Posts Tagged ‘grace’
Foretaste of the Sermon to Come
A little nibble of the Revised Common Lectionary Sunday’s readings are Isaiah 9:2-7, Colossians 1:15-20, Luke 2:1-20, John 1:1-14 With the recent deaths of both of my parents and some…
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A little nibble of the Revised Common Lectionary Sunday’s scriptures are: Psalm 89:1–4, 19–26, Romans 16:25–27; Luke 1:26–38 We celebrate Jesus’ birth at Christmas, but do we really know what…
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A little nibble of the Revised Common Lectionary Sunday’s scriptures are Ex. 33:12-23, 1 Thess 1:1-10, Mt. 22:15-22 I am preaching on Sunday, and so to avoid giving you my…
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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 Is 5:1–7, Phil 3:4b–14, Mt 21:33–46 Sometimes I feel a little sorry for the Chief Priests and the Pharisees…
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A little nibble of the Revised Common Lectionary Sunday’s scriptures are Jonah 3:10-4:11 and Matthew 20:1-16 When we think of unfairness, we often hear or even say it ourselves, “Life…
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A little nibble of the Revised Common Lectionary Sunday’s scriptures are Acts 2:14a, 36–41, 1 Peter 1:17–23, Luke 24:13–35 My week usually feels like the Road to Emmaus. Sunday is…
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A little nibble of the Revised Common Lectionary Sunday’s scriptures are Psalm 16, 1 Peter 1:3-9, John 20:19-31 My cousin posted something gorgeous and profound on Facebook this week, mourning…
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A little nibble of the Revised Common Lectionary Sunday’s scriptures are Ps 118:1-2, 14-24, Acts 10:34-43, Mt 28:1-10 I am currently taking a class at Luther Seminary on the gospel…
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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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