Posts Tagged ‘body of Christ’
Foretaste of the Sermon to Come
A little nibble of the Revised Common Lectionary. Sunday’s scriptures are Isaiah 25:6-9, Phil 4:1-9, and Mt 22:1-14 Jesus’ Parable of the Wedding Banquet is the obvious hiding in plain…
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A little nibble of the Revised Common Lectionary. Sunday’s scriptures are Acts 2:42–47, 1 Peter 2:19–25, & John 10:1–10 Well it’s Good Shepherd Sunday, and each year how many ways…
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Genesis 8:20–22 (ESV): 20 Then Noah built an altar to the Lord and took some of every clean animal and some of every clean bird and offered burnt offerings on…
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A little nibble of the Revised Common Lectionary Sunday’s scriptures are Is 42:1-9, Acts 10:34-43, Mt. 3:13-17 The authors of all four gospels wrote about Jesus’ baptism, but in only…
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A little nibble of the Revised Common Lectionary Sunday’s scriptures are Isaiah 52:7-10, Hebrews 1:1-4 and John 1:1-18 As I write this late on Christmas Eve, I am thinking about…
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“A Christian is an utterly free man, lord of all, subject to none. A Christian is an utterly dutiful man, servant of all, subject to all.” — Martin Luther, On The Freedom Of A Christian
Read MoreDancing
By Pastor Paula Burchill I have written before about how much I love the image of us being Christ’s body. I recently heard a great story on NPR that was…
Read MoreLiving Stones
Last weekend, I went with a group of SLC folks to worship with the Living Stones Prison Congregation in Shelton. It was my first time making the trip and…
Read MoreResolve to Forgive
I have just come off of almost a week with family. There were 14 of us and 4 dogs all in one house, spread out on couches and air mattresses…
Read MoreLeaning Out/Leaning In
I was talking with someone who recently began a battle with cancer. She shared that it is interesting to see who it is that leans in toward her in this,…
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