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Evan D. Garner

Evan D. Garner is rector of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Fayetteville, Arkansas. He blogs at A Long Way From Home, part of the CCblogs network.

Sunday’s Coming

Reading Paul through Paul (Galatians 3:23-29)

Galatians 3 does not sound like something that could be constrained by pragmatism elsewhere.
Sunday’s Coming

The confidence to call shots (Romans 5:1-5)

Paul encourages his readers to trust an outcome they cannot yet see.
In the Lectionary

June 23, Ordinary 12C (Luke 8:26-39)

Sometimes the terror we know is more tolerable than the peace we can’t imagine.
In the Lectionary

June 16, Trinity C (John 16:12-15)

To know any truth about God, we must be drawn into the life of the Trinity. But how?
kitchen job
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Wanting to do the dishes

We’re preconditioned for self-gain and not for self-sacrifice. We need God’s help not only to do better but to want to do better.
Shelter in overturned tree
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Sheltered by God

The psalmist takes cover in God like a stranded hiker seeking refuge beneath an overturned tree.
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Participating in God’s righteous anger

Is our outrage only creating a sense of justice for ourselves?
painting of the calling of Matthew
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The surprising call of Matthew

There's a question that pervades Matthew's Gospel: who's in and who's out?
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Reading the Joseph story after Charlottesville

Anyone who seeks to divide people is working against God. And refusing to say that is sin.
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What ascetics have taught me about divine light

In the eastern tradition, theosis—union with God—is the goal of the Christian life.

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The problem with idols

Like the Athenians Paul speaks to in Acts 17, we create substitutes for the Creator.
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Why we need the Philippians hymn on Palm Sunday

Whether you're in the pulpit or the pews, give some thought to this epistle this week.
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Repentance makes a comeback

Repentance—getting in touch with our roots—is the ultimate retro.
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I have a job to do

Today, I have a task as a father of daughters—and as one who preaches the gospel of hope.
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Luke and tax collectors

I feel like I've heard a lot about tax collectors lately....
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Rather than or alongside?

A one-word change in the parable of the tax collector and the Pharisee could make a world of difference.

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