Lessons: Wisdom of Solomon 1:13-15; 2:23-24 Psalm 30 2 Corinthians 8:7-15 Mark 5:21-43 Today, Mark gives us a story about holy interruption. Or maybe I should pluralise that: Today, Mark gives us a story about holy interruptions. I count no fewer than six interruptions. Maybe there are more. With each interruption, I am goingContinueContinue reading “Sixth Sunday after Pentecost by The Rev. Martin Elfert”
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Fifth Sunday after Pentecost by The Rev. Corbet Clark
Lessons: Job 38:1-11 Psalm 107:1-3, 23-32 2 Corinthians 6:1-13 Mark 4:35-41 / I’m always intrigued when public figures quote sacred scripture to support some political policy, and there was an example of this the last couple of weeks. As you’re probably aware, the Attorney General of the United States used some verses from Paul’s LetterContinueContinue reading “Fifth Sunday after Pentecost by The Rev. Corbet Clark”
Fourth Sunday after Pentecost by The Rev. Martin Elfert
Lessons: Ezekiel 17:22-24 Psalm 92:1-4,11-14 2 Corinthians 5:6-10,[11-13],14-17 Mark 4:26-34 One of the gifts of this past week at the College for Congregational Development was spending part of an afternoon with the Episcopal Church’s Presiding Bishop, Michael Curry. (Those of us who went on the pilgrimage to the Holy Land will remember that weContinueContinue reading “Fourth Sunday after Pentecost by The Rev. Martin Elfert”
Third Sunday after Pentecost by The Rev. Martin Elfert
Lessons: Genesis 3:8-15 Psalm 130 2 Corinthians 4:13-5:1 Mark 3:20-35
Second Sunday after Pentecost by The Rev. Dick Toll
Lessons: Deuteronomy 5:12-15 Psalm 81:1-10 2 Corinthians 4:5-12 Mark 2:23-3:6 I suppose every now and then it is okay to have a boring sermon about legalisms, law, and all that dry stuff. So, today is the day. Seriously, I would like to look at an aspect of how we as a people have chosen orContinueContinue reading “Second Sunday after Pentecost by The Rev. Dick Toll”
Trinity Sunday by Matthew David Morris
Lessons: Isaiah 6:1-8 Romans 8:12-17 John 3:1-17 Psalm 29 In the name of the Triune God; Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Amen. “No person ever steps in the same river twice,” the philosopher, Heraclitus, said a long, long time ago, “for it’s not the same river and they are not the same person. ContinueContinue reading “Trinity Sunday by Matthew David Morris”
The Day of Pentecost by The Rev. Martin Elfert
Lessons: Ezekiel 37:1-14 Acts 2:1-21 John 15:26-27; 16:4b-15 Psalm 104:25-35, 37 What do the leaders of an oppressive system, an oppressive state, do in order to maintain control of those who suffer under their rule? The first – and probably the most obvious answer to that question – is that the state will employ violence.ContinueContinue reading “The Day of Pentecost by The Rev. Martin Elfert”
Last Sunday after Pentecost: Christ the King by The Rev. Martin Elfert
Lessons: Ezekiel 34:11-16, 20-24 Psalm 95:1-7a Ephesians 1:15-23 Matthew 25:31-46 We have just heard what Paul Nuechterlein calls “The smallest huge translation mistake in the Bible.” In the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible, the one that we read together on Sundays, we hear: All the nations will be gathered before him, and heContinueContinue reading “Last Sunday after Pentecost: Christ the King by The Rev. Martin Elfert”
Twenty-fourth Sunday after Pentecost by the Rev. Martin Elfert
Lessons: Zephaniah 1:7,12-18 Psalm 90:1-8, (9-11), 12 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11 Matthew 25:14-30 * When I was ten or twelve, a series of books called Choose Your Own Adventure were a pretty big deal with my classmates and me. The Choose Your Own Adventure books were paperback thrillers: the “Adventure” part of the title referredContinueContinue reading “Twenty-fourth Sunday after Pentecost by the Rev. Martin Elfert”
Consecration Sunday by Robb Beck
Lessons: Leviticus 19:1-2,15-18 Psalm 1 1 Thessalonians 2:1-8 Matthew 22:34-46