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Church of the Incarnation
May 124 min read
In Christ's Ascension
As we recognize Jesus’s ascension today - 40 days from recalling his resurrection - I’m once again profoundly struck by the fact that...
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Church of the Incarnation
Oct 16, 20234 min read
The Wedding Robe of Grace
By now you’re probably aware that Jesus’s parables have a much deeper meaning than the literal story you read or hear. Today we have a...
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Church of the Incarnation
Aug 7, 20233 min read
Empty Hands and the Bread of Life
Let me cut right to the chase here. The real miracle that we hear about in our Gospel reading this morning isn’t that Jesus was able to...
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Church of the Incarnation
Jul 30, 20234 min read
Selling all we have stored up so that we might receive all that matters
“Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we ought, but that very Holy Spirit intercedes with...
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Church of the Incarnation
Jul 23, 20234 min read
On Judgment: the wheat and the weeds
In the Western tradition, following Augustine, the parable of the wheat and the weeds has been applied to the church -- what Augustine...
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Church of the Incarnation
Jun 18, 20234 min read
Struggle, humility and hope
The other week I was talking to a colleague of mine who had served in parishes that either closed shortly after he left, or that he had...
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Church of the Incarnation
Jun 11, 20234 min read
The Law
In our reading from Romans this morning we hear Paul say that the promise that Abraham would inherit the world did not come through the...
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Church of the Incarnation
Jun 4, 20235 min read
Who is God?
I like our Gospel reading this morning because it makes my job easy! Dear Christians: as you have received the love of God in your own...
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Church of the Incarnation
May 21, 20234 min read
Why Does Jesus Ascend?
I remember my first Ascension Sunday at church followed by a Bible study where I got to ask questions of my priest. I came to church with...
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Church of the Incarnation
May 14, 20234 min read
God the Spirit leads us in God the Christ to God the Father: A Gift of Recapitulation (thx Irenaeus)
Last week I told you that I’m not a big fan of street preachers because they start from a place of contempt rather than love. Yes, they...
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Church of the Incarnation
May 7, 20234 min read
Who do you say that I am? Jesus and his Father
When you think about explaining who Jesus is to say a friend or a family member, how would you describe him? Okay, now if someone says,...
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Church of the Incarnation
Apr 30, 20234 min read
The presence of invisible grace
As you know, I was at my parent’s place in Windsor these last few weeks expecting that I’d be getting a surgery and then recovering...
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Church of the Incarnation
Apr 9, 20235 min read
He is Risen: God is with us
What a year it has been my friends. Recall that last Easter, we celebrated Jesus’s resurrection with the addition of one more member to...
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Church of the Incarnation
Apr 7, 20234 min read
Good Friday: A Love Like This
Who here has ever fallen in love? I want you to think back for a moment – remember those first inklings that there was something unique...
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Church of the Incarnation
Apr 2, 20234 min read
Jesus's Lack of Entitlement
This morning we hear once again, of Jesus’s entry into Jerusalem where he asks his disciples to go and bring him a colt. Jesus’s entry...
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Church of the Incarnation
Mar 27, 20235 min read
The seeds of love and life planted even in death
“Lord if you were here, my brother wouldn’t have died,” Mary and Martha of Bethany both exclaim to Jesus. These two sisters, we hear in...
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Church of the Incarnation
Mar 19, 20235 min read
Heart of Darkness and Heart of Light
I remember this moment during my master’s degree where I was struggling to understand why certain professors thought I should pursue...
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Church of the Incarnation
Mar 19, 20234 min read
The Impotence of Being Born from Below; the Gift of Being Borne from Above
In our Gospel reading this morning Jesus reveals what I’d say is the climax of the Christian faith: “For God so loved the world that he...
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Church of the Incarnation
Feb 26, 20233 min read
The Endless Well of Temptations
In our Gospel from Matthew this morning, Jesus is led by the Holy Spirit out into the wilderness where he is tempted by Satan. Now any...
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Church of the Incarnation
Feb 22, 20233 min read
Lent Begins: The humility of recognizing your limits
As we begin our journey to the cross this year, reflecting the ways in which we fall short of the glory God desires for us, let us...
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