HeyJaredThe Lo-Fi Gospel Minute
Brief reflections, essays, and the occasional podcast about faith, spirituality, and religion from a progressive Southern white male perspective.
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Sermon: Militant Vulnerability (opens the original)
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As with all my sermons, the manuscript and event differ somewhat. I stick to the script for the most part, but sometimes I rewrite on the fly or the Holy Spirit does her thing and I end up veering off for a second. It is my belief that the Spirit is involved from beginning to end in the process. No AI was harmed in the creation of this sermon. Tonight’s sermon is about vulnerability, the vulnerability of the cross and the posture it invites of those who would follow Jesus and his way. Poet Sade
Saturday Morning Musings with St Michael (opens the original)
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It is the last Saturday of September, the first Saturday of autumn. A train is rolling through the valley, its brakes screeching to high heaven. The sounds of industry are often terrifying. Painful. As much as I love the trains and romanticize them, they are also a symptom of what ails us.<so
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. (opens the original)
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There is always more to say. That is, there is always something left unsaid. A thought. A feeling. We die with these un-sayings in our hearts. They are a part of the geography of our souls. Topography? Cartography? Perhaps. Our wonder about the unsaid is akin to a Time Machine for the soul. Whether it be privacy or secrecy that keeps things un-said, we much reckon with the loss and even grief that comes from our un-saying. Paths not taken. Vows known only to ourselves. God’s own whisperings made
Thank you! (opens the original)
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Amazing Praise: $33,000 to go (opens the original)
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