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The Living God

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Fr. James Hubbard · December 05, 2023 · Posted by: St. Paul’s Episcopal Church — Salem, Virginia

Advent is upon us. One is coming. It is not yet Christmas, but the promise is with us. An Anglican priest, one R.S. Thomas, considered the leading 20th Century Welsh poet in English, wrote this:

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The Final Judgement

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Fr. James Hubbard · December 05, 2023 · Posted by: St. Paul’s Episcopal Church — Salem, Virginia

Matthew's description of the final judgement stands alone among the Gospels of the New Testament. There are several points made in the passage:

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Jesus' Investment Advice

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Fr. James Hubbard · November 21, 2023 · Posted by: St. Paul’s Episcopal Church — Salem, Virginia

Matthew's story of the three servants trusted with talents to be invested for him, stensibly for God, is similar to a story in Luke's Gospel, but her the talents evidently are awarded according to the master's assessm...

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Get A Life

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Fr. James Hubbard · November 21, 2023 · Posted by: St. Paul’s Episcopal Church — Salem, Virginia

Today's Gospel is sort of humorous, at least at first blush. Half of the bridesmaids run out of oil for their lanps and their sisters refuse to share. Sounda little like teenage spats, until we look a little closer.

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Choose This Day

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Fr. James Hubbard · October 22, 2023 · Posted by: St. Paul’s Episcopal Church — Salem, Virginia

Jesus always requires that men and women, boys and girls make decisions aboout Him. Would they serve Him and God through Him, or not? There really is not any in-between. It is like being pregnant or married. You eithe...

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Trust

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Fr. James Hubbard · October 09, 2023 · Posted by: St. Paul’s Episcopal Church — Salem, Virginia

It was just months after the Israelites left Egypt when they began complaining against Moses and Aaron about what they were going to eat.

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There are Other Worlds to Sing In

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March 05, 2023 · Posted by: St. Paul’s Episcopal Church — Salem, Virginia

It might be like having a tenured UVA law professor coming to a young Teaching Assistant and asking some question like, "Why do you say an accused is innocent until she is proven guilty?" I can imagine the TA respondi...

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On human kind

On human kind

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Fr. James · February 26, 2023 · Posted by: St. Paul’s Episcopal Church — Salem, Virginia

Our lesson for this morning is one of the familiar creation stories. This is not a scientificexplanation for the beginnings of the earth and its creatures. It is a theological account for why humankind is like we are....

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Jesus Christ - How to Break a Leg

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February 22, 2023 · Posted by: St. Paul’s Episcopal Church — Salem, Virginia

For 40 days and 40 nights Jesus kicked pebbles in the wasteland of Judea, inventing Lent. We are left with his memory and a 40-day season of our own. A season in which to do what he did - remember how to use the tie w...

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