Lessons: Isaiah 9:1-4 1 Corinthians 1:10-18 Matthew 4:12-23 Psalm 27:1, 5-13 I’ve been happily retired for a year and a half now, with no plans to go back to teaching, but somehow this September I ended up back in the classroom at my old school, for a three month substitute job. When the offer cameContinueContinue reading “The Third Sunday after the Epiphany by The Rev. Corbet Clark”
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Second Sunday after the Epiphany by The Rev. Martin Elfert
Lessons: Isaiah 49:1-7 1 Corinthians 1:1-9 John 1:29-42 Psalm 40:1-12 If you have ever taken an acting class – maybe in high school, maybe in university, maybe somewhere else – then you will likely have done the exercise of selecting a short line of text and seeing how many different ways that you can sayContinueContinue reading “Second Sunday after the Epiphany by The Rev. Martin Elfert”
First Sunday after the Epiphany by the Rev. Jeanne Kaliszewski
Lessons: Isaiah 42:1-9 Acts 10:34-43 Matthew 3:13-17 Psalm 29 I was baptized when I was 4 or 5 and dressed in a scratchy dress and tight shoes. I stood at the front of an Episcopal congregation along with my younger brother and sister. The priest went to baptize us and screwed up my name….he transposedContinueContinue reading “First Sunday after the Epiphany by the Rev. Jeanne Kaliszewski”
The 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 A remarkable number of Christmas carols and Christmas songs and Christmas hymns have a wistful, melancholic, plain-old sad side to them. In the Bleak Midwinter and The Little Drummer Boy are both sung in the voice of one who knows poverty: What can I give him,ContinueContinue reading “The Second Sunday after Christmas by The Rev. Martin Elfert”
The First Sunday after Christmas Day by The Rev. Jeanne Kaliszewski
Lessons: Isaiah 61:10-62:3 Galatians 3:23-25; 4:4-7 John 1:1-18 Psalm 147 When our first child, Gwen, had just turned 4, I asked her to take her plate to the sink after dinner. We have this built in nook in our kitchen with a bench, and she stood up on the upholstered green cushion with her plateContinueContinue reading “The First Sunday after Christmas Day by The Rev. Jeanne Kaliszewski”
The Third Sunday after Advent by The Rev. Martin Elfert
Lessons: Isaiah 35:1-10 James 5:7-10 Matthew 11:2-11 Canticle 15 In 1989 I obtained my driver’s license. And then then partway through the next year, I became a full-time bicycle commuter. These two changes – the driver’s license and the vastly expanded understanding of where all a bike might take me; suddenly my bikeContinueContinue reading “The Third Sunday after Advent by The Rev. Martin Elfert”
The First Sunday of Advent by The Rev. Martin Elfert
Lessons: Isaiah 2:1-5 Romans 13:11-14 Matthew 24:36-44 Psalm 122 Many of you, most of you, will know the famous prose-poem or, if you prefer, the famous confession by the Lutheran Pastor, Martin Niemöller. It’s about his time in Nazi Germany, and it goes like this: First they came for the Communists And I did notContinueContinue reading “The First Sunday of Advent by The Rev. Martin Elfert”
The Last Sunday after Pentecost: Christ the King by The Rev. Martin Elfert
Lessons: Jeremiah 23:1-6 Psalm 46 Colossians 1:11-20 Luke 23:33-43 It is the end of the church year and, as is always the case, we bring these liturgical 365 days to a close with the Feast of Christ the King. Now, what is unusual about this particular Feast Day, about this particular “always,” is thatContinueContinue reading “The Last Sunday after Pentecost: Christ the King by The Rev. Martin Elfert”
Twenty-Second Sunday after Pentecost by The Rev. Jeanne Kaliszewski
Lessons: Job 19:23-27a Psalm 17:1-9 2 Thessalonians 2:1-5, 13-17 Luke 20:27-38 We have been hearing Jesus in a lot of arguments these past few weeks, but this one feels different somehow. There is no back and forth between Jesus and the questioner, no probing questions from Jesus in response, no mysterious parable offered.ContinueContinue reading “Twenty-Second Sunday after Pentecost by The Rev. Jeanne Kaliszewski”
All Souls & All Saints Sunday by The Rev. Corbet Clark
Lessons: Daniel 7:1-3,15-18 Psalm 149 Ephesians 1:11-23 Luke 6:20-31