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on August 27, 2017

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Proper 16A
Matthew 16:13-20

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Pray always, and don't lose heart!

Proper 24C Luke 18:1-8 In the name of God who is steadfast – even when we aren’t. Amen. You may or may not have noticed, but we have entered into one of the holiest seasons of the year. It’s not a liturgical season, and in fact – in a stroke of poor judgement that separates us from the experiences of the people we’re meant to serve in the world – the church typically fails to honor this holy season at all. I am, of course, talking about football season. Now – this isn’t some self-serving proclamation – I’m not just saying this is a holy season because I enjoy watching football (or even because my beloved LSU Tigers are ranked second in the nation right now…). But if you ever do turn on a game, you can tell this is the holiest season of the year, because God so readily and so quickly intervenes in the games themselves to choose the winner. After just about every game, inevitably, some player will be interviewed on camera, and will quickly give credit to God

The wise and the foolish waited

Proper 27A Matthew 25:1-13 In the name of God and all that is being made. Amen. It’s another one of those weeks when the Lectionary readings hit close to home again – maybe even too close. As we hear the parable of the ten bridesmaids, you’re likely to hear a description that follows your own experience: there are five who are wise, and five who are foolish. Split down the middle. No matter how you voted in Tuesday’s election – you’re likely to feel sort of the same – that half the people were wise, and half the people were foolish. Because once again, our nation has proven to be so polarized, that we’re split, almost down the middle. But the Gospel reading for today doesn’t stop speaking directly to us and to our experience there. The sort of “punchline” in this lesson is that we should “Keep awake…, for you know neither the day nor the hour.” It sounds a lot like our experience watching election returns this week – and not just on Tuesday, but for days… We kept awake. But t

FCS: Nice Work If You Can Get It

Quick facts: Show: Nice Work If You Can Get It Broadway Date: Thursday, February 21, 2013 Time: 7:00 p.m. Closing date: Open-ended Venue: Imperial Theatre Running time: 2:35 (one intermission) My seat: Okay in terms of stage view - I was in the orchestra, about five rows from the back, on the aisle, stage left. The seat was great, however, in that it was RIGHT next to the exit I needed to make a quick getaway! Ticket source: TDF Understudies: none Synopsis: A good-timing playboy meets a beautiful bootlegger and they fall in love. My thoughts: I've often said that a bad night at the theater is still better than most other nights. Tonight, for the first time, I began to seriously question that position. I've never come so close to leaving a show at intermission as I did tonight. I didn't leave, mostly because I wanted to write about it, and it wouldn't seem fair to do so without seeing the whole thing. But it was a pretty rough go making

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