Lessons: Jeremiah 1:4-10 1 Corinthians 13:1-13 Luke 4:21-30 Psalm 71:1-6 Have you heard of the psychological phenomenon called Impostor Syndrome? Impostor Syndrome – and I mentioned this in passing a few weeks back on the Feast of the Baptism of Jesus, I’d like to go a little deeper this morning – is the fear, sometimesContinueContinue reading “Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany by The Rev. Martin Elfert”
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Third Sunday after the Epiphany by The Rev. Martin Elfert
Lessons: Nehemiah 8:1-3, 5-6, 8-10 1 Corinthians 12:12-31a Luke 4:14-21 Psalm 19 I’d like to start with a survey: how many of you remember the first time that you heard a story around a campfire? For me, the memory is indelible – it is a huge part of my personal mythology. I was away atContinueContinue reading “Third Sunday after the Epiphany by The Rev. Martin Elfert”
First Sunday after the Epiphany by The Rev. Martin Elfert
Lessons: Isaiah 43:1-7 Acts 8:14-17 Luke 3:15-17, 21-22 Psalm 29 A while back I heard a short radio documentary. The feature began with a story about the reporter’s four-year-old nephew. The little boy was visiting a toy store with his mother and there he was terrified by a hideous creature, by a large statue ofContinueContinue reading “First Sunday after the Epiphany by The Rev. Martin Elfert”
The Epiphany by The Rev. Corbet Clark
Lessons: Isaiah 60:1-6 Ephesians 3:1-12 Matthew 2:1-12 Psalm 72:1-7,10-14 On this feast of the Epiphany that ends the Christmas season, we still have the manger scene up, a very traditional sort of tableau that combines the birth stories we have in the gospels of Matthew and Luke. it’s a powerful symbol of what the gospelContinueContinue reading “The Epiphany by The Rev. Corbet Clark”
Last Sunday after the Epiphany by Holly Puckett
Lessons: 2 Kings 2:1-12 2 Corinthians 4:3-6 Mark 9:2-9 Psalm 50:1-6 Many of you know this already, but this Sunday is called Transfiguration Sunday because of the Gospel reading – Jesus goes up to the top of a mountain with his friends Peter, James and John, and all of a sudden bright and beautiful raysContinueContinue reading “Last Sunday after the Epiphany by Holly Puckett”
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 We’re going to begin this morning with a quiz. Take out a piece of paper or open the drawing feature on your mobile device or call up a blank page in your mental notebook. And within the medium of your choice I am goingContinueContinue reading “Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany by The Rev. Martin Elfert”
Fourth 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 It’s the Sabbath, Jesus has gone to the Synagogue (as is his habit), and there he is teaching. And the people who are listening to him, Mark tells us in his tantalising brevity, are astonished because he teaches as one having authority.ContinueContinue reading “Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany by The Rev. Martin Elfert”
Third Sunday after Epiphany by The Rev. Corbet Clark
Lessons: Jonah 3:1-5, 10 1 Corinthians 7:29-31 Mark 1:14-20 Psalm 62:6-14
Second Sunday after the Epiphany by The Rev. Martin Elfert
Lessons: 1 Samuel 3:1-10(11-20) 1 Corinthians 6:12-20 John 1:43-51 Psalm 139:1-5, 12-17
First Sunday after the Epiphany by The Rev. Martin Elfert
Lessons: Genesis 1:1-5 Acts 19:1-7 Mark 1:4-11 Psalm 29 This is the very beginning of the Gospel of Mark – the shortest of the Gospels, the oldest, the one written in the roughest Greek, and the one told with the most urgent excitement. Mark tells us the good news like an out of breath childContinueContinue reading “First Sunday after the Epiphany by The Rev. Martin Elfert”