Leader: Today we honor you who are graduating,for you are on a sacred journey.All: Your journey is not only the learning of your mindbut the growing of your heart.We celebrate the effort you have given to accomplish this.And we ask God’s blessing for the journey yet to come.May God always give you gifts of curiosity… Continue reading A litany for graduates
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4th Sunday after Epiphany
January 28, 2024 Lectionary Texts Deuteronomy 18. 15-20. God promises to raise up a prophet for the people. You will know to take the prophet seriously if what the prophet says turns out to be true. Psalm 111. Great are the works of God: God gives us food, provides us with a wisdom (“precepts”) that… Continue reading 4th Sunday after Epiphany
Becoming the body
Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As God has sent me, so I send you.” When he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit.” —John 20.21-22 Jesus returned not to prove a point,not to give us something to profess centuries later,but to give us his spirit,to breathe his… Continue reading Becoming the body
Epiphany Sunday
December 31, 2023 Lectionary Texts Isaiah 60.1-6. “Rise shine; your light has come.” God’s people will be light for the whole world, and people will come, bearing gifts and honors, praising God. Psalm 72. A prayer for God’s guidance and support for a new king We pray for justice, which is that the poor receive… Continue reading Epiphany Sunday
My Theological Dictionary
From Ama – to -Zing and Beyond: How I put it all together Download this document here. A Theological Dictionary Christian theology is good, as long as you remember that talking about love and doing it are two different things. Theology cannot make us love, or make us experience love; it can only give us… Continue reading My Theological Dictionary
Beatitudes: Ten Versions & Eight Meditations
Matthew 5.3-12 [Download this here.] Ten Versions Given everythingBlessed are you who are depleted, who have nothing, for God will give you everything. Blessed are you who are broken-hearted, for in through those cracks seeps God. Blessed are you who have no power in this world, for God has power in you. Blessed are you… Continue reading Beatitudes: Ten Versions & Eight Meditations
OT 27 – 19th Sunday After Pentecost
October 8, 2023 Lectionary Texts Exodus 20.1-20 — The Ten Commandments. Psalm 19 — All creation celebrates God’s glory. God’s Way gives life, and we seek to follow it. In Philippians 3.4-14 — All is trash compared to the value of knowing Christ. I want to know Christ, his resurrection, and his suffering. I press… Continue reading OT 27 – 19th Sunday After Pentecost
OT 28 – 20th Sunday After Pentecost
October 15, 2023 Lectionary Texts Exodus 32.1-14 — The golden calf Psalm 106 — Praise for God’s great deeds, and confession that we have sinned. As Moses convinced God to spare the people, we seek God’s mercy. Philippians 4.2-9 — C’mon, Euodia and Syntyche, work it out…. Rejoice always…. Let your gentleness show… Don’t worry,… Continue reading OT 28 – 20th Sunday After Pentecost
OT 29 – 21st Sunday After Pentecost
October 22, 2023 Lectionary Texts Exodus 33.12-23 — Moses asks to see God. He does—but only from behind. Psalm 99 — celebrates God’s might, remembers God’s mercy toward the Israelites in the wilderness, and gives thanks for Moses and Aaron, who led the people on their journey. 1 Thessalonians 1.1-10 — Paul commends the people… Continue reading OT 29 – 21st Sunday After Pentecost
OT 11: 3rd Sunday after Pentecost
June 18, 2023 Lectionary Texts Genesis 18. 1-15. Although God has promised an heir to Abraham and Sarah, they are old and without any children. Three visitors tell them that they will have a son—news so preposterous that Sarah laughs. Psalm 116. A song of thanks to God: “When I was brought low God saved… Continue reading OT 11: 3rd Sunday after Pentecost