Year A Exodus 1:8-2:10 Psalm 124 Romans 12:1-8 Matthew 16:13-20 May the words of my mouth O God… speak your truth… Context matters… our reading from Exodus follows on the heels of the story about Joseph sold into slavery… and years later… reconciling with his brothers… and saving his family from famine by bringing them to Goshen… and...
Year A Isaiah 56:1,6-8 Psalm 67 Romans 11:1-2a, 29-32 Matthew 15:10-28 May the words of my mouth O God… speak your truth… Almost all of you know… that I grew up Jewish… and I was keenly aware of being in a minority… televangelists told me that if I didn’t believe… I’d burn in hell… a classmate in second...
Year A 1 Kings 19:9-18 Psalm 85:8-13 Romans 10:5-15 Matthew 14:22-33 May the words of my mouth O God… speak your truth… At the beginning of this chapter in 1Kings… Jezebel sends a messenger to Elijah… telling him that she intends to kill him that very day… Elijah has just killed the 450 prophets...
Pastor Polly Standley presided in Rev. Mike’s absence, and you can find her sermon in the service video on our Facebook page at: 10th Sunday after Pentecost The sermon will begin at about the 26 minute mark.
We started losing light on June 21 (the Summer Solstice) as we began moving towards December 21 (the Winter Solstice). Fewer hours of daylight will make it seem as though we have less time to do things, to accomplish what we must. Some of us will turn, in this time of shortened daylight, from...