The Rev. Morgan S. Allen

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The Rev. Morgan S. Allen

The Ax and the Marshall Stack

For those of us who grew up somewhere other than LA, New York, or Boston, bands provided a taxonomic shorthand for identity that could counter the happenstance of our geography, the cut of our cheek bones, and the financial circumstances of our homes…

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The Rev. Morgan S. Allen

La Part À Dieu

Hebrew tradition asks for the tithe, ten percent of one’s income. The Portrieux fishermen contributed one-seventh of their life and labors. And the poor widow? She gave everything she had. How generously does God call you to give?

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The Rev. Morgan S. Allen

Where God Is, They Are

Our time together remains as near as a song, or a scent, or a place, and I believe in the love conjured by those memories, there is God – and where God is, they are … different, of course, but meaningful, real …

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The Rev. Morgan S. Allen

On The Way To Jerusalem

In the story world of our contemporary lives, violence and political madness wrack us with grief and anxiety.  In response, we have too often contributed to the unholy momentums of the extant narratives, hating our opponents, rather than loving our enemies. 

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The Rev. Morgan S. Allen

Smack Smack Smack Smack Smack.

All of us spend time as a rolling coin, a dawdling lamb, a distracted preschooler … lost, whether we know it or not – and be sure that Jesus also tells these parables for us. Jesus reassures us God’s capacity for Grace has not diminished because we ended up between the world’s sofa cushions. Jesus tells us that God never calls off the search, promises that God’s patience, persistence, and grace will always overcome our wandering.

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The Rev. Morgan S. Allen

Grateful Hearts, Gracious Lives

Thanks be to God, we do not undertake this righteous prayer alone! We bind what is to what might be, and we seek Grateful Hearts and Gracious Lives in our Trinity Church community. Sunday by Sunday, we gather as a parish family to practice our thanks and praise, to share with one another the gracious plenty God has shared with us. Peering into this new Program Year we look forward to singing together, to learning together, to serving together … to challenging the world’s depravity with the joys of our companionship and the generosity of our spirits, together.

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