Year B 1 Kings 19:4-8 Psalm 34:1-8 Ephesians 4:25-5:2 John 6:35, 41-51 May the words of my mouth O God… speak your truth… One thing that I enjoy sharing… every once in a while… especially to non-Lutherans… is that in the ELCA’s prayer book… the first 150 hymns… are the Psalms… a collection of religious poems… . many...
Year B Exodus 16:2-4,9-15 Psalm 78:23-29 Ephesians 4:1-16 John 6:24-35 May the words of my mouth O God… speak your truth… In the opening prayer of our Eucharist… called the Sursum Corda… we lift up our hearts to God… we open our hearts to Mystery… but generally speaking… we prefer to know everything precisely… to have everything nailed...
Year B 2 Kings 4:42-44 Psalm 145:10-19 Ephesians 3:14-21 John 6:1-21 May the words of my mouth O God… speak your truth… The Passover… the festival of the Jews was near… and why is Passover relevant in today’s reading… because it reminds us that after the last plague… after the Pharaoh’s son died… the Israelites were released from...
Year B Jeremiah 23:1-6 Psalm 23 Ephesians 2:11-22 Mark 6:30-34, 53-56 May the words of my mouth O God… speak your truth… Sometimes… when we’re at work… we need to be team players… sometimes things come up that just… need… to be… tended to… though I’ve worked in places… where some people consistently did as little as possible… ...
Year B Amos 7:7-15 Psalm 85:8-13 Ephesians 1:3-14 Mark 6:14-29 May the words of my mouth O God… speak your truth… Of the four prophetic books that date back to about the eighth century… Hosea… Isaiah… Joel… and Amos… Amos is probably the oldest… and his words are so startling and dramatic… that they’re virtually unprecedented… but all...