Lectionary Year B – Proper 19 (24) - 16th Sunday after Pentecost
It wouldn’t be a fall sermon series without at least one athletic analogy, typically it would be football of course, but due to the recent summer Olympic and Paralympic Games, I’ll explore a more global athletic vision. Today’s gospel lesson from Mark doesn’t disappoint in lending itself to incorporating one of the longest standing traditions […]
Read MoreLectionary Year B - Proper 18 (23) – Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Shortly after graduating from college I found myself living with two of my four roommates I had lived with my last two years of college. We were living and working in Greenville, SC in three very different fields. One was a computer programmer at a moderate sized company that provided software for robotics equipment in […]
Read MoreLectionary Year B - Proper 17 (22) – Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Much to my sentimental scholastic chagrin, school seems to begin earlier and earlier in August with each passing year. In the case of school systems that are “year ’round” school is ongoing throughout much of the summer – and not just for those of us who may have been required at some point or another […]
Read MoreLectionary Year B - Proper 16 (21) – Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost
“Suited for Battle” Ephesians 6:10-17 In 2001, I was the youth minister at First Baptist Church of Greer, SC. That summer, I led a mission trip to Salem, MA. Modern-day Salem is close to where the Salem witch trials occurred in 1692. An ominous spiritual atmosphere still pervades the city. There’s a satanic church on […]
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