Year A - Proper 12 (17) - July 26, 2020
In spite of the vast differences among cultures around our world today and even in spite of the great divide between the ancient world and the modern, there is one thing that connects us all: our love of stories. Stories are vital to holding us together as families, nations and as people-groups. Stories are the […]
Read MoreYear A - Proper 11 (16) - July 19, 2020
Where does a loser turn when he has deceived his father? Where does a loser turn when he has cheated his own twin brother out of his inheritance? Where does a cowardly loser go when he has nowhere else to turn? To the city of Luz (LOOZ), of course! Jacob had loser written all over […]
Read MoreYear A: Proper 10 (15) - July 12, 2020
The primary issue that divides Jews, Christians and Muslims today, as it has for centuries, is this: what does it mean to be the true children of Abraham? Is it a matter of ancestral DNA, whether through the line of Isaac or Ishmael or does it come through God’s adoption of those who live, like […]
Read MoreYear A - Proper 9 (14) - July 5, 2020
We human beings know that we are capable of great things. We have the ability to explore the depths of the seas to discover new forms of life never seen before. We can design powerful telescopes with such incredible ranges of magnification that we can now regularly discover new celestial phenomena in the night sky […]
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