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Sunday, March 31, 2024, The Resurrection of the LordReadings: Isaiah 25:6–9, Psalm 118, 1 Corinthians 15:1-28, John 20:1-18 On this first day of the week, in ...
Author: Will Cox
Extraordinarily Ordinary
Sunday, December 24, 2023, the Fourth Sunday of AdventReadings: Genesis 18:1-15; Luke 1:5-56 Almost from the time the leaves begin to yellow, we begin thinking ...
Ready, and Waiting
A firm opinion I hold regarding the Church as an institution is that it must be present, be consistent, and be ready to meet people wherever they are. This mean...
Giving Up
Beware this trap. I’ve been in congregations of varying size, the largest of which was Catholic. The second largest of which was located at the intersection o...
The Beloved Family of God
Sunday, September 10, the 15th Sunday after PentecostReadings: Ezekiel, 33:7-11; Psalm 119:33–40; Romans 13:8-14; Matthew 18:11-22 Peter has no questions abou...
On the Religious Population
From 1850 to 1946, the U.S. Census counted religious communities and structures. If one is aware of the history of the 20th Century, and the role played by Holl...
While It Was Still Dark
I’ve been thinking about this verse from Sunday, and particularly about “while it was still dark,” as the preacher attempted to make a point a...
Almost Heaven
Climbed the fire tower on Sounding Knob with some of my children this morning, and after overcoming the vertigo looked out over the oldest mountains in the worl...
The Trouble with Populism
“casting their ballots for the party that, despite its other failings, keeps entitlements inviolate, supports collective bargaining and has sought to ease the...
Faded Fluorescent Light, Dirty Tile, and an Enveloping Sound
One humid summer night, passing through Maryland on a long road trip, I stopped for gas and a pack of smokes. In those days gas stations weren’t often open at...
Brothers
I once was able to escape entirely into books, and could leave the world behind until one was done, no matter the troubles troubling my heart. My brother, a mer...
Serving Mammon
On Marketplace last night, Kai Ryssdal stated the unspoken obvious: “Guns are a business. A big business multi-billion dollar business in this country.†Iâ€...
Evidence
This here book I’m reading is older than I am, but just by a hair. It was checked out four times before I was born; the last just in time. It remained popular...
Lost in ?
It was 18:30 just a few minutes ago and the sun had no thought yet of setting. Now it’s black out, and my computer woke up to tell me it is going to sleep. â€...
A Visitor
Luna, the smallest and youngest of our cats, has in her short time here cornered two snakes behind a door in the basement. And somehow she climbs the concrete w...
Summa cum laude
Number One Daughter graduates from SUNY New Paltz tomorrow. What next for her? Number Two Daughter has returned home from for the Summer and is between plans. I...
Tonight
Strong breeze tonightWarm breeze tonightLow breeze tonight The clouds above, unmovedThe stars above, unmovedThe dipper above, unmoved This breeze, low, aroundth...
An End, But Not The End
Toward the end of March 2020, searching the Internet for some solace
So Tonight I Might Sleep
Thursday afternoon the frogs who cling to the trees nearby gave voice to their mating song. A few daring fellows first, by evening constant singing rose from th...
Taste and See
The virtual world cannot compare. It engages but one of our senses, and even that just barely. How sad, how deficient must those be who think such a pale imitat...