Posts Tagged ‘Faith’
Foretaste of the Sermon to Come
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 little nibble of the Revised Common Lectionary Sunday’s scriptures are 2 Timothy 1:1-14 and Luke 17:1-10 “Occasions for stumbling are bound to come, but woe to anyone by whom…
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A little nibble of the Revised Common Lectionary Sunday’s scriptures are Psalm 51, 1 Timothy 2:1-7, and Luke 15:1-10. Psalm 51 is such a beautiful and reassuring promise. We often…
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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
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A little nibble of the Revised Common Lectionary Sunday’s scriptures are Jeremiah 2:4–13, Hebrews 13:1–8, 15–16, Luke 14:1, 7–14 “For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who…
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A little nibble of the Revised Common Lectionary Sunday’s readings are Isaiah 58:9b-14, Psalm 103:1-7, Luke 13:10-17 I’ve always been a little confused when Jesus said, “I have not come…
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A little nibble of the Revised Common Lectionary. Sunday’s readings are Jeremiah 23:5-6, 23-29, Hebrews 11:29–12:2 29, and Luke 12:49-56 “I came to bring fire to the earth, and how…
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Sunday’s scriptures are Isaiah 53:4-12, Romans 6:1-4 and Mark 10:35-45 Our gospel starts out with 2 disciples jockeying for position in Jesus’ kingdom – they are thinking about how he…
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Maybe we should look at faith practices as faith fuelings.
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By Pastor Paula Burchill Don’t the days feel ripe this time of year? You can smell the ripe blackberries falling off the vine, summer feels fully ripe with warmth and…
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