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Ted Hicks Archived Reflections

5th Sunday of Easter – Ted Hicks, Sunday May 2nd

May 5, 2021
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WE ARE SUCH STUFF AS GOD IS.                          OPENING IN COMMUNION WITH THE ANCIENTS Excerpts from Psalm 19 Adapted from “Psalms for Praying”: Nan…

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Easter Sunday – Ted Hicks, Sunday April 4

April 5, 2021
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If I had a bell I’d ring it in the morning I’d ring it in the evening all over this land. Ted’s invitation to a reflection for Easter Sunday, the Festival of Resurrection OPENING…

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Third Sunday in Lent – Ted Hicks, Sunday March 7

March 7, 2021
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The Cleansing of the Temple Hmm? What is Jesus talking about here? The public Temple in Jerusalem or the personal temple of the soul? Could it be both? OPENING IN COMMUNION WITH THE ANCIENTS…

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Fifth Sunday after Epiphany – Ted Hicks, Sunday February 7, 2021

February 8, 2021
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Lift up your eyes and see: Who created this? (Isaiah 40:26) In today’s Gospel passage, Mark’s terse summary of the essence of Jesus’ message and work seems to be saying to his readers then…

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Second Sunday After Christmas, Ted Hicks, January 3, 2021

January 3, 2021
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History, they say, is written by the victors.  Heresy, in turn, is determined by those who hold positions of power in the orthodox circles of the day. Certainly ideas are not to be trifled…

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A Reflection for Christmas 2020, Ted Hicks, December 25, 2020

December 25, 2020
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In our Northern Hemisphere, the Winter Solstice has marked both the nadir of the year’s light and the beginning of its return.  Hope (we hope) is dawning on the horizon – most obviously in…

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In the wilderness

Second Sunday of Advent, Ted Hicks, December 6, 2020

December 6, 2020
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“We might not choose wildness.  Indeed, we might fear it.  We have probably even been warned against it by those who care enough to worry about us.  But breakthrough moments for us and for…

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The Sunday of Christ the King, Ted Hicks, November 22, 2020

November 22, 2020
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“ … the surprise of the Christian story is not that God sometimes comes disguised as a poor person but that – counterintuitively – such a one is exactly who God is. God’s truest…

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After Pentecost

The Twenty Third Sunday After Pentecost, Ted Hicks, November 8, 2020

November 15, 2020
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“In biblical references to the Second Coming, there are often images such as Jesus suddenly appearing brightly in the sky for all to see in his triumphal return.  For me, that is like the…

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Stone Tablets

The Twenty First Sunday After Pentecost, Ted Hicks October 25, 2020

October 25, 2020
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When Jesus is tested by a skeptic in the crowd who asks him to name the greatest commandment in his peoples’ tradition, he answers outside the box – in a way that not only…

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