Lessons: Genesis 17:1-7, 15-16 Romans 4:13-25 Mark 8:31-38 Psalm 22:22-30 The name Sarah, or its previous iteration of Sarai, appears more frequently in the Bible than that of any other woman, 55 times in the Old Testament and 4 times in the New according to the womanist Hebrew Bible scholar Wil Gafney. Granted, the listContinue reading “Second Sunday in Lent by The Rev. Jeanne Kaliszewski”
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Second Sunday in Lent by The Rev. Corbet Clark
Lessons: Genesis 17:1-7, 15-16 Romans 4:13-25 Mark 8:31-38 Psalm 22:22-30 Is suffering necessary? Is suffering redemptive? The human experience is that suffering is inevitable. We have all experienced pain and suffering, from illness or injury, or the indignities of aging, from failure and setbacks in school or in work, from community disasters, from lossesContinue reading “Second Sunday in Lent by The Rev. Corbet Clark”
Second Sunday in Lent by The Rev. Amy Cox
Lessons: Genesis 12:1-4a Psalm 121 Romans 4:1-5, 13-17 John 3:1-17
Second Sunday in Lent by Robb Beck
Lessons: Genesis 15:1-12,17-18 Philippians 3:17-4:1 Luke 13:31-35 Psalm 27 Glory be to the Father, to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit… Amen. Every year during Lent, the lectionary reading provides us with the foundational stories of Faith: the story of God’s promise to Abraham and to what having faith in God’s promiseContinue reading “Second Sunday in Lent by Robb Beck”
The Name of Faith + Second Sunday in Lent by The Rev. Esme J. R. Culver
Lessons: Genesis 17:1-7, 15-16 Psalm 22:22-30 Romans 4:13-25 Mark 8:31-38 The Ella Brown Room is filled with crosses. And there are crosses in the glass case in the hall outside the chapel. Each is treasured enough to be shared and each carries a story that partly defines the one who lives with it… and definesContinue reading “The Name of Faith + Second Sunday in Lent by The Rev. Esme J. R. Culver”