Monthly Archives: July 2011

Home By Another Way, Barbara Brown Taylor

p. 15-19, Singing Ahead of Time, Luke 1:39-56 One liability of having heard the Christmas story over and over again is that we all know how it turns out. There is no way to recapture the initial shock of the … Continue reading

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p. 20-24, Past Perfection, Christmas Eve, Luke 2:1-20 …Tonight is the night we measure all time against. Everything that happened yesterday is before Christ and everything that happens tomorrow is after him. Tonight we are living in the eternal now … Continue reading

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P. 71-72 Context is Christians living in danger and in fear. Most outstanding phrase is borrowed from C.S. Lewis. …It is not a bad thing for them to feel the full fragility of their lives. It is not a bad … Continue reading

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Home By Another Way, Barbara Brown Taylor

pages 135-141 “He Who Fills All in All” Ascension Day, Ephesians 1:15-23 God put this power to work in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly places, far above … Continue reading

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Home By Another Way, Barbara Brown Taylor

p.187-191, The Yes and No Brothers, Matthew 21:28-32 ….It is a very peculiar thing, this vacuum between what we believe and what we actually do. The theological word for it is sin—missing the mark—which is both inevitable and forgivable, but … Continue reading

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