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Dishonest? Or Subversive?
Year C, Proper 20 Jeremiah 8:18-9:1 and Psalm 79:1-9 Amos 8:4-7 and Psalm 113 1 Timothy 2:1-7 Luke 16:1-13 The Sufi tradition of storytelling invites questions. Each of the stories is meant to be...
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Moses and the Prophets
Year C Jeremiah 32:1-3a, 6-15 and Psalm 91:1-6, 14-16 Amos 6:1a, 4-7 and Psalm 146 1 Timothy 6:6-19 Luke 16:19-31 I approach our texts for this week as the staff and Stewardship Board of my...
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Laments
Year C, Proper 22 Lamentations 1:1-6 and Lamentations 3:19-26 or Psalm 137 Habakkuk 1:1-4; 2:1-4 and Psalm 37:1-9 2 Timothy 1:1-14 Luke 17:5-10 Once again Jesus is throwing us curve balls in the...
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Hope and Healing
Year C, Proper 23 Jeremiah 29:1, 4-7 and Psalm 66:1-12 2 Kings 5:1-3, 7-15c and Psalm 111 2 Timothy 2:8-15 Luke 17:11-19 The themes in our texts that stand out for me this week are Healing and...
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Relationship Persistence!
Year C, Proper 24 Jeremiah 31:27-34 and Psalm 119:97-104 Genesis 32:22-31 and Psalm 121 2 Timothy 3:14-4:5 Luke 18:1-8 Our lectionary texts this week contain three of my favorite scriptures, Jacob...
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Promises Go Two Ways
Year C, Proper 25 Joel 2:23-32and Psalm 65 Sirach 35:12-17or Jeremiah 14:7-10, 19-22and Psalm 84:1-7 2 Timothy 4:6-8, 16-18 Luke 18:9-14 Images and Themes As I read our texts this week, I hear...
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Come! Let Us Reason!
Year C, Proper 26 Habakkuk 1:1-4; 2:1-4and Psalm 119:137-144 Isaiah 1:10-18and Psalm 32:1-7 2 Thessalonians 1:1-4, 11-12 Luke 19:1-10 This week is short by necessity. In sports lingo, I need to...
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Being the Apple of God’s Eye
Year C, Proper 27 Haggai 1:15b-2:9 and Psalm 145:1-5, 17-21 or Psalm 98 Job 19:23-27a and Psalm 17:1-9 2 Thessalonians 2:1-5, 13-17 Luke 20:27-38 Resurrection is a golden thread running through our...
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Sing a New Song!
Year C, Proper 28 Isaiah 65:17-25 and Isaiah 12 Malachi 4:1-2a and Psalm 98 2 Thessalonians 3:6-13 Luke 21:5-19 The scripture phrase that has colored my reflections for this coming Sunday is, “O...
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Shepherds and Sheep
Year C, Proper 29 Jeremiah 23:1-6 and Luke 1:68-79 Jeremiah 23:1-6 and Psalm 46 Colossians 1:11-20 Luke 23:33-43 So we come to the last Sunday of the liturgical year. Since early in the...
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