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Yr C ~ Epiphany 3 ~ Luke 4:14-21 Let me set the stage for you. A couple of weeks ago we looked at Jesus’ baptism in Luke 3. Right after that Luke 4 begins with the Holy Spirit leading Jesus…
Year C ~ Epiphany 2 ~ 1 Corinthians 12:1-11 “What I want to talk about now is the various ways God’s Spirit gets worked into our lives.” That’s how The Message Bible translates the first verse of 1 Corinthians 12,…
Yr C ~ Epiphany 1 ~ Luke 3:2-3, 7-17, 21-22 Ok, so this is supposed to be Baptism of Jesus Sunday, but I’m not really going to talk about that at all. Well, his baptism serves as a backdrop, but…
Yr C ~ Epiphany 1 ~ Matthew 2:1-12 Here are the broad strokes of this very famous story – a story that we usually mess up the details about and probably miss the big message of. It’s the story of…
Yr C ~ Advent 4 ~ Luke 1:39-45 It’s just so ordinary. Two women – relatives – who both happen to be pregnant – get together and talk about the future. “What will it be like to be a mom?…
Yr C ~ Advent 3 ~ Philippians 4:4-7 Rejoice, Paul tells us. The Lord is near. Rejoice always! It’s so important he says it twice in one verse: Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice. Why? The…
Yr C ~ Advent 2 ~ Philippians 1:3-11 My main focus today will be on the last couple of verses of this lovely passage from Paul’s letter to the Philippians, but to get there I’m going to go through all…
Yr C ~ Advent 1 ~ 1 Thessalonians 3:9-13 It reads like a love letter from a minister to their congregation. It’s warm, and complimentary, and joyful. You can sense the pride this minister has for these people. A few…
Yr B ~ Reign of Christ ~ John 18:33-38a The church liturgical year does not follow the same calendar as the solar year, so while there’s still a month and a bit to go in that one, a brand new…
Yr B ~ Pentecost 25 ~ Mark 13:1-8 (A paraphrase of Mark 13) As they came out of the church, one of the members said, “Look at this beautiful church. I just love these majestic buildings. Church architecture is wonderful.”…