Year B – Proper 14 (19) Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost.
In the Elton John song “Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me,” he sings “Don’t let the sun go down on me. Although I’ve searched myself, it’s always someone else I see. I just allowed a fragment of your life to wander free. But losing everything is like the sun going down on me.” […]
Read MoreYear B - Proper 13 (18) Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost
In the movie, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Indiana Jones attempts to get past several traps that have been set to keep people from stealing “the Holy Grail,” the cup of Christ. His father has just been shot by the Nazis, and attaining the cup is the only way to save him. Indiana must […]
Read MoreYear B: Tenth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 12)
Have you ever seen how much food it takes to feed 5,000 people? The San Antonio Food Bank is one of the largest food banks in the country. Last year, during Hurricane Harvey relief, they helped many flood victims in South Texas by meeting their immediate need for food. I recently volunteered with my friend, […]
Read MoreYear B – Ninth Sunday after Pentecost.
“How do you view the world?” In the Smyth & Helwys Commentary for Mark, Alan Culpepper shares the following story: In December 1931, Ted and Dorothy Hustead bought the only drug store in a little prairie town, fifty miles east of Rapid City, South Dakota, These were the days of the Great Depression. There were […]
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