Lessons: Isaiah 25:1-9Psalm 23Philippians 4:1-9Matthew 22:1-14 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5rgtqHFPjw We are in the middle of a run of stories by Jesus. The lectionary, the schedule of readings that we follow across the year, is taking us Sunday by Sunday through the Gospel of Matthew as Jesus tells us one parable or one folk tale after another. OnContinueContinue reading “Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost by The Rev. Martin Elfert”
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Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost by The Rev. Martin Elfert
Lessons: Jeremiah 11:18-20 Psalm 54 James 3:13-4:3, 7-8a Mark 9:30-37 A professor emeritus from the University of British Columbia by the name of Dennis Danielson has taken on an unusual retirement project. Danielson decided to examine curricula and student handbooks from educational institutions across Canada. Danielson reviewed these documents looking for a particular word.ContinueContinue reading “Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost by The Rev. Martin Elfert”
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”
Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost + Grace Art Camp Sunday + Welcome Back Sunday by The Rev. Martin Elfert
Lessons: Amos 8:4-7 Psalm 113 1 Timothy 2:1-7 Luke 16:1-13 The story goes like this. There is a man who so much money and so much stuff that he finds it necessary to hire an employee to take care of everything that he owns. This employee – the text doesn’t give him a name,ContinueContinue reading “Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost + Grace Art Camp Sunday + Welcome Back Sunday by The Rev. Martin Elfert”
Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost by The Rev. Martin Elfert
Lessons: Esther 7:1-6, 9-10; 9:20-22 Psalm 124 James 5:13-20 Mark 9:38-50 Listen to Sermon I’d like to begin this morning with a quiz. This is a spiritual quiz. And it was developed by my friend and teacher Albert Jennings. Some of the questions are my own but the structure is Albert’s. During theContinueContinue reading “Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost by The Rev. Martin Elfert”