Year A Isaiah 45:1-7 Psalm 96:1-9 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10 Matthew 22:15-22 May the words of my mouth… O God… speak your Truth… These days… if you search Google for the word idol… you find people or things that are greatly admired… loved… or revered… things like the American Idol TV show… or movie idols…...
Year A Isaiah 25:1-9 Psalm 23 Philippians 4:1-9 Matthew 22:1-14 May the words of my mouth… O God… speak your Truth… We all want to be accepted for who… and what… and how we are… we all want to be invited and included… and we can sometimes feel rejected when we’re not… we all...
Year A Isaiah 5:1-7 Psalm 80:7-14 Philippians 3:4b-14 Matthew 21:33-46 May the words of my mouth… O God… speak your Truth… It’s true… you can find something in scripture… to justify just about anything… in almost any situation… wives be obedient to your husbands… has been used to justify domestic abuse… you shall not...
Year A Isaiah 45:21-25 Philippians 2:5-11 Psalm 98 John 12:31-36a May the words of my mouth… O God… speak your Truth… Hurricane Sally hit the gulf coast this week… and there’s a climate crisis that’s in various stages of acknowledgement or denial… wildfires are burning out of control up and down the west coast…...
Year A Genesis 50:15-21 Psalm 103:1-13 Romans 14:1-12 Matthew 18:21-35 May the words of my mouth… O God… speak your Truth… There are people I don’t want to forgive… for the things they’ve done… or for the things they’ve said… or for how I’ve felt about what they’ve done or said… not no way…...