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The Rev. Aron Kramer Christmas Eve Sunday December 24, 2007 Well baby I've been here before I know this room and I've walked this floor, I used to live alone before I knew you I've seen your flag on the marble arch But love is not a victory march It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah Now maybe there is a God above But all I've ever learned from love Was how to shoot someone who outdrew you it's not a cry that you hear at night It's not somebody who's seen the light It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah Leonard Cohen caught something in the imagery of a broken Hallelujah. There is something on this night when we sing hallelujah, when hallelujah is on all our altar hangings, on this night when we give praise for the birth of Emmanuel, God with us, on this night when God puts on human flesh and walks among us, as us, with us, that rings true about a broken hallelujah. In the Gospel, the people of God are ordered to be...

One year ago today, about this time of the day, 9:30, I received a call from Sara telling me Eliot was being admitted to Fairview University for something serious. It would not be until later that evening we would find out it was Leukemia. Sara and I are reflecting on that day today, trying to remember its details, the love and support that out poured from Gethsemane, from the Diocese, from our families. It was a crazy time, and because of the generosity of so many people we were truly able to be a family during that crisis. Eliot is doing so well today, he is happy and learning to be a little kid all over again. We face a challenging remaining two and a half years, and let me tell you that last day of maintenance will be one heck of a party. Thank you to all who walked that scary time with us and supported us as we faced this scary thing. Be well Aron

The Rev. Aron Kramer Advent Sermon Series II Sunday, December 9, 2007 In the absence of Christ, what emerges? The city is where we work out our corporate life. The city is the place where we witness the emergence of Christ in ways we could only scarcely imagine. The city is the place where the poor and wealthy walk the same streets. The city is where the oppressed and the oppressors live. The city is where darkness and light wage an eternal battle. Christ set himself towards Jerusalem, towards the city so long ago, to go there and to be killed, but he was not just killed in the city. In the city, Christ was resurrected, in the city Christ ripped the curtain of the temple, blowing the box of the limitations that religion and authority had set upon God. It was in the city that Christ’ resurrection happened; it was in the city that the apostles began their work. It was in the city that Christ began to emerge. Fred Burnham, an Episcopalian I have had the pleasure to ...

The Rev. Aron Kramer Advent Sermon Series I Sunday, Dec. 2, 2007 In the absence of Christ, what emerges? If you read my email this week, you saw that I asked the provocative question, what do Jesus and slime mold have in common? Before I answer that, let me tell you a little bit about slime mold, my new favorite slimy organism. Scientists have been studying for years different kinds of systems that use simple and small components to build higher level intelligence. Essentially, organisms that have no brain or organization at all and how they come together to create a more intelligent organism that can actually get things done. So back to slime mold, say you are walking in a forest and you come across this red, orange-ish slimy goo lying on a log, or in the midst of some leaves, seemingly sitting still in a mass on the forest floor. If you were to come back later, it might be gone, or it might be in a different place, if the weather were to cool down and get rainy, it mi...