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Written Symbolically But Taken Literally

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Post published:August 16, 2024
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Proverbs 9:1-6; Psalm 34; Ephesians 5: 15-20; John 6: 51-58. There’s a saying I’ve run across more than once lately: “In our time, we tend to think that the ancient…

Be Careful What You Pray For

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Post published:August 9, 2024
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1 Kings 19: 4-8; Psalm 34; Ephesians 4:30-5:2 (RM) or 4:25-5:2 (RCL); John 6: 41-51 (RM or 35, 41-51 (RCL). Be careful what you pray for. God might just give…

Nobody Likes Not Getting Their Way

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Post published:August 2, 2024
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Exodus 16: 2-4, 12-15, 31 (RM) or 2-4, 9-15 (RCL); Psalm 78; Ephesians 4: 17, 20-24 (RM) or 1-16 (RCL); John 6: 24-35. It‘s hard to think of anyone who…

Five Loaves and Two Fishes

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Post published:July 26, 2024
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2 Kings 4: 42-44; Psalm 145; Ephesians 4: 1-6 (RM) or 3: 14-21 (RCL); John 6: 1-15 (RM) or 1-21 (RCL). Oh I remember this one. For some odd reason…

Don’t You Just Hate Cliffhangers?

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Post published:July 19, 2024
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Jeremiah 23: 1-6; Psalm 23; Ephesians 2: 13-18 (RM) or 11-22 (RCL); Mark 6:30-34 (RM) or 30-34, 53-56 (RCL). Don’t you just hate cliffhangers? It’s the last episode of the…

The Baptismal Invitation

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Post published:July 12, 2024
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Amos 7: 12-15 (RM) or 7-15 (RCL); Psalm 85; Ephesians 1: 3-14 (RM and RCL) or 3-10 (RM); Mark 6: 7-13 (RM) or 14-29 (RCL).One wonderful result of the liturgical…

You Can’t Go Home Again

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Post published:July 5, 2024
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Ezekiel 2: 3-5 (RM in Canada), 2-5 (RM in the U.S.) or 1-5 (RCL); Psalm 123; 2 Corinthians 12: 7-10 (RM) or 2-10 (RCL); Mark 6: 1-6 (RM) or Mark…

God Does Not Delight in the Death of the Living

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Post published:June 28, 2024
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Wisdom 1:13-15 (RM) or Lamentations 3:22-33 (RCL); Psalm 30; 2 Corinthians 8:7, 9, 13-15 (RM) or 7-15 (RCL); Mark 5:21-43. Twelve years. Twelve long years. Twelve short years. Short if…

In the Beginning There Was Cows

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Post published:June 21, 2024
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Job 38:1-4, 8-11 (RM) or 1-11 (RCL); Psalm 107; 2 Corinthians 5:14-17 (RM) or 2 Corinthians 6:1-13 (RCL); Mark 4:35-41. In 1968, the university where I did my doctoral studies…

The Best Time to Plant a Tree

Post author:Susan K. Roll
Post published:June 14, 2024
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Genesis 3:8-15; Psalm 92 (RM) or 130 (RCL); 2 Corinthians 5:6-10 (RM) or 2 Cor 4:13-5:1 (RCL); Mark 3:20-35. It wasn’t during the ten years I lived in Europe, but…