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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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Diana Wright
Dec 1, 20214 min read
Turn Around and Around
Advent 1C 28 Nov 2021 In the Episcopal Church we know how to do Advent! No sign of a creche; no Christmas decorations, and (heaven...
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Diana Wright
Dec 1, 20215 min read
Other Worldly
Reign of Christ 21 Nov 2021 My kingdom is not of this world. Then just where is it Jesus? Is it some sort of place in the afterlife? If...
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Diana Wright
Dec 1, 20214 min read
Precious
Proper 28B, 25 Pentecost 14 Nov 2021 When I think about the moments in my life that were over the moon wonderful, nothing could top the...
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Diana Wright
Dec 1, 20214 min read
I Want to be One Too
All Saints 7 Nov 2021 I want to take a moment today to remember Colin Powell. He was someone I admired greatly, a true soldier who knew...
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Diana Wright
Dec 1, 20215 min read
Taste and See
Proper 25B 24 Oct 2021 Winter is coming!! I could feel the chill this week and thought that perhaps I should start looking for my winter...
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Diana Wright
Dec 1, 20214 min read
Servant Leaders
Proper 24 17 Oct 2021 When I was young, I wanted to have super powers. As I remember it, I thought that if I could beat every evil person...
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Diana Wright
Dec 1, 20214 min read
The Opposite of You
Proper 23B, 20 Pentecost 10 Oct 2021 Here is an odd question: what is the opposite of you? By that I don’t mean some science fiction...
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Diana Wright
Nov 21, 20214 min read
These are Hard Teachings
Proper 22B, 25 Pentecost 3 Oct 2021 Some things make us uncomfortable like a room that is uncomfortably hot or cold. Divorce is one of...
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Diana Wright
Nov 21, 20215 min read
Salt
Proper 21, 18 Pentecost 26 Sep 2021 Chemistry and physics fascinated me when I “discovered” them in high school. I wish I had taken more...
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Diana Wright
Nov 21, 20214 min read
Who is the Greatest???
Proper 20, 17 Pentecost 19 Sep 2021 This weekend I attended my 50 +1 high school reunion. The 50th was cancelled last year due to Covid....
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Diana Wright
Nov 21, 20213 min read
Ladder To The Light
16 Pentecost, Proper 19B 12 Sep 2021 We have embraced faith, received the Spirit’s blessing, began to hope and become a community daring...
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Diana Wright
Sep 5, 20215 min read
Ladder to the Light: Renewal
15 Pentecost, Proper 18B 5 Sep 2021 Lord God of our Fathers; God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ:...
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Diana Wright
Sep 5, 20214 min read
Smoke in the Temple
13 Pentecost, Proper 16B 22 Aug 2021 Kings I find it very easy these days to lose myself in everything from weeding the garden to...
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Diana Wright
Jul 18, 20215 min read
Ladder to the Light: Action
8 Pentecost, Proper 11B 18 Jul 2021 I have spent the summer in the kiva, the metaphor Steven Charleston uses for a place of darkness but...
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Diana Wright
Jul 18, 20215 min read
Ladder to the Light: Community
7 Pentecost, Proper 10B 11 Jul 2021 Climbing another rung of the ladder brings us to the rung of community. I all too often hear the word...
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Diana Wright
Jun 27, 20215 min read
Ladder to the Light: Hope
5 Pentecost, Proper 8B 27 June 2021 One of my favorite television shows was Northern Exposure. Great cast, great scripts. During the...
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Diana Wright
Jun 20, 20214 min read
Ladder to the Light: Blessing
5 Pentecost, Proper 7 20 Jun 2021 Last week I spoke of the first rung: faith. This week we approach the rung of blessing. I often thought...
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Diana Wright
Jun 13, 20215 min read
Ladder to the Light: Faith
For most of the summer I will be using Steven Charleston's Ladder to the Light to illuminate how we can create a community of faith and...
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Diana Wright
Jun 5, 20214 min read
Scrumping Apples
3 Pentecost, Proper 5 6 Jun 2021 Genesis gives us two, not one but two, stories of creation. What better way to start those ordinary...
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Diana Wright
Jun 3, 20215 min read
Memory
Trinity Sunday 30 May 2021 It had been a number of years since I went to visit the family gravesites; during my childhood it was a...
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