Reflections for

16th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Jul 19, 2015

2 Samuel 7:1-14a; Psalm 89:20-37; (Jeremiah 23:1-6; Psalm 23;) Ephesians 2:11-22; Mark 6:30-34, 53-56

Blogging Toward Sunday

With or without us

2 Samuel 7:1-14a; Mark 6:30-34, 53-56; Ephesians 2:11-22

Jul 13, 2009 by Nadia Bolz-Weber

I write this from a retreat center in Washington State. I'm on vacation, supposedly. In reality I am still writing, worrying about my church community and even instant messaging parishioners to ask how church went. It's almost impossible for me to disengage.

Living by the Word

Wrecking crew

Ephesians 2:11-22

Jul 11, 2006 by G. Kevin Baker

The world is full of walls. Everywhere we go, there are fences, gates, partitions and other ingeniously constructed barriers—all aimed at keeping something or someone in and keeping something or someone else out. We need walls.

Living by the Word

We were aliens

Ephesians 2:11-22; Mark 6:30-34, 53-56

Jul 12, 2003 by William Lamar IV

Remembering our past helps us to appreciate and not take for granted "the mighty acts of God through Christ Jesus." We did not belong. Our relationship with God is not a right, but a gift.

Living by the Word

Sheep on the run

Psalm 23

Feb 13, 2002 by M. Craig Barnes

The 23rd Psalm has led us in the paths of comfort all the days of our lives. But sometimes we have trouble hearing the things that are closest to us. Psalm 23 was a cherished hymn for the Hebrews. So when we read and sing the psalms as Christians, we are to some degree also in Jewish territory. It is wise to remember the nature of the Jews’ history with God.

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