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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The Prayer of Service
A meditation for Maundy Thursday. The gospel text: John 13:1-35 When my Granddad died, my Grammy and my mom — his wife and daughter— cleaned. A lot. They got incredibly busy with emptying closets and cleaning up the house. And there was knitting. And cooking. And running errands. And doing what needed to be doneContinueContinue reading “The Prayer of Service”
Tabitha
The texts for Sunday, April 21, 2013: Acts 9:36-43; Psalm 23; Revelation 7:9-17; and John 10:22-30. “The works that I do in my Father’s name testify to me” – John 10: 25b I’m really drawn to the story of Tabitha in Acts. There is something about a story, I suppose, that brings faith to life, that puts flesh onContinueContinue reading “Tabitha”
Drawing Near to Jesus
The texts for Sunday, October 21, 2012 (Lectionary 29): Isaiah 53:4–12; Psalm 91:9–16; Hebrews 5:1–10; and Mark 10:35–45. “Everybody can be great, because everybody can serve. You don’t have to have a college degree to serve. You don’t have to make your subject and your verb agree to serve. You don’t have to know aboutContinueContinue reading “Drawing Near to Jesus”
Jabbok Dawn 