The first Sunday of a new calendar year so it would make sense to preach about New Year’s, or resolutions or beginnings but instead, the Lectionary led me to preach about Jesus. It is very easy for us to reduce Jesus to a simple binary with “human” on the one side and “God” on the […]
Love isn’t always where you expect it
Today is the Fourth Sunday of Advent, the last Sunday before Christmas. The last candle lit is the Love candle. I have only one question, why are the Lectionary selections for this Sunday: Psalm 80:1-7, 17-19; Isaiah 7:10-16; Romans 1:1-7; Matthew 1:18-25? Look them up and see where all the “love” is in them. Go […]
Who gets called
I have been enjoying putting myself into biblical stories lately. Well, maybe “enjoying” isn’t the exact word because it isn’t always enjoyable, even when it is very valuable. I don’t do it very well. I find it difficult to imagine myself into these stories, or any stories for that matter. I don’t know if it […]
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