a Pandemic Fourth
The Second Reading for the Sixth Sunday after Pentecost is 2 Corinthians 12:2-10 in which Paul demurs from boasting, says he could boast in his visions, but concludes that Christ’s refusal to remove his “thorn of the flesh” taught him … Continue reading
Posted in Faith, Featured, John's Posts, Pandemic Blog, Reflections on Sunday Readings
Tagged 2 Corinthians, BOASTING, Fourth of July, Independence Day, pandemic, Paul, Prayer
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Psalm 16: “The Lord is Everything to Me”
Psalm 16 is the prayer that Christians have said in the wake of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. It is also a perfect prayer for pandemic times. This prayer is a meditation taking us deeper and deeper into the … Continue reading
Posted in Faith, Featured, John's Posts, Pandemic Blog, Prayer, Reflections on Sunday Readings, Spirituality
Tagged Easter, James Luther Mays, Jon D. Levenson, life, pandemic, Prayer, resurrection
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Ash Wednesday Petitions
Creator God, we who stand before you are dust, and to dust we shall return. But you have breathed into our lips your Holy Breath, so we are also … yours. Help us this Lent to come alive to your … Continue reading
Posted in Church, Faith, Featured, John's Posts, Prayer, Worship Resources
Tagged Ash Wednesday, forgiveness, Prayer, prayers
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The Healing Power of Dogs and Our Prayer in the Press
Louisville, my team, was on the floor, locked in an epic battle with Michigan for the NCAA Men’s National Basketball Championship. It was a glorious struggle, but the competition was so keen that, by halftime, my heart was racing. … Continue reading
Posted in Border Collies, Farm Diary, Featured, John's Posts, Worship Resources
Tagged Border Collies, Dogs, Donald McCaig, healing, Prayer, stress, Wales, World Sheepdog Trials
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Weather Calls for Glass-Half-Full Thinking
They say some people are “glass half full” people and others are “glass half empty.” I’m more inclined to think as Martin Luther of old who said we are all simultaneously saints and sinners. I know I have the … Continue reading
Posted in Border Collies, Farm Diary, Featured, John's Posts, Prayer, Sheep, Spirituality
Tagged Benedict, monk, Prayer, spring, winter, work
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Prayerfully Gathering with Spot
February 2, 2012 As an apprentice sheepdog, Spot has had a tumultuous work history. With the help of the insights from three of the very best sheepdog trainers in the world, Bobby Dalziel, Aled Owen and Gordon Watt, I … Continue reading
Posted in Border Collies, Farm Diary, Featured, John's Posts, Prayer, Sheep, Spirituality
Tagged animals, Border Collies, Dogs, Faith, farm, handling, heatherhope, herding, patience, Prayer, puppies, Sheep, sheepdog, Sheepdogs, shepherd, shepherding, Spot, training
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