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This thing has feathers. (pinned post)
Tags: UncategorizedYeah, yeah, I misquoted Dickinson. (She wrote, “Hope is the thing with feathers,” not “Hope’s the thing…” But this is a meme I made a while back that isn’t really a meme because it’s not meming, but it does seem, unfortunately, to be evergreen: Feel free to use it if you like, though.
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It’s a struggle—and a blessing
The Tenth Sunday after Pentecost—Proper 13, Year A, Track 1—August 2, 2026 Genesis 32:22-31Psalm 17:1-7,16Romans 9:1-5Matthew 14:13-21 The story of Jacob wrestling with the angel is one of my favorites. It’s such a strange story. On the surface, it’s an etiology explaining how the patriarch Jacob came to also be called Israel. But there’s so…
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Oh, there’s a lot of stuff in that treasury.
The Ninth Sunday after Pentecost, Proper 12, Year A, Track 1—July 26, 2026 Genesis 29:15-28Psalm 105:1-11, 45bor Psalm 128Romans 8:26-39Matthew 13:31-33,44-52 Traditional marriage, eh? <sigh> Today’s reading from Genesis is one I remember learning about as a child. I don’t remember much of how Sunday School teachers or others fielded any questions children had about Jacob…
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The Eighth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 11), Year A (Track 1)—July 19, 2026 Genesis 28:10-19aPsalm 139: 1-11, 22-23Romans 8:12-25Matthew 13:24-30,36-43 The lectionary today does not match the Genesis story to the Gospel we would expect. Perhaps I should have saved this work of art for a time when the two are aligned. Jesus uses the…
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“If it is to be this way, why do I live?”
The Seventh Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 10), Year A (Track 1)—July 12, 2026 Genesis 25:19-34Psalm 119:105-112Romans 8:1-11Matthew 13:1-9,18-23 I have to confess; I find that phrase of Rebekkah’s to be rather quotable. I mean, it applies a lot. Right? And while the illustration above might tell us more about medieval birthing practices, it also somewhat…
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“The King Will Have Pleasure in Your Beauty”
The Sixth Sunday after Pentecost, Year A (Proper 9), Track 1—July 5, 2026Note: This is published way behind schedule, in part due to a power outage from July 3-July7 Genesis 24:34-38, 42-49, 58-67Psalm 45: 11-18or Song of Solomon 2:8-13Romans 7:15-25aMatthew 11:16-19, 25-30 I was working as a verger at Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, when the Episcopal…
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