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		<title>The Cleansing of the Temple: The Gospel According to John, Chapter 2:13-17</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:12:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Paul Zahl wrote once that the Holy Spirit interacting with mortal man is very analogous to the interaction between living magma and the environment at the surface. Magma, (Lava when it gets to the surface of the Earth) is about &#8230; <a href="http://rericsawyer.wordpress.com/2012/01/29/the-cleansing-of-the-temple-the-gospel-according-to-john-chapter-213-17/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rericsawyer.wordpress.com&amp;blog=968980&amp;post=431&amp;subd=rericsawyer&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Reflections on a visit to Christ Church (Episcopal), Eagle Lake, Texas</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 04:57:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had a wonderful time visiting Christ Church (Episcopal) in Eagle Lake on this past Sunday, January 22. I drove up from Houston for the 10:00 Eucharist.  The Rt. Rev&#8217;d C. Andrew Doyle, Bishop of Texas, was there for a Confirmation (4! &#8230; <a href="http://rericsawyer.wordpress.com/2012/01/23/reflections-on-a-visit-to-christ-church-episcopal-eagle-lake-texas/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rericsawyer.wordpress.com&amp;blog=968980&amp;post=415&amp;subd=rericsawyer&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Wedding in Cana, Water into Wine:  The Gospel According to John, Chapter 2</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 05:10:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(This is written as an early Lenten exploration, as described in an earlier post &#8211; I encourage you to comment!) The Wedding at Cana 1 On the third day there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee, and the mother &#8230; <a href="http://rericsawyer.wordpress.com/2012/01/17/the-wedding-in-cana-water-into-wine-the-gospel-according-to-john-chapter-2/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rericsawyer.wordpress.com&amp;blog=968980&amp;post=401&amp;subd=rericsawyer&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Write a Commentary for Lent</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 04:50:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have begun a new project, one that is so far above me that it embarrasses be to mention it. I would not, except I have found that when I don&#8217;t confess my plan, I am likely to shrink back. &#8230; <a href="http://rericsawyer.wordpress.com/2012/01/16/395/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rericsawyer.wordpress.com&amp;blog=968980&amp;post=395&amp;subd=rericsawyer&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Is the Bible the &#8220;Word of God&#8221; or is it a human book?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Nov 2011 03:34:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had a thought last week during a Bible study class on Deuteronomy.  The leader of the group is a thoroughly “Bible-Believing” Christian. He is highly educated, with advanced degrees in Biblical scholarship, and is thus immersed in current academic &#8230; <a href="http://rericsawyer.wordpress.com/2011/11/19/is-the-bible-the-word-of-god-or-is-it-a-human-book/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rericsawyer.wordpress.com&amp;blog=968980&amp;post=390&amp;subd=rericsawyer&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Singing in Harmony: an objection to Deitrich Bonhoeffer</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Nov 2011 01:12:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ “ ‘Sing and make melody in your heart to the Lord’ (Eph. 5:19). … ‘Because it is bound wholly to the Word, the singing of the congregation, especially of the family congregation, is essentially singing in unison. Here words and &#8230; <a href="http://rericsawyer.wordpress.com/2011/11/19/singing-in-harmony-an-objection-to-deitrich-bonhoeffer/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rericsawyer.wordpress.com&amp;blog=968980&amp;post=376&amp;subd=rericsawyer&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A review of &#8220;This is My Story, This is My Song&#8221; by Betty Pulkingham</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 22:04:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many people who will read this will already know who Betty Pulkingham is. Her first husband, the Rev. Graham Pulkingham was a founding visionary in the Renewal movement in the Episcopal Church, and very important Rector of Houston&#8217;s Episcopal Church &#8230; <a href="http://rericsawyer.wordpress.com/2011/11/02/a-review-of-this-is-my-story-this-is-my-song-by-betty-pulkingham/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rericsawyer.wordpress.com&amp;blog=968980&amp;post=365&amp;subd=rericsawyer&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Embracing the real, not &#8220;what I think should be real&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2011 21:09:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a funeral director,&#160; I think one of the wisest passages concerning grief and celebration is straight from the (Episcopal) Book of Common Prayer: “The liturgy for the dead is an Easter liturgy. It finds all its meaning in the &#8230; <a href="http://rericsawyer.wordpress.com/2011/09/22/embracing-the-real-not-what-i-think-should-be-real/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rericsawyer.wordpress.com&amp;blog=968980&amp;post=354&amp;subd=rericsawyer&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Thoughts on Marriage (or, &#8220;An Exercise in Hubris&#8221;)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Aug 2011 19:20:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A friend of mine wrote a brief blog post on a subject I have been ruminating on for a few years, the purpose of marriage. His post compels me to write. I dare not say this is exactly in opposition &#8230; <a href="http://rericsawyer.wordpress.com/2011/08/21/thoughts-on-marriage-or-an-exercise-in-hubris/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rericsawyer.wordpress.com&amp;blog=968980&amp;post=321&amp;subd=rericsawyer&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Yesterday, at the Church of the Redeemer</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2011 23:34:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, I went back to Redeemer. God! What a statement! I had some idea of what I wanted to say, why I wanted to write; but I had not formed any words in my head until my fingers hit the &#8230; <a href="http://rericsawyer.wordpress.com/2011/07/18/yesterday-at-the-chruch-of-the-redeemer/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rericsawyer.wordpress.com&amp;blog=968980&amp;post=300&amp;subd=rericsawyer&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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