Reflections for

Third Sunday after the Epiphany, Jan 26, 2014

Isaiah 9:1-4; Psalm 27:1, 4-9; 1 Corinthians 1:10-18; Matthew 4:12-23

Living by the Word

Sunday, March 11, 2012

1 Corinthians 1:18–25

Feb 28, 2012 by Casey Thompson

A year before my ordination I shadowed a seasoned pastor as he visited some of the saints of our church at a care facility in Austell, Georgia. We went from door to door and sat and listened and prayed.

"We have one more to see," said my companion as he stepped into the elevator. "Miss Fraser. She's normally unresponsive, but we'll check on her."

Blogging Toward Sunday

Our yokes

Matthew 11:16–19, 25–30

Jun 27, 2011 by Brian Hiortdahl

Before his questioning of the doctrine of hell sparked such a (ahem) firestorm, Rob Bell wrote in Velvet Elvis a chapter about yokes.

Blogging Toward Sunday

Grafted

Jan 18, 2011 by F. Dean Lueking

Epiphany is the season uniquely applicable to us who are Gentiles, the grafted-on branches to the tree of salvation, those who do well to marvel at the magnitude of the grace of God Christ that includes us. This is not common in our religiously pluralist setting, especially in our part of the world where the common assumption is that we're not grafted on at all--we're mainstream.

Living by the Word

Sunday, January 23, 2011

Matthew 4:12–23, Isaiah 1:9­­–4

Jan 11, 2011 by F. Dean Lueking

The Matthew 4 and Isaiah 9 readings assigned for this third Sunday of Epiphany each begin with geographic references that are easily overlooked. Zebulun and Naphtali are more than Galilean locations.

Faith Matters

Making for home

A kinship of gifts

May 05, 2009 by Thomas Lynch

When I was a child I spoke as a child, understood as a child, reasoned as a child. I knew my parents loved me best. I mistook abundant love for especial favor and blessings for entitlements. I mistook good fortune for God’s approval and worldly outcomes for the will of God. Kennedy won because God was on our side. When my grandfather died, I assumed it was me—something I’d done or failed to do. Maybe the first time I ate meat on a Friday, at Bobby Bacon’s house. It was baloney.

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