Lessons: Exodus 20:1-17 1 Corinthians 1:18-25 John 2:13-22 Psalm 19 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddrKkD12z3U Are there times when God’s anger is good news? I realise that this is a dangerous question. More than one person at our virtual service this morning grew up in a religiously abusive environment. In such a context there is very little good newsContinueContinue reading “Third Sunday in Lent by The Rev. Martin Elfert”
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Second Sunday in Lent by The Rev. Jeanne Kaliszewski
Lessons: Genesis 17:1-7, 15-16 Romans 4:13-25 Mark 8:31-38 Psalm 22:22-30 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CR1P7IGd55s&t=2083s The name Sarah, or its previous iteration of Sarai, appears more frequently in the Bible than that of any other woman, 55 times in the Old Testament and 4 times in the New according to the womanist Hebrew Bible scholar Wil Gafney. Granted, theContinueContinue reading “Second Sunday in Lent by The Rev. Jeanne Kaliszewski”
First Sunday in Lent by The Rev. Martin Elfert
Lessons: Genesis 9:8-17 1 Peter 3:18-22 Mark 1:9-15 Psalm 25:1-9 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CBiXjO01Dc&feature=youtu.be In the Gospel of Mark, the beginning of Jesus’ ministry is defined by three events. First, there is his baptism in the Jordan in which he comes up from the water and he hears the voice that declares who he is. Second, there isContinueContinue reading “First Sunday in Lent by The Rev. Martin Elfert”
The Fifth Sunday After the Epiphany by The Rev. Martin Elfert
Lessons: Isaiah 40:21-31 1 Corinthians 9:16-23 Mark 1:29-39 Psalm 147:1-12, 21c https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=1763&v=9j68gTbcriY&feature=youtu.be
The Last Sunday After the Epiphany by The Rev. Martin Elfert
Lessons: 2 Kings 2:1-122 Corinthians 4:3-6Mark 9:2-9Psalm 50:1-6 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXV-ej-F-b0 A story in which Jesus and three friends go for a hike. The three friends are John and James and Peter. They are Jesus’ closest friends, hold oldest friends. Or at least they are his first friends since he was changed, since he came out ofContinueContinue reading “The Last Sunday After the Epiphany by The Rev. Martin Elfert”
Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany by The Rev. Martin Elfert
Lessons: Deuteronomy 18:15-201 Corinthians 8:1-13Mark 1:21-28Psalm 111 What do you expect it to be like when you meet Jesus? And then: what is it like when you actually meet Jesus? We are early on the Gospel of Mark. Mark is the shortest Gospel, it is probably the oldest, and it is the one that tellsContinueContinue reading “Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany by The Rev. Martin Elfert”
Third Sunday after the Epiphany by The Rev. Jeanne Kaliszewski
Lessons: Jonah 3:1-5, 10 1 Corinthians 7:29-31 Mark 1:14-20 Psalm 62:6-14 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fS3hWL4fR1U&feature=youtu.be
Second Sunday after the Epiphany by The Rev. Dick Toll
Lessons: 1 Samuel 3:1-10(11-20) 1 Corinthians 6:12-20 John 1:43-51 Psalm 139:1-5, 12-17 SERMON JANUARY 17, 2021, JOHN: CHAPTER 1, VERSUS 43-51, HONORING MARTIN LUTHER KING JR Today I want to offer a reflection of my early life with a man I never met. I found him to be a follower of Jesus Christ. I wasContinueContinue reading “Second Sunday after the Epiphany by The Rev. Dick Toll”
First Sunday after the Epiphany by The Rev. Corbet Clark
Lessons: Genesis 1:1-5 Acts 19:1-7 Mark 1:4-11 Psalm 29 https://youtu.be/ZNkne6tapcA?t=1794
Second Sunday after Christmas by The Rev. Martin Elfert
Lessons: Jeremiah 31:7-14 Ephesians 1:3-6,15-19a Matthew 2:13-15,19-23 Psalm 84 or 84:1-8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9sq1tVCigo&feature=youtu.be My public school career began a handful of years before the video cassette became commonplace. And so my early experience with watching films in a classroom featured a member of the AV Club rolling a cart with a projector on it into theContinueContinue reading “Second Sunday after Christmas by The Rev. Martin Elfert”