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Ezekiel 34:11-16, 20-24

Proper 29A

A Shepherd In the US context, the day after Thanksgiving begins the Christmas season.  But this is one of those years where a fluke of the calendar means the church won’t be celebrating Advent (let alone Christmas) yet. We have one last Sunday in Ordinary Time. Liturgically, the first Sunday of Advent begins a brand…

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Ezekiel 34:11-16, 20-24

Proper 29A

At last we have arrived at the end of our journey through Ordinary Time.  We have walked with ancient Israel through the geography and history of the Near East—from paganism in Haran and now back to pagan Babylon, with long stays in Egypt and the Promised Land in between, a long march through a trackless…

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Ezekiel 34:11-16, 20-24

Proper 29A

If you are searching for things to include under the heading “The Oddities of Scripture,” you likely could do no better than perusing the various chapters of Ezekiel.  The book opens with a vision so strange that not a few people in the last century concluded that Ezekiel witnessed a UFO replete with extraterrestrials.   (Back…

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