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Welcome to Unholy Thoughts, musings on Christian scripture and the world at large through the lens of an ordinary sort of person. I am moving my blog to Substack. Future posts can be found at: https://dianawright431838.substack.com/publish/posts
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John the Baptizer Lived in Flyover Country
John the Baptizer lived in flyover country
Diana Wright
Dec 9, 20244 min read
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Ad venire cum gaudio (To Come with Joy)
1C Advent 1 Dec 2024 Ad venire: to come. Changed only a bit over the millennia to the “beginning” or “the start”. We are at the...
Diana Wright
Nov 30, 20244 min read
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What Kind of King Am I?
Reign of Christ 24 Nov 2024 Monarchies today are, for the most part, entirely ceremonial. The sovereign may be the public face of a...
Diana Wright
Nov 30, 20244 min read
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Our Common Life
We can create God's kindom on earth when we make our common life inclusive.
Diana Wright
Nov 18, 20244 min read
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For All the Saints (Yes, You!)
All Saints The Raising of Lazarus John 11:32-44 3 Nov 2024 When I was growing up I lived across the street from a family who practiced...
Diana Wright
Nov 3, 20244 min read
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Hold a Give-a-Way
21 Pentecost Proper 23 Mark 10:17-31 13 Oct 2024 Words matter; translations matter. This passage from Mark is one that has always led...
Diana Wright
Nov 3, 20245 min read
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So Who Can Get a Divorce?
20 Pentecost Proper 22 6 Oct 2024 As I pondered what to say to you today, knowing these are not texts that easily preach themselves, I...
Diana Wright
Oct 10, 20243 min read
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Season of Creation Care
18 Pentecost, Proper 20 22 Sep 2024 The Episcopal Church, and others, look at the time from Sept. 1, the World Day of Prayer for the...
Diana Wright
Oct 10, 20243 min read
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On the Road (Again)
17 Pentecost, Proper 19 15 Sep 2024 According to the internet site Biblebreathe, Jesus walked 3125 miles during his ministry. The folks...
Diana Wright
Oct 10, 20244 min read
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Embrace Miracles
We believe in miracles!
Diana Wright
Oct 10, 20244 min read
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Saved by Ritual?
We will not be saved by burning incense
Diana Wright
Oct 10, 20244 min read
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Break the Body and Shed the Blood
14 Pentecost, Proper 16 25 Aug 2024 Rebecca Solnit (b. 1961), Hope in the Dark Hope is not like a lottery ticket you can sit on the...
Diana Wright
Aug 28, 20245 min read
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Eat My Flesh?
12 Pent Proper 14 11 Aug 2024 Bread for the journey. Pan para el viaje. Pain pour le voyage. Bread is what sustains us, whether that...
Diana Wright
Aug 12, 20243 min read
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It's All About Bread
11 Pentecost, Proper 13 John 6 4 Aug 2024 We now enter the season of bread and flesh. All the Gospel lessons through the end of August...
Diana Wright
Aug 8, 20244 min read
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Gratitude and Ingratiation
10 Pentecost, Proper 12 28 Jul 2024 Last week I spoke of unity, not uniformity. We can, if we choose, live in peace with each other and...
Diana Wright
Jul 30, 20244 min read
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Christian Unity, Not Uniformity
9 Pentecost, Proper 11 21 July 2024 Unity; uniformity. Strange how two words with the same root, oneness, can have such different...
Diana Wright
Jul 26, 20244 min read
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Dirt
4 Pent Proper 6 16 Jun 2024 I am in the middle of reading a book entitled Dirt: The Erosion of Civilization by David R. Montgomery. I...
Diana Wright
Jun 17, 20244 min read
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Moonstruck
3 Pentecost, Proper 5 9 June 2024 Do you think Jesus has lost his marbles? I guess he could have, since marbles and games associated...
Diana Wright
Jun 17, 20244 min read
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We Know What's Coming
2 Pentecost, Proper 4B 2 June 2024 I bet we have all had the experience of watching something on TV unfold and know exactly what will...
Diana Wright
Jun 16, 20246 min read
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Dedicated to the One I Love
Sunday After Ascension 12 May 2024 Dedicated to the one I love. If you are of the 1960’s, or 70’s, vintage you will know that it is the...
Diana Wright
May 15, 20244 min read
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