Reflections for

Baptism of the Lord, Jan 11, 2015

Genesis 1:1-5; Psalm 29; Acts 19:1-7; Mark 1:4-11

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Scorched earth

Dec 19, 2011 by John M. Buchanan

How is it possible to read the first chapter of the Bible and not be an environmentalist?

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Glimpse of the holy

Advent with a toddler

Nov 23, 2011 by Kathleen Hirsch

I decided our family's Christmas would be simple and spirit-centered. Green to parenting, I defined spiritual as anything that allowed me a minute to reflect on what, beyond the laundry, mattered.

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Water in worship

The ecology of baptism

Jan 28, 2011 by Benjamin M. Stewart

There is quite a gap between the wilderness-pilgrimage baptisms of John and the small and hidden baptismal places in many of our worship spaces. Happily, this is changing.

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Living in a material world

God's good stuff

Jul 13, 2010 by Michael L. Lindvall

As a pastor in New York City, I've found myself challenged to think more deeply about “stuff." I've come to believe that the truth about what we too casually name “materialism” is not so simple. It ought to be clear, after all, that God doesn’t hate stuff. Witness the creation story. God invents stuff. At the end of each of six days, God engages in self-congratulation, pronouncing serial evening benedictions on the stuff created that day: “Good!”

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Reluctant pilgrim

A visit to the Jordan

Nov 03, 2009 by Miroslav Volf

Since ancient times, travelers have journeyed to sites of religious significance in order to deepen their faith. But I’ve never been much of a pilgrim. I was raised a Pentecostal, and in one regard our brand of faith was very modern: unlike most premodern people, we did not recognize any “sacred places.” For us, all places were alike to God because God had created them all.

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