Lessons: Malachi 4:1-2a Psalm 98 2 Thessalonians 3:6-13 Luke 21:5-19 One of the themes that recurs throughout Jesus’ teaching is: Be ready. You don’t know when the bridegroom is coming, you don’t know when the owner of the house is coming, you don’t know when the thief is coming. So stay awake. HaveContinueContinue reading “Twenty-Third Sunday after Pentecost by The Rev. Martin Elfert”
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Twenty-third Sunday after Pentecost by The Rev. Corbet Clark
Lessons: Jeremiah 31:7-9 Psalm 126 Hebrews 7:23-28 Mark 10:46-52 The last thing I do before I leave the sacristy to begin a service is to check my cell phone to make sure it’s turned off. Cell phones are a wonderful form of communication, that give us access to all kinds of information anywhere in theContinueContinue reading “Twenty-third Sunday after Pentecost by The Rev. Corbet Clark”
Twenty-third Sunday after Pentecost by The Rev. Martin Elfert
Lessons: Amos 5:18-24 Psalm 70 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 Matthew 25:1-13 * Let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an everflowing stream. We are gathering this morning in the wake of a mass shooting in our country. It is America. It’s 2017. And so these are words that I could reasonably use toContinueContinue reading “Twenty-third Sunday after Pentecost by The Rev. Martin Elfert”
Twenty Third Sunday after Pentecost by The Rev. Martin Elfert
Lessons: Jeremiah 14:7-10,19-22 Psalm 84:1-6 2 Timothy 4:6-8,16-18 Luke 18:9-14 A reading from The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. We are about a third of the way in to the book. The children have journeyed through the wardrobe and into the wondrous and dangerous land of Narnia. And the three of them (Peter, Susan,ContinueContinue reading “Twenty Third Sunday after Pentecost by The Rev. Martin Elfert”
Treasure on the Mountain + Twenty Third Sunday after Pentecost by The Rev. Esme J. R. Culver
Lessons: Judges 4:1-7 Psalm 123 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11 Matthew 25:14-30 There is a cross high on a mountain along the Colca Valley in Peru. You can reach it by bus which will take you to the top of the mountain at 17,000 feet until you come to it on the other side…. sitting close toContinueContinue reading “Treasure on the Mountain + Twenty Third Sunday after Pentecost by The Rev. Esme J. R. Culver”