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The Rev. Canon Louis C. Schueddig, D.D.
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The Beginning of the End of the Beginning

John 5:1-9

6th Sunday of Easter - Year C

May 05, 2013

The Rev. Canon Louis C. Schueddig (TEC)

Uh oh!  How many times have you said that? That "oops" moment when you stop and figure out something has gone wrong.  Maybe it's just something minor like putting up dishes in the wrong cabinet or maybe a major, life-changing revelation that things are going down hill fast: with your life, your marriage, your child, your job, bad news from your doctor.  We either fix it fast or worst of all find the downhill slide irreversible, and "Uh, oh" becomes "O God, please help me."  The "oops" moments are rarely positive ones for us on any level.

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Canon Caroline Westerhoff
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The Merry-Go-Round

Mark 10:35-45

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October 21, 2012

Canon Caroline Westerhoff (TEC)

This past June, David McCullough Jr. gave a startling commencement address at Wellesley High School in Massachusetts, where he has been an English teacher for the last 26 years. He does not extol the virtues and achievements of his students; he does not heap the usual accolades upon them and send them off to an entitled future. Instead he tells them they are not special. They are not special because everyone is special. 

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