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Augustine’s Confessions — New Video Series

March 9, 2021 by Gary Neal Hansen Leave a Comment

Augustine's Confessions Video Series

Augustine’s Confessions Video Series! I’m really happy to be able to invite you to join me in what you might call an online historical theological adventure. Above you’ll find the first introductory video for a series I’m doing on one of the greatest books ever written: Augustine’s Confessions. The rest of the videos will come […]

Filed Under: Saints, Theology Tagged With: Patreon, Video Series

The Lord’s Supper and the Coronavirus — Wisdom from St. Thomas Aquinas

March 9, 2020 by Gary Neal Hansen 4 Comments

Lord's Supper and the Coronavirus

I was supposed to preach Sunday. I was getting over a cold. Love of neighbor meant I needed to tell the pastor who invited me in case he wanted to cancel. He still wanted me to come. Still, I told the congregation I wouldn’t be shaking hands. They didn’t want to catch what I’d had […]

Filed Under: Saints, Worship Tagged With: Communion, Concomitance, Coronavirus, Eucharist, Lord's Supper, St. Thomas Aquinas

Monday Meditation: RCL Year A, Advent 4, Matthew 1:18-25

December 20, 2019 by Gary Neal Hansen 1 Comment

children's sermon on Matthew 1:18-25

On the Fourth Sunday of Advent we finally seem to find what we thought the season was for: We are anticipating the birth of Jesus. This is the week of his first “advent,” or “arrival,” among us. The lectionary Gospel readings brought us here through a hurky-jerky journey. It is  “Year A,” when the texts […]

Filed Under: Bible, Church Year, Monday Meditation, Saints Tagged With: Advent 4, Matthew 1:18-25, RCL Year A, St. Joseph

Monday Meditation: RCL Year C, 5th Sunday of Easter, John 13:31-35

May 15, 2019 by Gary Neal Hansen 4 Comments

John 13:31-35

On the 5th Sunday of Easter, the Revised Common Lectionary stays in John, taking a leap forward (and, if you think about it, backward too) into Holy Week. The text is John 13:31-35. On Maundy Thursday, if you remember, we heard this and an earlier portion from the same chapter (John 13:1-17, 31b-35). (And if […]

Filed Under: Bible, Church Year, Monday Meditation, Saints

Letters to a Young Pastor: Gregory of Nazianzus and the Nature of Ministry

January 25, 2019 by Gary Neal Hansen 8 Comments

the nature of ministry

Dear ______: I don’t usually write to two days in a row. Basically I never write you except on Thursdays. But I decided to make an exception today. In the East today is the commemoration of one of my favorite saints, Gregory of Nazianzus. I thought it would be a good idea to recommend him […]

Filed Under: Ministry, Saints Tagged With: Gregory of Nazianzus, In Defense of His Flight to Pontus, The Pastor's vocation

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