Reflections for

17th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Jul 26, 2015

2 Samuel 11:1-15; Psalm 14; (2 Kings 4:42-44; Psalm 145:10-18;) Ephesians 3:14-21; John 6:1-21

Century Blogs

Another disappointing story

Nov 14, 2012 by Bromleigh McCleneghan

David Petraeus's failings aren't the same as his biblical namesake's. No one went to die so he could bed Paula Broadwell. Still, we expected more.

Blogging Toward Sunday

One more week of bread

John 6:56-69

Aug 20, 2012 by Wallace W. Bubar

This year, as many years before, I planned my summer vacation schedule with this stretch of lectionary readings from John 6 in mind. I suspect I am not alone. Five straight weeks of chewing on the bread of life is just a little more than most of us Protestants can stomach. I’m not sure I have that many sermons on the subject in me. So please take my reflections here with a grain of salt. I’ll share with you what I can, but then I’m off to the airport.

Blogging Toward Sunday

The problem of preaching miracle stories

2 Kings 4:42–44; John 6:1–21

Jul 23, 2012 by Joshua Carney

Jesus and Elisha perform great miracles. What do we modern westerners do with this?

It’s possible you come from a church background in which the obvious takeaway is to pray for God to do the same thing in our lives here and now. Or maybe you believe such events are still possible, but less probable.

In any case, most of us preachers want to avoid suggesting that the difference between then and now is our lack of faith.

Living by the Word

Sunday, July 29, 2012

2 Samuel 11:1–15; Ephesians 3:14–21

Jul 17, 2012 by Joshua Carney

About a year ago my wife bought a gadget that checks all of the Christmas lights on a string and alerts the user to the one that is burned out. I didn’t pay much attention to it at first. Then one day, while I was checking lights one by one (like Clark Griswold in Christmas Vacation), she showed me how the gadget worked. It was wonderful!

American Soundings

The biggest fish story

Jun 15, 2011 by Rodney Clapp

The symbol of the fish resounds throughout scripture, and it splashes well beyond the pages.

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