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Yr A ~ Reign of Christ ~ Matthew 25:31-46 Today’s reading draws Matthew chapter 25 to an end. It’s a chapter filled with complex parables about the Kingdom of Heaven, or Kingdom of God. Saying that, I don’t think this…
Yr A ~ Pent 24 ~ Matthew 25:14-30 The problem with this Parable of the Talents is that it has nothing really to do with talents! I mean, obviously it does, but it really doesn’t. The problem is in the…
Yr A ~ Pentecost 23 ~ 1 Corinthians 12:1‒11 (off lect) There are numerous ways to talk about a life of faith, and different ways to characterize the core components of building such a life. They’re all variations on a…
Yr A ~ Pentecost 21 ~ Matthew 23:1-12 (MSG) I chose The Message bible translation of today’s scripture because it captures the edginess of Jesus’ teaching so well, but it comes with a cost. Our usual NRSV bible contains more…
Yr A ~ Pentecost 21 ~ Matthew 22:34-40, John 13:35 In today’s reading Jesus is challenged to say what he thought the most important teaching of all was. So he turned to scripture (that would be the Hebrew Scriptures, what…
Yr A – Pent 22 – 1Thessalonians 1:1-10 Imagine you are living in Thessalonica in the 40’s – not the 1940’s, the 0040’s. You live in a Greek city that’s about 400 km north of Athens on a major trade…
Yr A ~ Thanksgiving ~ Psalm 65 This is going to be one of those sermons where I just use the scripture as a jumping off point to talk about what I really want to talk about. But first I…
Yr A ~ Creation 4 ~ Psalm 104 Psalms are poetry. They’re the ancient Jewish hymn book which naturally means that they were written in Hebrew. So, to get at it we have to translate a passage from an ancient…
Yr A ~ Creation 2 ~ Psalm 114 What do we mean by creation? One aspect is to think about the natural world, the planet we share, and to raise theological issues about sustainability, respect, resources, stewardship, and greed. We…
Yr A ~ Creation 1 ~ Psalm 149 Let’s start with some good old fashioned bible study. It’ll be a warmup for The Porch which will return on Monday mornings in a couple of weeks. Psalm 149:1 Praise the LORD!…