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Mark Harris
Mark Harris is an Episcopal priest living and working in Lewes, Delaware. He is the author of The Challenge of Change: The Anglican Communion in the Post-Modern Era (Church Publishing).
Fire in the dark: Acts 2:1-21
Our reformer ancestors would be appalled by some of the small traditions of joy and triumph that have crept into the Christian celebration of Pentecost. We’ve added trumpet blasts to mimic the great sound of the wind of the spirit, we wave red streamers on bamboo rods, raise clouds of red and white balloons, and even nibble on birthday cakes for the church. We want to signal “Tada!” We made it!
Power point: Ephesians 1:15-23
As long as the ascension is in any way related to upward movement (like an elevator going to the clouds), I am and will continue to be unmoved. The vertical directional imagery just doesn’t do it for me. I am not even moved to argue about whether or not “it” happened.
And Jesus laughed: Luke 17:11-19
When I read this passage, I’d like to hear the inflection that Jesus gave to these words. “Were not ten made clean?...
Do not lose heart: Luke 18:1-8
What the widow in the Luke parable wants from the judge is vengeance or vindication....
No way out: Sunday, October 1, Luke 16:19-31
In Jesus’ story of the rich man and Lazarus there is no wiggle room....
In-your-face preaching: Sunday, October 8, Luke 17:5-10
Jesus is reported to have said, “The law and the prophets were in effect until John came; since then the good news of the kingdom of God is proclaimed, and everyone tries to enter it by force...
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