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A new children's sermon on Sunday's Gospel!
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Hello my friend! This is my first email newsletter with my new email provider. Woot! It's for this Sunday's Gospel, and as per usual, there is a link within the post to the "Monday Meditation" on the same text from 2020. I told you last week that I was in a play, and it was really a lot of fun. There is something wonderful about live theatre. It points me to things I think are rich and true about the spiritual life. Even if the play is secular (this one was, though it had a lot to say about justice), whether one is on the stage or in the audience, there is something wondrous happening: everybody is exploring a world beyond this one, and trying on new ways of being, new identities. It's not the actual Christian faith, but there is something richly analogous going on. We're all in the process of living into our new identity in Christ, we "put on Christ" as the Apostle says. And we are imagining our way into another world, the kingdom of heaven. So I've been all full of mystical thoughts. I pray that you are finding new life and new ways of living into Christ and the kingdom this Summer. Thank you always for reading what I write! It means so much to me. Blessings, Gary
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My Advent Class on Lectio Divina! Hello my friend! At some point (maybe last week, maybe several years ago) you signed up on my site, GaryNealHansen.com to be notified when I launch online prayer classes. I've just re-launched my Advent class and wanted you to be the first to know. Lectio Divina in Advent I first developed this course in 2016. I had written the little book in the picture. It's a modern introduction to the classic Christian practice known as "lectio divina" or "divine...
New Children's Sermon! Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots Game (CC by Laurie Shaull-SA 4.0) Hello my friend! I was traveling to Gettysburgh, Pennsylvania last week, speaking to a seminary student group and doing a retreat day for a clergy group. Alas, as a result I didn't get you a children's sermon. But here we are in a brand new week, and I bring you one on Sunday's Gospel text. Matthew 20:1-16 is a fascinating parable about God's generosity -- which in conflict with our sense that some should get...
New Children's Sermon! Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots Game (CC by Laurie Shaull-SA 4.0) Hello my friend! Between vacation and other summer things, I ended up taking the month of August off from blogging. Thanks for your patience! Just in time for Sunday I have a new children's sermon for you. There's a link to the older "Monday Meditation" on the same Gospel passage inside the post. It's Matthew 18:15-20, a classic text that has guided the Church for centuries on matters of church discipline....