Posts Tagged ‘Immanuel’
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 readings are: Deuteronomy 30:15-20, 1 Corinthians 3:16-23, Matthew 5:21-30, 43-48 Jesus said to the disciples, “You have heard that it was…
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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 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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I have been itching to relate the Seahawks to faith again. It’s been awhile. But it also feels a little dangerous because now that they are doing so well, I…
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One of the best things about Christmas is the stories. When I was a kid, we used to always act out the Christmas story on Christmas Eve, complete with my…
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