Year B - Proper 12 (17) - Ninth Sunday after Pentecost
History is a funny thing. As the present becomes the past, there is a fundamental human need to remember what has already occurred. There is something about who we are as people that desperately wants to know what has happened before us. While history may not have been our favorite subject in school, we are […]
Read MoreYear B - Proper 11 (16) - Eighth Sunday after Pentecost
Ephesians 2:11-22 11 Therefore remember that at one time you Gentiles in the flesh, called “the uncircumcision” by what is called the circumcision, which is made in the flesh by hands—12 remember that you were at that time separated from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having […]
Read MoreYear B - Proper 10 (15) - Seventh Sunday after Pentecost
Let me hear what God the LORD will speak, for he will speak peace to his people, to his saints; but let them not turn back to folly. Surely his salvation is near to those who fear him, that glory may dwell in our land. Steadfast love and faithfulness meet; righteousness […]
Read MoreYear B - Proper 9 (14) - Sixth Sunday after Pentecost
“King Saul is dead.” The news spread throughout the twelve tribes in the blink of an eye. An eerie silence descended among the tribes. Marketplaces grew quiet. Family suppers went along without incident. Everyone stayed indoors and kept to themselves. They all knew what to except: more war and more death! The loss of Saul […]
Read MoreYear B - Proper 8 (13) - Fifth Sunday after Pentecost
Out of the depths I cry to you, O LORD! O Lord, hear my voice! Let your ears be attentive to the voice of my pleas for mercy! If you, O LORD, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand? But with you there is forgiveness, that you may be feared. I wait […]
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