The texts for Sunday August 23, 2015 (13th Sunday after Pentecost, Lectionary 21): Joshua 24:1-2a, 14-18; Psalm 34:15-22; Ephesians 6:10-20; and John 6:56-69 If you are unwilling to serve the LORD, choose this day whom you will serve … well that’s a pretty easy choice To put it all in perspective, Joshua, in the versesContinueContinue reading “To whom can we go?”
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Every Common Bush
Text for this reflection (second in an Advent series called “Revive”): Exodus 3:1-12 “Earth’s crammed with heaven, And every common bush afire with God, But only he who sees takes off his shoes; The rest sit round and pluck blackberries.” – Elizabeth Barrett Browning What does it take to see the presence of God inContinueContinue reading “Every Common Bush”
Free to Move
The texts for Sunday, August 25, 2013 (Lectionary 21C): Isaiah 58:9b–14; Psalm 103:1–8; Hebrews 12:18–29; and Luke 13:10–17 “And just then there appeared a woman with a spirit that had crippled her for eighteen years. She was bent over and was quite unable to stand up straight.” – Luke 13:11 I bet she didn’t expect anything to change thatContinueContinue reading “Free to Move”
God’s Peace
The texts for the day are: Acts 5:27–32, Psalm 150, Revelation 1:4–8, and John 20:19–31. “Jesus said to them again, ‘Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you.’ When he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, theyContinueContinue reading “God’s Peace”
A Little Bit of Paul
The texts for October 30, 2011: Jeremiah 31:31–34; Psalm 46; Romans 3:19–28; and John 8:31–36 “So if the Son makes you free, you will be free indeed.” – John 8:36 What do you need to be set free from? It’s easy to be like those listening to Jesus who want to argue that they’ve neverContinueContinue reading “A Little Bit of Paul”
Jabbok Dawn 