Author Archives: johnpmcginty
Pentecost Joy
Pentecost 2012 Credo in Spiritum Sanctum. I believe in the Holy Spirit. For centuries in the text of the Apostles Creed, this is what the church affirmed of the Holy Spirit. Simply four words in the Latin; six in English. “I believe … Continue reading
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Ten Things Churches Can Learn from the Apple Store
Ten Things Churches Can Learn from the Apple Store
Just sharing already shared insights. These might jar some creative thinking/doing in a congregation you know (or might come to know)!
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Seeing Italy again for the first time
The lakes region of this country is a marvel. Lakes thirty and forty miles long, surrounded by tall green hills with towns and villages thrown along the shore on either side like beads on a rosary. I find it so beautiful … Continue reading
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Return to Switzerland 2
The second day here dawned cool and overcast at Lucerne. We checked the weather before heading out to get the car rental only to find cold and snow forecast along the way May 16th? Snow? This was particularly unwelcome as … Continue reading
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Return to Switzerland
After a quiet flight from Newark, I arrived in Switzerland today for the first time in what must be easily two decades. I’m traveling with a Catholic priest friend whom my family and I have known since I was seven … Continue reading
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Living and Dying
I find myself thinking powerfully tonight about mortality. Or at least, to say it more clearly, I find thoughts about life and death present powerfully to mind. I am thinking of loved ones, among family and friends, who have reached … Continue reading
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Second Sunday of Easter: Learning to See
Grace Church Brooklyn Heights Second Sunday of Easter April 15, 2012 One summer Thursday afternoon, it was either in 1967 or 68, my grandmother gathered the four friends who regularly came to her house to play cards on that day … Continue reading
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“It is finished.”
Grace Church Brooklyn Heights Good Friday April 6, 2012 “Jesus said, ‘It is finished.’” These are the words of chapter 19, verse 30 of John’s Gospel. “It is finished.” What is finished? This is a question for us who gather … Continue reading
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