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Epiphany 6, 2012 – The Rev Dr. Larry Bradford

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Mark 1: 40-45  “If you choose. . .”

A few years ago I was talking with someone about some of the differences and similarities between the Episcopal liturgy and that of the Catholic church.  In the course of that conversation she said something I haven’t forgotten: “One of the things I don’t like in our church is that during the Lord’s Prayer we have to hold hands with the people on either side of us.  One day this dirty, smelly street guy came in late and sat right next to me.  I just about died because I knew that at the Our Father I was going to have to hold his hand.”

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Epiphany 5(B), 2012 – The Rev. Dr. Larry Bradford

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Mark 1: 29-39  ”Sharpening the Saw”

There’s a tiny, angelic woman from India named Mata Amritanandamayi who has touched the lives of millions of people.  Literally.  What she does, and has been doing for more than 30 years, is to hug people.  She is affectionately called “Amma” or “Mother.”  Her followers say she has embraced more than 20 million people all over the globe.

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Epiphany 3, 2012 – The Rev. Dr. Larry Bradford

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Mark 1: 14-20 - “Catchers of People”

One of my fondest memories from childhood was going fishing with my mother.  She loved fishing and she was really successful at it.  She seemed to have a sixth sense when it came to fish.  Standing on the shore of just about any lake, pond or river, she could tell you where the fish were likely to be, the kind of bait that would work and how deep to set it.

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The Feast of the Epiphany, 2012 – The Rev. Dr. Larry Bradford

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“The Journey”

This evening we’re celebrating one of the great feast days of the liturgical year:  the Epiphany of the Lord.  In common language, if someone says she just had an “epiphany”, what she means is that a new insight or revelation just came to her “out of the blue”.  Some people refer to this as an “Aha!” moment, as when the apple fell and Newton was suddenly inspired with the idea of gravity.  Or when Archimedes settled in for a good soak in his bathtub and had a revelation about the displacement of water.

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