Year A – Advent 1 (A 7-week Advent) Joshua 24:1-3a, 14-25 Psalm 78:1-7 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 Matthew 25:1-13 May the words of my mouth O God… speak your truth… Asherah… Baal… Marduk… Tiamat… Shamash… Ishtar… these were some of the more significant ancient Near Eastern and Babylonian gods and goddesses about which we know… the old gods… even...
November 5, 2023 – Matthew 5:1-12 Rev. Alex Steward (Supply Pastor) This morning we remember not only the saints that have gone before us, but we also remember the saints among us. Saints who have caused Good Trouble and saints who have left many questions. As baptized believers in Jesus Christ, we are all...
Year A Jeremiah 31:31-34 Psalm 46 Romans 3:19-28 John 8:31-36 May the words of my mouth O God… speak your truth… Today’s passage from Jeremiah is one of my favorites… it talks about how God will make a new covenant with the House of Israel… the former one… made with their ancestors… those whom God brought out of...
Year A Exodus 33:12-23 Psalm 99 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10 Matthew 22:15-22 May the words of my mouth O God… speak your truth… In today’s reading from Exodus… Moses is fretful… he wants God to reassure him… that God will accompany him and the Jewish people as they sojourn… it echoes some of the fear in recent passages… that...
Year A Exodus 32:1-14 Psalm 106:1-6, 19-23 Philippians 4:1-9 Matthew 22:1-14 May the words of my mouth O God… speak your truth… My brother carries a gun… no… not everywhere he goes… only when he provides security at a Washington, D.C. area synagogue… I’m not sure when he took firearm training… and got a gun license… and began...