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The Shadow of the Past (opens the original)
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Boy, sometimes the shape of these articles just falls into place like a satisfying Tetris grid. Other times, assembling my thoughts feels more like a precarious game of Jenga. This week was certainly the latter. But if I’ve learned anything through my relatively short time studying scripture, it’s that close and careful attention can yield great rewards. In fact, that’s probably a good life lesson in general.Read Track 2 of this week’s lectionary here.The Thread 🧵As I sa
The Joys of Learning, Teaching, and Serving (opens the original)
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In my last couple of feast day posts, I discussed scriptures associated with saints I was fairly familiar with: first Clare of Assisi and then Hildegard of Bingen. But today, I’m featuring passages associated with the feast day of Anna Ellison Butler Alexander, whose name and story I had never encountered before. Born around 1865 to formerly enslaved parents, she became a deaconess in the Episcopal Church in Georgia. She taught Black children and, during the Great Depression, provided aid to Bla
God’s Mercy, Much to Our Chagrin (opens the original)
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Hello, everyone! Before we get into this week’s readings, I just wanted to offer a brief trigger warning. Both Jonah and Philippians contain brief expressions of what I’d call passive suicidal ideation. We won’t be discussing them in this article, except perhaps tangentially, but as someone who’s experienced something similar, I can tell you it’s very real.So, take care of yourselves any way you need to.With that out of the way, the Track 2 readings for this week can
The Greening of Faith (opens the original)
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Hello everyone! Today on the Episcopal Church’s calendar is the feast day of Hildegard von Bingen (1098–1179). While I don’t have the time or energy to cover every feast day on this Substack, I certainly want to devote some time to people of particular influence, both for me and for the world.Hildegard von Bingen was a 12th-century German abbess, polymath, philosopher, naturalist, and composer. Since this Substack is mostly focused on Scripture, this article will concern the appointed readings f
Forgiveness Is A Nice Thing To Do (opens the original)
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The Thread 🧵What inspired me to start writing The Sunday Thread in the first place was how neatly the lectionary readings for a given Sunday fit together to elucidate a handful of themes. This week, though, I’m impressed by how smoothly this week’s readings fit in with last week’s selection.Read Track 2 of this week’s readings here.Last week we explored watchfulness and conflict resolution. We now turn our attention to themes of mercy and forgiveness. As
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