Reflections for

14th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Jul 07, 2013

2 Kings 5:1-14; Psalm 30; (Isaiah 66:10-14; Psalm 66:1-9;) Galatians 6:(1-6), 7-16; Luke 10:1-11, 16-20

Living by the Word

Remember the water

2 Kings 5:1-14

Feb 10, 2009 by James C. Howell

Could Peter Leithart be on to something when he calls 2 Kings 5 “the richest Old Testament story of baptism,” one that “anticipates Christian baptism”? The very thought of baptism makes me shudder. I remember mine, since my parents didn’t take me to be sprinkled as an infant.

Blogging Toward Sunday

Blogging toward Sunday

2 Kings 5:1-14; Luke 10:1-11, 16-20

Jul 02, 2007 by William H. Willimon

As I read through one of the epistles, with Paul hammering an early congregation for its members’ infidelities and numerous discipleship shortcomings, I wish I had the guts to give my people the sermonic tongue-lashing they so richly deserve. Then suddenly, in mid-diatribe, Paul asserts, “Now you are the body of Christ.”

Living by the Word

What to say

Luke 10:1-11, 16-20

Jun 26, 2007 by Patrick J. Willson

A couple of months ago in the Century, Thomas G. Long discussed temptations faced by anxious preachers who must preach week after week, sometimes for several services each Sunday. “What can I say this time?” is the angst-filled question of many of us. In an earlier day one could find Harry Emerson Fosdick’s sermons collected in his books, and Ernest T.

Living by the Word

Dog tales

Galatians 6:7-16

Jun 29, 2004 by Samuel Wells

We were at the lake, my daily walking spot. I had brought a friend who needed to talk. Her head was down as if she were searching for meaning, hope and traces of God’s ways in the ruts of the muddy path. My head was down too, in silent solidarity. We walked. Suddenly I missed a familiar pitter-patter—my dog was nowhere to be seen.

Living by the Word

Namaan’s no-nonsense cure

Sunday, July 8. 2 Kings 5: 1-14

Jun 20, 2001 by Peter S. Hawkins

Traditional Christian appropriation of the Hebrew scriptures often flattens them. Stories become precursors of later New Testament events rather than genuine events in themselves. Vivid multidimensional characters become mere prefigurations instead of figures in their own right, and complex narrative situations are reduced to a single theological point.

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