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Monthly Archives: March 2020
Wave Those Palm Branches
Palm Procession Psalm for Palm/Passion Sunday This coming Sunday is both Palm and Passion Sunday in the church’s calendar. Let us, for the moment, concentrate on that first part. This time of pandemic we are almost all confining ourselves … Continue reading
Posted in Featured, John's Posts, Pandemic Blog, Reflections on Sunday Readings
Tagged palm procession, Palm Sunday, psalms, salvation
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Sméagol Rules the House
In a time of pandemic it is good to “shelter in place,” and practice “social distancing.” But it is also good, with those who are part of the household, to cuddle. And cuddle big time. Our “circular shaped” cat, Sméagol, … Continue reading
Posted in Farm Diary, Featured, John's Posts, Pandemic Blog
Tagged animals, cat, critters, pandemic, Smeagol
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Epidemic Advice from Martin Luther
We just had a Great little Zoom online meeting of our weekly church study group we call “Lunch and Learn.” A big part of the learning for me was a quote from Martin Luther about a similar time to ours … Continue reading
Posted in Featured, John's Posts, Pandemic Blog, Social Political Issues
Tagged bubonic, epidemic, Martin Luther, pandemic, plague
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At the Tomb of Lazarus
John 11:1-45 Gospel for the Fifth Sunday in Lent, Year A Several times a day my wife and I scan the New York Times on line. These days, of course, we find that almost every article is more bad news about the … Continue reading
Posted in Church, Faith, Featured, John's Posts, Pandemic Blog, Reflections on Sunday Readings
Tagged death, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Easter, Fourth Gospel, Gospel of John, John, Lazarus, lent
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The Man Born Blind: Baptism’s Daily Significance in Decision
We call the present COVID-19 pandemic a crisis. Crisis can be thought of as a moment that makes decision necessary. We are pressed in a corner and must choose one way out rather than another. The Gospel for the Fourth … Continue reading
Posted in Faith, Farm Diary, Featured, John's Posts, Pandemic Blog, Reflections on Sunday Readings
Tagged baptism, Bible, blind, crisis, decision, homosexuality, interpretation, light, pandemic, scripture, sight
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The Samaritan Woman: Life That Gushes
We are still playing catch-up on the great dialogs of the Fourth Gospel appointed for Lent. Last Sunday was the Third Sunday of Lent, and the appointed Gospel reading was from John, chapter four, which features Jesus’ dialog with the … Continue reading
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Tagged baptism, Covid-19, dialogs, eternal life, Fourth Gospel, Gospel of John, pandemic, Samaritan, well, woman
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Fog and Beauty at Heatherhope
Here’s another reminder that Life goes on during the pandemic. Martin Luther said that one of his weapons for keeping the Devil away was to cut a fart. We can do something akin if, in the … Continue reading
Posted in Farm Diary, Featured, John's Posts, Pandemic Blog
Tagged beauty, Covid-19, fog, Nell, pandemic
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Nicodemus and Us
This is my second “blog in a time of pandemic.” And it fits also in my ongoing series of reflections on the Sunday readings. (I rely greatly in these comments on the scholarship of the late Raymond E. Brown, and I love his idea … Continue reading
Blogging in a Time of Pandemic
Isn’t it a loving God who put inside each of us the yearning to belong—to feel the presence of others—to complete someone else and have them complete us? Perhaps Covid-19 is the earth’s way of crying out to us. It … Continue reading
Posted in Faith, Farm Diary, Featured, John's Posts, Pandemic Blog, Sheep, Social Political Issues
Tagged bilbo, Covid-19, guardian dog, lectionary, pandemic, Sheep, virus
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