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photo of vineyards in autumn; Photo by Oleg Demakov on Unsplash
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Vineyards

“This is it,” we all have thought at one time of another as we surveyed our own fertile hills. “This has all the makings of a stellar success. If I pour all my love and energy into this, the end product can’t help but be awesome, absolutely awesome.” Read more »

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Loving Our Enemies?

Homily from February 24 2019 by Jo Connelly In our first reading from Genesis, Joseph clearly had enemies. In preparation for this homily I re-read

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CSI Gesthemane

“While I still smart with the memory of that ruler striking my left wrist many years ago, I know that this is mild compared to

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Freedom to Love

+In the name of God our Maker, Jesus Living, and the Fulfilling Spirit, Amen. [When Sherman said that we were cutting things down to make

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Journeys to Light: An Epiphany Homily

Readings: Isaiah 60:1-6     Ephesians 3:1-12     Matthew 2:1-12 Sherman Hesselgrave, homilist Epiphany is about revelation, disclosure, making one’s presence known, shining a

Indigenous

Connect the Dots – Homily on August 30

Susie Henderson shared this homily in worship on Sunday, August 30.  The readings were:  Deuteronomy 4:1-2, 6-9; Psalm 15; James 1:17-27; and Mark 7: 1-8,