Monthly Archives: December 2015

A Sermon I’d want to hear on the 1st Sunday of Christmas 2015

Posted on December 27, 2015 by kathrynrickert

I do not come to worship on the first Sunday of the 12 days of Christmas because I am struggling with the challenges of the Christian faith; I come because for a least a little while, the Christian faith is … Continue reading →

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Advent – a response to terrorism and abuse

Posted on December 13, 2015 by kathrynrickert

something about the pull of violent evil disturbs the balance of our vision so that instead of seeing clearly where the evil is, came from, and is going; our sight is clouded by fear and rage. Instead of keeping open the “lines of sight” between ourselves and the sources and practioners of violent evil, lines of sight that allow for a critical understanding of the sources, courses, directions of and responses to evil, … Continue reading →

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