Lessons: Job 19:23-27a Psalm 17:1-9 2 Thessalonians 2:1-5, 13-17 Luke 20:27-38 We have been hearing Jesus in a lot of arguments these past few weeks, but this one feels different somehow. There is no back and forth between Jesus and the questioner, no probing questions from Jesus in response, no mysterious parable offered.ContinueContinue reading “Twenty-Second Sunday after Pentecost by The Rev. Jeanne Kaliszewski”
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Twenty-Second Sunday after Pentecost by The Rev. Martin Elfert
Lessons: Isaiah 53:4-12 Psalm 91:9-16 Hebrews 5:1-10 Mark 10:35-45 The comedian Hasan Minhaj is a second generation American. His father, like me, is an immigrant to this country. I come from Canada: Minhaj’s Dad, Najme, comes from India. Unlike me (I grew up in a stable and peaceful context in Vancouver, BC), prior to comingContinueContinue reading “Twenty-Second Sunday after Pentecost by The Rev. Martin Elfert”
Twenty Second Sunday after Pentecost by The Rev. Martin Elfert
Lessons: Genesis 32:22-31 Psalm 121 2 Timothy 3:14-4:5 Luke 18:1-8 Jacob’s story begins decades before this moment. It begins long before Jacob tells his family and his servants to journey ahead and to leave him alone, long before Jacob lies down on the cold ground and looks up at the stars, long before he wrestlesContinueContinue reading “Twenty Second Sunday after Pentecost by The Rev. Martin Elfert”
Twenty Second Sunday after Pentecost by Donald Grayston
Lessons: Job 42:1-6, 10-17 Psalm 34:1-8, 19-22 Hebrews 7:23-28 Mark 10:46-52 “Jesus said to [blind Bartimaeus], ‘What do you want me to do for you?’ The blind man said to him, ‘My teacher, let me see again.’ Jesus said to him, “Go; your faith has made you well.’ Immediately he regained his sightContinueContinue reading “Twenty Second Sunday after Pentecost by Donald Grayston”