Year C Deuteronomy 26:1-11 Psalm 91:1-2, 9-16 Romans 10:8b-13 Luke 4:1-13 May the words of my mouth O God… speak your truth… Our reading from Deuteronomy today… is more than just a story… it’s a liturgy of thanksgiving… it establishes the ritual remembrance of God’s liberating act… it instructs God’s people… to remember their status as aliens… and...
Year C Joel 2:1-2,12-17 Psalm 103:8-14 2 Corinthians 5:20b-6:10 Matthew 6:1-6,16-21 May the words of my mouth O God… speak your truth… We are all going to die… it’s not really… ever… a pleasant fact… but it is a fact of life… that the other end of birth… is death… and the vast majority of us humans… do...
My Lord,My sins are likeThe highest mountain;My good deedsAre very few,They’re like a small pebble.I turn to You,My heart full of shame,My eyes full of tears.Bestow YourForgiveness and MercyUpon me.~ from Supplication by Sami Yusuf Lent assaults our mistaken sense of ourselves. It challenges the notion that we’re capable and self-sufficient; that we can...
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...