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Trinity Cluster of Iowa Episcopal Churches

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We are the Episcopal Churches of Carroll, Denison, and Harlan, Iowa. Open and affirming, practicing the teachings of Jesus found in the beatitudes and Matthew 25.

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By the Gates of Babylon and on the Road to Jerusalem Practice gratitude and seek the welfare of everyone, even your enemies! It is countercultural, but so was Jesus.

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Mulberry Trees Messy, but yielding abundant fruit

A little faith and a whole lot of work.
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The Rich Man and Lazarus A parable for our time.

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Who Are You Going to Serve? Bob Dylan was right: you gotta serve somebody

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Sewing Division Jesus will be baptized by fire and if we play our cards right, we might be as well. You gotta choose.

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Filling Your Barn With Self Or in the case of Iowa, filling our lands with pig manure and our waters with nitrates and E coli.

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With its 'Homeland Heritage' Campaign Trump's DHS is Leaning Sharply into 'Blood and Soil' Ideology Last week was a bad week of social media posts from the Department of Homeland Security. Videos claiming a militarized Border Patrol is God’s will; memes about ICE funding assisting in mass deportatio...

This is so similar to what Hitler did. "With its β€˜Homeland Heritage’ Campaign Trump’s DHS is Leaning Sharply into β€˜Blood and Soil’ Ideology" religiondispatches.org/with-its-hom...

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Be aware of the Orwellian nightmare in which we find ourselves.

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We All Walk the Road to Jericho Let us walk it with compassion for all.

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So practice the Gospel! We live in a world of plenty, but the empires want us to think "scarcity". That way they can have it all and leave the rest of us to fight for the crumbs instead of living the way God intended. #WalterBrueggeman #EmpireKills. Thanks to #KenSehested of #PrayerAndPolitiks

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What would make you protest? Email from Chalice Press Your journey to a more faithful world starts here. View as Webpage Protest Isn't a Dirty Word β€” It's a Faithful One Parades and protests are in the news a lot this month. In a

What would bring you to #protest? People of faith have been doing so for generations. Chalice Press has this collection of books on protest: myemail.constantcontact.com/What-would-m...

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Veni Sancte Spiritus Better than Powdermilk Biscuits to do what needs to be done.

Let's remember that Pentecost is about empowering us!
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House of Love Or how Henry Nouwen and St. Clare help us learn Jesus' commandment to love one another.

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A New Road to Walk Thoughts on John 13:31-35

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They are my Shepherds. Following Jesus' example, and that of Tabitha, in times of turmoil as I look for hope.

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Resurrection: Jesus' and Mine Or how the crucifixion and resurrection is meant to bring us true life and love, not fear and retribution.

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Empathy: Holy Week in One Word All of Jesus' life was one of empathy and if Christianity is anything, it is empathy.

Perhaps God's #empathy was the reason for the cross and the resurrection.
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Come to Bethany and Let Down your Hair Extravagance knows no bounds, and neither should we with what we have to give.

John's Gospel: a lesson in extravagance. #JarOfNard #MaryAndMartha #GiveEverythingYouHaveAway
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A Prodigious Parable Or how everyone in this story wastes something, or do they? The one who gave the most gets the most.

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Miserable Offenders Who is to blame for the fruitless fig tree? Hint: it is the tree (or the gardener or the owner or the fact that fig trees don't grow in Iowa.)

The beauty of education and experience is that it leaves us open to seeing things in multiple ways. Sin is not simple!

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Deja Vu Temptation Or how the cycle of imperial sin just keeps repeating itself and how you need to lose your life.

It's Lent!

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When a Politician’s Party Trumps Their Church How do you respond if the world’s wealthiest man attacks your church?

Our governor seems to have moral osteoporosis (i.e. no backbone.) open.substack.com/pub/publicwi...

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Our bishop rocks!. We are here for everyone. Not your grandparents Episcopal Church! Visit to Trinity Carroll and discussion on welcoming everyone!

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I fully expect Christians themselves to be targeted by this β€œanti-Christian bias” task forceβ€”the wrong kind of Christians who don’t support the agenda of right-wing Christian supremacy.

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Interesting that the reading for the 3rd Sunday in Epiphany covered some of the same material as #BishopBudde.

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And Jesus was an "influencer" for Gandhi.

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Burns Night joins #Boone Pride

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If she can do it, we can all do it.

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