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Speaking to the Edge

Proper 14 (Year C - Track 1)
August 11th, 2019

In a world overwhelmed with lies and conspiracy theories, we are invited to remember that keeping faith has always been a marginal project. But it is here at the edge that God is prepared to build a new way and a new life for the world.

Duration: 18:32

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Turning from our Pacts with Death

Proper 13 (Year C)
August 4th, 2019

by The Rev. Br. Richard Edward Helmer

Jesus, along with the ancient prophets, knows our habit of making pacts with death. From our greed to our obsession with weapons we think will protect us, we end up in the age-old problem of making human sacrifice to gods that deal in death and violence. Our God is different, and our God is calling us to a radically different way of being.

Duration: 15:15

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Losing Everything

Proper 8 (Year C)
June 30th, 2019

by The Rev. Br. Richard Edward Helmer

In bracing words, Jesus shows us what the reign of God demands of us: not ten percent, not half, but everything.

Duration: 27:12

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Built on Hope

Proper 7 (Year C)
June 23rd, 2019

by The Rev. Gerald Caprio

In a busy age, the story of Elijah’s sojourn in the desert reminds us to value silence, where we can rediscover the virtue of hope, and the voice of the divine in our lives.

Duration: 20:59

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