Year A Acts 1:1-14 Psalm 68:1-10, 33-36 1 Peter 4:12-14; 5:6-11 John 17:1-11 May the words of my mouth O God… speak your truth… In Genesis… we learn about God being in relationship with the first humans… about God coming into the Garden… walking in the Garden… about giving us some guidelines… guidelines which would at least help...
Year A Acts 17:22-31 Psalm 66:7-18 1 Peter 3:13-22 John 14:15-21 May the words of my mouth O God… speak your truth… From today’s Psalm… Blessed be God… who has not rejected my prayer… and whose love has not been withheld from me… We live lives of holding on and letting go… sometimes the letting go is easy...
Year A Acts 7:55-60 Psalm 31:1-5, 15-16 1 Peter 2:2-10 John 14:1-14 May the words of my mouth O God… speak your truth… In the very first line of this morning’s Gospel… Jesus says… Do not let your hearts be troubled… but many of our hearts have been troubled… and not just only this morning… for some of...
Year A Acts 2:42-47 Psalm 23 1 Peter 2:19-25 John 10:1-10 May the words of my mouth O God… speak your truth… A gatekeeper is a person who controls access to something… for example… someone who allows or denies access to an ancient city… or a bouncer at a nightclub… or more abstractly… some who controls access to...
Year A Acts 2:14a,36-41 Psalm 116:1-3, 10-17 1 Peter 1:17-23 Luke 24:13-35 May the words of my mouth O God… speak your truth… M. Scott Peck’s book The Road Less Traveled… starts out with the sentence… Life is difficult… it’s a book which makes the unpleasant-sounding claim… that facing and solving our problems can be a painful process…...