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Tag Archives: parables
If Jesus gave us parables … why do we respond with creeds?
Parabler’s Creed I believe in God, the Hen All-Sheltering, Creator of mustardseed and yeast; and in Jesus the Vine, Door, and Living Water who was conceived by the Wind, born of the Magnifier, suffered under a builder of bigger barns, … Continue reading
In a season of small epiphanies
I visit a confirmation class because I have been asked to lead a workshop on prayer for eight fifteen year old boys, and I know there will need to be parables. I want to say – prayer is not a … Continue reading
Fractured parables — Lenten post 7
The concluding of this Lenten devotion for 2014. Thank you for reading. Praying the parables – April 14, 2014 Gospel of Thomas 97 — the woman with the jar of meal Jesus said: The kingdom is like a woman carrying … Continue reading
Fractured parables — Lenten post 6
During Lent I am playing and praying the parables, twisting them inside out to learn what they are telling me … Praying the Parables, April 7, 2014 Matthew 22:11-14 — the wedding garment God, I’m in my Old Navy size … Continue reading
Fractured Parables — Lenten Post 5
My Lenten devotion this year is to dwell with the parables … Lent with the parables … and I have pushed and pinched and pursued and prayed them. I have turned them on their heads and on their hearts. You … Continue reading
Fractured Parables — Lenten Post 4
My Lenten devotion this year is to dwell with the parables … Lent with the parables … really not so much fractured like fairy tales, but pushed and pinched and pursued and prayed down that long path where they elude … Continue reading
Fractured parables – Lenten Post 3
My Lenten devotion this year is to dwell with the parables … Lent with the parables … really not so much fractured like fairy tales, but pushed and pinched and pursued and prayed down that long path where they elude … Continue reading
Fractured Parables — Lenten Post 2
My Lenten devotion this year is to dwell with the parables … thirty-two or forty-six or forty-eight and what about those Thomas parables? Lent with the parables … really not so much fractured like fairy tales, but pushed and pinched … Continue reading
Fractured Parables — Post for Lent, 1
My Lenten devotion this year is to dwell with the parables … thirty-two or forty-six or forty-eight and what about those Thomas parables? Lent with the parables … really not so much fractured like fairy tales, but pushed and pinched … Continue reading
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