Lessons: Proverbs 9:1-6Psalm 34:9-14Ephesians 5:15-20John 6:51-58 Does not Wisdom callFrom the heights,On the Way?At each crossroadsWisdom is taking her stand.To you, O people,Wisdom calls,And her cry is to all who live. Music and words by the Reverend Sylvia Miller-Mutia, based on Proverbs 8:1-4 110 or so years later, we are back under a tent. AsContinue reading “Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost by The Rev. Martin Elfert”
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Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost by The Rev. Martin Elfert
Lessons: Isaiah 51:1-6Psalm 138Romans 12:1-8Matthew 16:13-20 Back when I was first working as a stagehand at the start if the 1990s, I had a colleague whose driver’s license said Michael but whom we all knew as Woody. I don’t know if Woody liked being called Woody, I don’t know if it was a name thatContinue reading “Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost by The Rev. Martin Elfert”
Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost by The Rev. Jeanne Kaliszewski
Lessons: Sirach 10:12-18 Psalm 112 Hebrews 13:1-8, 15-16 Luke 14:1, 7-14
Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost by The Rev. Martin Elfert
Lessons: 1 Kings 19:4-8 Psalm 34:1-8 Ephesians 4:25-5:2 John 6:35, 41-51 l three Synoptic Gospels – so, in Matthew, Mark, and Luke – Jesus tells us that he is bread. We repeat his words, we pray them together, when we celebrate the Eucharist on Sunday morning. Jesus holds out the bread and he says toContinue reading “Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost by The Rev. Martin Elfert”
Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost by The Rev. Martin Elfert
Lessons: Isaiah 51:1-6 Psalm 138 Romans 12:1-8 Matthew 16:13-20 One of the several stylistic elements that distinguishes scripture from contemporary writing – say from a contemporary novel – is that almost nothing in it is superfluous to what we might call the core message of a given passage. The authors of scripture, in otherContinue reading “Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost by The Rev. Martin Elfert”
Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost by The Rev. John Scannell
Lessons: Genesis 15:1-6 Psalm 33:12-22 Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-16 Luke 12:32-40 Today God invites you and me to recognize and claim our own place in that great parade of people who have said “yes” to God, and “yes” to the things of God. I’m hoping we’ve brought our marching clothes, and that we will join inContinue reading “Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost by The Rev. John Scannell”