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Choose Life! – Br. Jim Woodrum
Deuteronomy 30:15-20 Matthew 5:21-37 When I first began to study the lessons appointed for today, I couldn’t help but to think back to one of my favorite commercials from the 1990’s. The setting is...
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Rock of Ages – Br. Jim Woodrum
Mark 8:27-33 As you can tell from the name of our Society, we brothers have a special affinity to the beloved disciple which tradition suggests is John. There is an icon in the statio that you pass...
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Turning Discipline into Discipleship – Br. Jim Woodrum
Ecclesiasticus 2:1-11 Psalm 112 Mark 9:30-37 The autumn of my 4th grade year I had the sudden desire, much to the surprise of my parents, to play football. I say my parents were surprised because I...
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Lent: A Journey Toward Easter – Br. Jim Woodrum
Isaiah 58:1-12 2 Corinthians 5:20b-6:10 Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21 If I were to walk up to you and wish you a Happy Ash Wednesday, how would you react? If I were to say ‘I hope you have a great Lent,’ I...
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Exceeding Expectations – Br. Jim Woodrum
Matthew 21:1-11 It is hard to believe that a week from tomorrow marks one year since my brothers Curtis, John, Luke, and I embarked on a journey to the Holy Land to lead a pilgrimage. Each of us...
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Easter Doubt – Br. Jim Woodrum
John 20:19-31 This morning we hear one of the most quintessential stories in all of the gospels; so definitive in fact that it has given birth to a term that is used to label a person we deem as a...
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What’s the Next Right Thing? – Br. Jim Woodrum
John 14:6-14 When a man first comes to the monastery to test his vocation, you may be surprised to know that he does not get a large ‘how to’ manual on being a monk. Nor does he receive a week-long...
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Longing for Nourishment – Br. Jim Woodrum
1 Peter 2:2-10 Those of you who have had an opportunity to stay with us here at the monastery or have had an occasion to join us for a Sunday meal know that I am a foodie. I enjoy cooking and eating...
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Do Not Fear! – Br. Jim Woodrum
Matthew 10:24-33 On August 20, 1965, Jonathan Myrick Daniels, an episcopal seminarian did an amazing thing. When confronted by a white man with a 12 gauge shot gun, Jonathan jumped in front of 16...
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Thistle Theology – Br. Jim Woodrum
Isaiah 44:6-8; Romans 8:12-25; Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43 Our gospel lesson for today made me recall what I remember as the very first theological conundrum of my childhood. I was probably 7 or 8 years...
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