Year A: Sixth Sunday after Pentecost
“…the word is very near to you; it is in your mouth and in your heart for you to observe.” (Deuteronomy. 30.14) Sometimes it seems we live in a flood of words so loud that they threaten to wash us away. Recently I was in the home of a neighbor who keeps the […]
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“Lo, your king comes to you; triumphant and victorious is he, humble and riding on a donkey….” (Zechariah 9.9) One of the benefits of using a lectionary to guide our scripture readings is the unexpected surprise we sometimes find when we connect various Bible passages to one another. This morning […]
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After these things God tested Abraham, and said to him, ‘Abraham!’ And he said, ‘Here am I.’ He said, ‘Take your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering upon one of the mountains of which […]
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