Lessons: Micah 3:5-12 Psalm 43 1 Thessalonians 2:9-13 Matthew 23:1-12 I met Donald Grayston for the first time at a party almost a quarter of a century ago. And I remember it vividly. Don had this generous energy and a wide smile to match it– a smile in which he opened up his mouthContinueContinue reading “All Souls & All Saints (transferred) Sunday by The Rev. Martin Elfert”
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Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost by The Rev. Corbet Clark
Lessons: Isaiah 25:1-9 Psalm 23 Philippians 4:1-9 Matthew 22:1-14
Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost by Matthew David Morris
Lessons: Isaiah 5:1-7 Psalm 80:7-14 Philippians 3:4b-14 Matthew 21:33-46 There is a temptation to linger in the details of a saint’s life in search of a clue for how we might become more holy. If we crack the code of any given saint, perhaps we might know — at last — how to become theContinueContinue reading “Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost by Matthew David Morris”
Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost by The Rev. Corbet Clark
Lessons: Genesis 50:15-21 Psalm 103:(1-7), 8-13 Romans 14:1-12 Matthew 18:21-35
Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost by The Rev. Martin Elfert
Lessons: Jeremiah 15:15-21 Psalm 26:1-8 Romans 12:9-21 Matthew 16:21-28 Some variation on the story that we just heard appears in all three Synoptic Gospels, in Matthew, Mark, and Luke. Luke shortens the story considerably, omitting the startling anger of Jesus’ reaction to Peter: in Luke, Jesus’ words, “Get behind me, Satan!” are gone from thisContinueContinue reading “Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost by The Rev. Martin Elfert”
Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost by The Rev. Martin Elfert
Lessons: Isaiah 51:1-6 Psalm 138 Romans 12:1-8 Matthew 16:13-20 One of the several stylistic elements that distinguishes scripture from contemporary writing – say from a contemporary novel – is that almost nothing in it is superfluous to what we might call the core message of a given passage. The authors of scripture, in otherContinueContinue reading “Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost by The Rev. Martin Elfert”
The Feast of the Transfiguration by The Rev. Maureen Hagen, Deacon
Lessons: Exodus 34:29-35 2 Peter 1:13-21 Luke 9:28-36 Psalm 99 or 99:5-9 Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, * O Lord, my strength and my redeemer. Invite. Encounter. Send. Happy Feast of the Transfiguration! I hope you managedContinueContinue reading “The Feast of the Transfiguration by The Rev. Maureen Hagen, Deacon”