by Stephen Phelps | Nov 7, 2004 | Uncategorized
Download a PDF of this text Texts on Sunday, November 7, 2004Reading: Psalm 1; Matthew 13: 24-30 Simone Weil, the French contemplative, wrote: “One of the principle truths of Christianity is that looking is what saves us.” Just looking. Seeing what is so. The natural...
by Stephen Phelps | Oct 17, 2004 | Uncategorized
Download a PDF of this text Texts on Sunday, October 17, 2004Job 29: 1-13, Matthew 25: 1-13 Last Monday afternoon, I hiked into the Adirondack wilderness for a three-day sojourn. I have been making this solo pilgrimage into the woods nearly every fall for half my...
by Stephen Phelps | Aug 29, 2004 | Uncategorized
Download a PDF of this text Texts on Sunday, August 29, 2004:Mark 2: 1-12; Romans 5: 18-21 You have a sense, don’t you, how hard it is to be a human being—what an immense weight is a human life; what an heroic feat to carry this soul, your own self, from the cradle...
by Stephen Phelps | Jul 18, 2004 | Uncategorized
Text on Sunday, July 18, 2004 Matthew 20: 1-16 hat labor is there yet undone in your vineyard? I don’t mean work undone in your yard or your attic or your kitchen or your office. It’s summer and this is the Sabbath day of rest. Let’s not...
by Stephen Phelps | Jun 6, 2004 | Uncategorized
Download a PDF of this text Texts on Trinity Sunday, June 6, 2004 Proverbs 8:1-8, 22-31; John 1: 1-5 When scientists think about the very beginning of creation, they speak of a “big bang.” The science and equations that lead to the theory of the big...
by Stephen Phelps | May 30, 2004 | Uncategorized
Download a PDF of this text Texts on Pentecost Sunday, May 30, 2004 Acts 2: 1-18; Revelation 21 & 22 (selections) When at the Pentecost outpouring of Spirit, Peter hears that cynical accusation— They’re all drunk! —he instantly, ardently, powerfully charges...
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