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When Pigs Fly + Fifth Sunday after Pentecost by The Rev. Mary Anne Gard

Lessons: Isaiah 65:1-9 Psalm 22:18-27 Galatians 3:23-29 Luke 8:26-39     When pigs fly……That’s the last phrase in the sentence, “That  will happen… when pigs fly!” It has come to mean, there is almost no chance that “it” will happen at all. But, when I hear that phrase, “When pigs fly” I think of theContinueContinue reading “When Pigs Fly + Fifth Sunday after Pentecost by The Rev. Mary Anne Gard”

Fourth Sunday after Pentecost by The Rev. Martin Elfert

Lessons: 2 Samuel 11:26-12:10,13-15 Psalm 32 Galatians 2:15-21 Luke 7:36-8:3     Then turning toward the woman, Jesus said to Simon: Do you see this woman? The late British Science Fiction writer, Douglas Adams, is probably most famous for his whimsical series of novels, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. But I am equally fondContinueContinue reading “Fourth Sunday after Pentecost by The Rev. Martin Elfert”

Third Sunday after Pentecost by Suzy Jeffreys

Lessons: 1 Kings 17:17-24 Psalm 30 Galatians 1:11-24 Luke 7:11-17     If you are a user of the internet, particularly of social media, you might be familiar with the blog called “Humans of New York.” Humans of New York is essentially a collection of interviews of people on the streets of New York City.ContinueContinue reading “Third Sunday after Pentecost by Suzy Jeffreys”

Second Sunday after Pentecost by The Rev. Martin Elfert

Lessons: 1 Kings 8:22-23, 41-43 Psalm 96:1-9 Galatians 1:1-12 Luke 7:1-10   We are here. We are here. We are here.   We are here.   [and then] I am astonished says Saint Paul, I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you in the grace of Christ and areContinueContinue reading “Second Sunday after Pentecost by The Rev. Martin Elfert”

Trinity Sunday by The Rev. Martin Elfert

Lessons: Proverbs 8:1-4, 22-31 Romans 5:1-5 John 16:12-15 Psalm 8   If you are a veteran of Sunday school or, perhaps, a graduate of a class that sought to get you ready for baptism or confirmation, you may have had the experience of encountering that diagram that maps out the Trinity. Do you know theContinueContinue reading “Trinity Sunday by The Rev. Martin Elfert”

Seventh Sunday of Easter by The Rev. Richard Toll

Lessons: Acts 16:16-34 Psalm 97 Revelation 22:12-14,16-17,20-21 John 17:20-26   From the reading today, from the Revelation of John, we hear the words “I am the Alpha and the Omega” the Beginning and the End. Love is the word that Jesus speaks to today from the Gospel of John.  He is telling us that theContinueContinue reading “Seventh Sunday of Easter by The Rev. Richard Toll”

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