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...
Year C Jeremiah 1:4-10 Psalm 71:1-6 1 Corinthians 13:1-13 Luke 4:21-30 May the words of my mouth O God… speak your truth… My mother-in-law… lives with my sister-in-law… and even though my sister-in-law is a grown woman… with two college age children… even though she retired from a career as an Air Traffic Controller… even though she almost...
Year C Nehemiah 8:1-3, 5-6, 8-10 Psalm 19 1 Corinthians 12:12-31a Luke 4:14-21 May the words of my mouth O God… speak your truth… It’s almost as if this set of lectionary readings were chosen for us… it’s almost as though somehow… Providence knew… that today… we’d be having our annual meeting… and thought these readings would be...