When I was growing up, there were certain things –– like clothing –– that you just couldn’t buy on Sunday. Entire sections of department stores were simply roped off. And retailers respected the rhythms of the seasons –– you never saw Christmas displays or heard Christmas music or read Christmas newspaper ads until after Thanksgiving...
Year C Jeremiah 31:31-34 Psalm 46 Romans 3:19-28 John 8:31-36May the words of my mouth O God… speak your truth… Honey bees live together in large… well-organized family groups… they are social insects… not solitary ones… and because of that… they engage in a variety of specialized tasks not practiced by the thousands of the solitary ones… complex...
Year C Sirach 35:12-17 Psalm 84:1-6 2 Timothy 4:6-8,16-18 Luke 18:9-14 May the words of my mouth O God… speak your truth… The Book of Sirach was written during the four-hundred-or-so year period… after the last book of the Jewish Testament… Malachi… was written… and before the first book of the Christian Testament… 1 Thessalonians… was written… which...
Year C Genesis 32:22-31 Psalm 121 2 Timothy 3:14-4:5 Luke 18:1-8May the words of my mouth O God… speak your truth… Jacob wrestled with an angel… and is re-named Israel… which means… striven with God… 2 Timothy tells us to be persistent in proclaiming the message… because… the writer claims… the time is coming when people will not...
Year C 2 Kings 5:1-3, 7-15c Psalm 111 2 Timothy 2:8-15 Luke 17:11-19 May the words of my mouth O God… speak your truth… We talked last week… about how faith… even the size of a mustard seed… is enough… because our lives… our work… our challenges… our successes… our formation… and maybe especially our growth into boundlessness… ...