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Tag Archives: Resurrection
Matthew 22: 23-33 One Bride for Seven Brothers
Matthew 22: 23-33 Parallels Mark 12: 18-27, Luke 20: 27-40 23 The same day some Sadducees came to him, saying there is no resurrection;and they asked him a question, saying, 24 “Teacher, Moses said, ‘If a man dies childless, his … Continue reading
Afterlife, Eternal Life and the Life of the Kingdom
When most people who grow up in a Christian church talk about eternal life they are talking about ‘going to heaven’ or what happens to the ‘soul’ after death. Many Christians who faithfully come to worship each week do not … Continue reading
Posted in Biblical Reflections, Gospel of Matthew
Tagged eternal life, Heaven, Kingdom of God, Kingdom of Heaven, Resurrection, soul
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New Growth
Water washes away the sins of the night, pushing them downward to the gutters Running back through the storm sewers and into the rivers and eventually into the sea Where they sink down, deeper and deeper, into the abyss … Continue reading
Christina’s World
She reclines among the grass of the field as the breeze gently blows across the plain The only sounds are the sounds of the buzzing bees which dance across the grass Searching for the scattered wildflowers which splash color upon … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry
Tagged Andrew Wyeth, Christina's World, Earth, Resurrection, Spring
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Prophesy to the Wind
O mortal can these bones live? This people who continues to dwell in the valley of death This people who refuses to learn from the past, these ears that did not hear These hands which did not help and the … Continue reading
Posted in Ezekiel, Poetry
Tagged Ezekiel, Ezekiel 37, Hope, Resurrection, Valley of the Dry Bones
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Images for the Third Sunday of Easter
Readings: Acts 2: 14a, 36-41, Psalm 116, 1 Peter 1: 17-23, and Luke 24: 13-35 The Luke reading is the ‘Walk to Emmaus’ text which is very familiar and very well represented in art. Here are some selections:
Posted in Religious Art
Tagged Caravaggio, Emmaus, Gebhard Fugel, Henry Fusseli, James Tissot, Resurrection, Rousselin
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Phoenix Rising- A Poem
Rising from the ashes of a past that consumed the dreams of the day Embracing the rising sun of the new life and possibilities The flaming pyre that were supposed to consume me Became the necessary predecessor to resurrection As … Continue reading
Images for 25th Sunday after Pentecost- Lectionary 32C
This is the confrontation between Jesus and the Sadducees in Luke 20: 27-40, Job19: 23-27 and 2 Thessalonians 2: 1-5, 13-17 Before I get into specific Sunday there is a really cool link to the Wikipedia Commons for James Tissot’s … Continue reading