Year B Isaiah 35:4-7a Psalm 146 James 2:1-10, 14-17 Mark 7:24-37 May the words of my mouth O God… speak your truth… I’m about to retire… I’m about to make a transition… cross a divide… of sorts… from one way of spending my time… to another… from one way of being a priest… to another… from one pattern...
Year B Deuteronomy 4:1-2, 6-9 Psalm 15 James 1:17-27 Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23 May the words of my mouth O God… speak your truth… When I used to attend Friday night services at synagogue… we used a prayer book… that contained a prayer… that’s similar to what we just heard from Deuteronomy… but the one we read at...
Year B Joshua 24:1-2a,14-18 Psalm 34:15-22 Ephesians 6:10-20 John 6:56-69 May the words of my mouth O God… speak your truth… What I hope you heard in this morning’s reading from Joshua… was that while Joshua said… As for me and my household… we will serve the Lord… the people had to decide whether they would serve the...
Year B Proverbs 9:1-6 Psalm 34:9-14 Ephesians 5:15-20 John 6:51-58 May the words of my mouth O God… speak your truth… This morning’s Gospel… presents us with one of Jesus’ most profound and mysterious teachings… he says… I am the living bread that came down from heaven… whoever eats this bread will live forever… this bread is my...
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...