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The Rev. Patricia Grace
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A Tale of Two Pats, Or, Friend, Move Up Higher

Luke 14:1,7-14

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January 29, 2012

The Rev. Patricia Grace (TEC)

On one occasion when Jesus was going to a dinner party at the home of a leader of the Pharisees, they were watching him closely.

And Jesus was watching them pretty closely, right back.

Jesus was watching and waiting for an opportunity--the chance to turn the tables on them, as he often did. He was watching and waiting for an opening to teach them something...something about the upside-down, reverse-order of God's kingdom, compared to their own.

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Never Enough

Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30

3rd Sunday after Pentecost - Year A

July 03, 2011

The Rev. Canon Charles K. Robertson (TEC)

Recent years have witnessed a flood of books offering variations of a formula that will bring happiness and fulfillment to the privileged initiate. Indeed, to the one who holds the key, who knows the secret...to the wise and intelligent, life's oyster opens itself and all manner of treasures await. Sounds attractive? Many would agree, as evidenced by the number of such books that follow one another in succession week after week, month after month, on the various bestseller lists.

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