ordinary time

10th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Genesis 12:1-9; Psalm 33:1-12; (Hosea 5:15 - 6:6; Psalm 50:7-15;) Romans 4:13-25; Matthew 9:9-13, 18-26

Year A

Season after Pentecost

Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Genesis 6:9-22, 7:24, 8:14-19; Psalm 46; (Deuteronomy 11:18-21, 26-28; Psalm 31:1-5, 19-24;) Romans 1:16-17; 3:22b-28 (29-31); Matthew 7:21-29

Year A

Season after Pentecost

Living by the Word

Reluctant prophets

Jeremiah 1:4–10

Aug 03, 2010 by Martin B. Copenhaver

My grandmother was 14 years old and living on a farm in Michigan when she made an appointment with her Presbyterian minister to tell him that she felt called to the ministry. “I’m sorry, Emma,” he said. “You must be mistaken. God doesn’t call women into the ministry.” A day or two later her father went to see the minister.

Living by the Word

Cloud of witnesses

Hebrews 11:29–12:2

Aug 03, 2010 by Martin B. Copenhaver

Soon after I was called as senior minister of First Congregational Church in Burlington, Vermont, a church member gave me a tour of the building. When we got to the formal church parlor, I paused to take in the portraits of my predecessors hanging on the walls. I was awestruck. “There they are,” I said.