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The little ones: Sept 28, 2024

The little ones: Sept 28, 2024

 Year B, Pentecost 19                                                 Mark 9:38-50                                                                                              There is nothing like a recommendation to cut a limb off to really start your morning...

It’s not about being right: Sept 22

It’s not about being right: Sept 22

Year B, Pentecost 22                                      James 3:13-4:3; 7-8a                                                                                                      I often hear people bemoan the current political discourse and long for those days of...

The Church belongs to no nation: Sept 15

The Church belongs to no nation: Sept 15

 Year B, Pentecost 17                                                Mark 8:27-38                                                                                                       Who do people say that I am?  Compared to most questions that Jesus asks his...

Why did Jesus say that?: Sept 8, 2024

 Year B, Pentecost 16                                       Mark 7:24-37                                                 As most of you know, the readings we have on Sundays rotate on a three year cycle. Every three years at about this time, we get this Gospel...

The Pharisee in us: Sept 1 2024

The Pharisee in us: Sept 1 2024

 Year B, Pentecost 15                                               Mark 7: 1-8, 14-15, 21-23                                                                                                                           Over the last month and a half, we have been reading...

Preaching with a broken heart: August 25

Preaching with a broken heart: August 25

 Year B, Pentecost 14                                     Psalm 34:15-22 & John 6:56-69                                              I can’t remember where I read it, some important preaching professor no doubt--- said that preachers must preach from our scars and...