Year C Exodus 34:29-35 Psalm 99 2 Corinthians 3:12-4:2 Luke 9:28-43a May the words of my mouth O God… speak your truth… There are plenty of Transfiguration Sunday sermons… which simply talk about how the presence of Moses and Elijah… and then their disappearance… means that Jesus incorporates… the fullness of the Law and the Prophets… into himself… ...
Year C Genesis 45:3-11, 15 Psalm 37:1-12, 41-42 1 Corinthians 15:35-38,42-50 Luke 6:27-38 May the words of my mouth O God… speak your truth… Author Annie Lamott… said… You can safely assume… that you’ve created God in your own image… when it turns out… that God hates all the same people… that you do… And so what is...
Year C Jeremiah 17:5-10 Psalm 1 1 Corinthians 15:12-20 Luke 6:17-26 May the words of my mouth O God… speak your truth… Jeremiah came from Anathoth… a village in the hill country of Benjamin… from a small tribe to the north of Judah… he was a descendent of Abiathar… one of the two chief priests of King David…...
Year C Isaiah 6:1-8 Psalm 138 1 Corinthians 15:1-11 Luke 5:1-11 May the words of my mouth O God… speak your truth… Albert Einstein was known… aside from being a theoretical physicist… for being a kind of theological philosopher… and he occasionally offered up some clever… memorable… one liners… he once said… there are only two ways to...
The start of February is filled with significance. For many pagans it marks the holiday of Imbolc, seen by some as the start of Spring (and by many others as the height of winter). Millions more celebrate it as Candlemass (or the Presentation of Jesus at the Temple). In the United States February 2...