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Come home!

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Easter 6C, May 25, 2025.  The Very Rev. Pamela L. Werntz

  • Acts 16:9-15. Come and stay at my home.
  • Revelation 21:10, 22-22:5. I saw no temple in the city, for its temple is the Lord God.
  • John 14:23-29. We will come to them and make our home with them.

O God of love, grant us the strength, the wisdom and the courage to seek always and everywhere after truth, come when it may, and cost what it will.

Many of you know that early on Tuesday mornings, every other month, a group gathers on Zoom to ponder together the Gospel passage coming up on the following Sunday; and when the vestry meets, we do the same thing. This past Tuesday, we discussed our Gospel lesson for today.  If you’re anything like these early-morning or evening skeptics, and if they are representative of the parish (my guess is that they are), some of you just heard that Gospel reading as comforting: loving words about a deeper peace than the world can ever give. Even though Jesus was leaving (in fact, about to be arrested and crucified), he promised that the spirit of his words (The Word) would be with them; his peace would be with them.  They did not need to be afraid; they were going to be cared for and defended by the spirit of God, Who is Love.  Continue reading →

Fixer-Uppers

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Sixth Sunday in Easter, Year C, May 26, 2019.  The Rev. Pamela L. Werntz

Acts 16:9-15. Come and stay at my home.
Revelation 21:10, 22-22:5. Gates will never be shut by day and there will be no night.
John 14:23-29.  We will come to them and make our home with them.

O God of Homecoming, grant us the strength, the wisdom and the courage to seek always and everywhere after truth, come when it may, and cost what it will.

More visions this week in our scripture readings: today a vision of Paul, another vision of John of Patmos, and more of the vision of John the Evangelist. What strikes me about the three visions last week and this week is that they are visions of home. They’ve reminded me that I really miss the occupation description “homemaker.” I’m sorry that it has become a bad word for progressives and I want to take it back. I also miss the name home economics as a course of study. The root meaning of the word economy is household. A household or home, in this sense, is a place where the residents (who are not necessarily related) share their meals and rest together. There is an economy.

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