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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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		<title>Meditation on Good Friday</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2011 22:10:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had been pondering a part of the creed little used in the branch of the Church I grew up in: “He descended into hell” particularly in connection with Jesus’ words from the cross “it is finished” and "Into thy hands I commend my spirit."

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