The texts for Sunday, August 19,2012 (Lectionary 20): Proverbs 9:1–6; Psalm 34:9–14; Ephesians 5:15–20; and John 6:51–58 “Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood abide in me, and I in them.” – John 6: 56 In ancient thought (particularly Greek thought), the body was seen as a microcosm of the universe. What thisContinueContinue reading “You are What You Eat”
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To Believe and to Live
The texts for Sunday, August 12, 2012 (Lectionary 19): 1 Kings 19:4–8; Psalm 34:1–8; Ephesians 4:25—5:2; and John 6:35, 41–51 Here we are in week three of five of John 6— and we are sort of in the middle to the end of Jesus’ long discourse on bread— We started two weeks ago when weContinueContinue reading “To Believe and to Live”
Tipping plus signs…
The texts for Sunday, July 29, 2012 (lectionary 17): 2 Kings 4:42–44; Psalm 145:10–18; Ephesians 3:14–21; and John 6:1–21. “So they gathered them up, and from the fragments of the five barley loaves, left by those who had eaten, they filled twelve baskets.” – John 6:13 I confess that I have an overwhelming urge whenContinueContinue reading “Tipping plus signs…”
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