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2020/11/22 By Barry Leave a Comment

Serving the King

Christ the King Sunday is the last Sunday in the liturgical year. It doesn’t lead, at least not always, to the kind of introspection December 31st can. This year it led me to think about what it means to serve a monarch. If we are thinking in terms of a “traditional” monarch, an historical king […]

Filed Under: Pentecost, Preaching, Sunday, Year A Tagged With: Christ the King, Ephesians, king, monarch, preaching, queen, Reign of Christ, serving

2017/11/26 By Barry Leave a Comment

Last Sunday of the year

It might seem strange to be talking about the last Sunday of the year when we aren’t even in December yet but . . . it is the last Sunday of the church year, the liturgical year. Next Sunday we begin a new church year with Advent. The last Sunday of the year is called […]

Filed Under: Pentecost, Preaching, Sunday, Year A Tagged With: "good", Christ the King, evil, last Sunday of the year, preaching, Reign of Christ

2016/11/20 By Barry Leave a Comment

The end of the year

NOTE: I sound the way I do as I am getting over bronchitis, don’t adjust your listening device, it probably won’t get any better. Today is the last Sunday in the Liturgical year, hence the name of this post. The Lectionary ends the church year with Christ the King Sunday, or Reign of Christ Sunday […]

Filed Under: Pentecost, Preaching, Sunday, Year C Tagged With: Christ the King, kingship, preaching, Reign of Christ, year end

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