Monthly Archives: April 2010
“This is ain’t no place for the weary kind”
Rudy Regehr reflects on Crazy Heart and its relevance to Theology in the Dark T his is the second outing to take place under the Theology in the Dark moniker. It’s a little later in the year than some of
Prayers of the People | April 25
The Resurrection gives life meaning and direction and the opportunity to start over no matter what the circumstances. Father, we come to you in prayer this beautiful April evening. As your sweet and generous earth continues to transform into a
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The Wisdom of Stability
A friend of saint ben’s releases a new book W e really wanted to give notice of the publication of The Wisdom of Stability, a new book by Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove, who as many of you will know spent several days with
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Simon, son of John, do you love me?
a sermon for the third Sunday in Eastertide T he 21st chapter of the Gospel according to John contains some of the most poignant material in the whole of the New Testament. In an extraordinarily artful way, this chapter draws together
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Prayers of the People | April 18
Arise. Let your light shine for all nations to see! For the glory of the LORD is shining upon you. Isaiah 60:1 People who never before inquired me are now asking about me. I am being found by people who
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The great saint ben's summer day camp returns!
F or the third summer in a row, saint benedict’s table is collaborating with the Plett family to offer a truly unique summer day camp. For five days in August, fourteen kids between the ages of 8 and 15 will
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In the company of Thomas the doubter
a sermon on John 20:19-31, offered on the second Sunday in Eastertide M y family has deep roots at Elim Chapel, the church co-founded by my great-grandfather Sidney Smith, and located just a very few blocks from here. The building
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Prayers of the People | April 11
W e give you thanks, O God—Father, Son, and Spirit—for you are the life. Lord, our God, here we are gathered before you and with one another, to celebrate the 2nd Sunday of Easter. We are indeed an Easter people,
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Prayers of the People | April 4
Icall the community into a time of prayer. As this morning announces the most unimaginable gift of grace and love through the resurrection of your son, the first fruit of all of humanity. We can do nothing but thank and
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“My Sheep Hear My Voice”
a sermon by Chris Holmes, for the 4th Sunday in Easter I n 1899 the mayor of Vienna, Karl Lueger, spoke of “Jews exercising a ‘terrorism worse than which cannot be imagined,’” of the need for “‘liberating the Christian people