The disciples are not named in this morning’s first reading, Acts 5:27-32. Peter is the main character in this chapter and so we can assume the he is among the ones brought in front of the authorities but we do not have that specifically, it is not a point being made. It could even be […]
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It is, as I think I mentioned last week, a matter of focus. Last week it was between seeing beyond the reach of our hands, beyond the reach of our imaginations which, unfortunately, do not often reach beyond the ends of our arms anyway. We spoke of our tendency to blame and God’s will to […]
“Oooooh, you shouldn’t have done that.” Almost all of us have had that thought race through our heads at one time or another. Most people have one or two moments in their lives that bring to them thoughts of shame and a fear of that one moment being exposed to others. Even pastors. There’s probably […]
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