Reflections for

18th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Aug 04, 2013

Hosea 11:1-11; Psalm 107:1-9, 43; (Ecclesiastes 1:2, 12-14 and 2:18-23; Psalm 49:1-12;) Colossians 3:1-11; Luke 12:13-21

Living by the Word

Hosea's conviction

Hosea 11:1-11

Jul 27, 2010 by Elizabeth Myer Boulton

“Brothers and sisters, if we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. Let us therefore join our hearts together in prayer. . . .”

Blogging Toward Sunday

Sundowning

Psalm 107:1-9, 43

Jul 26, 2010 by Elizabeth Myer Boulton

During the day, her mother’s confusion was manageable, more or less. They would wake up, have their tea and toast and walk around the house, noticing which flowers were waxing and which were waning. After their mid-morning nap, they would have lunch and then settle into a long game of cards or—her mother’s favorite—dominoes.

Blogging Toward Sunday

Blogging toward Sunday

Hosea 11:1-11; Luke 12:13-21

Jul 30, 2007 by William H. Willimon

As a woman was leaving church, she whispered to her pastor, “Do you have some time for me to talk with you about a matter of concern?”

“What’s the problem?” he asked abruptly.

Living by the Word

Off the treadmill

Luke 12:13-21

Jul 24, 2007 by Kenneth H. Carter Jr.

The Christian faith is never lived, taught or preached in a vacuum. There is always an alternative to it: another philosophy, another religion, another ideal. “I see that you have many gods,” Paul noted when he looked around first-century Athens, and indeed the Greeks had a god for everything: for wealth, beauty, fertility, immortality, warfare and more.

Living by the Word

A lot of junk

Luke 12:13-21

Jul 27, 2004 by Lawrence Wood

Here in the rural upper Midwest, it seems every other person has a pole barn. Usually it’s full of old tires, a trailer, dozens of tools gathering rust, coffee cans loaded with lug nuts and screws. Ed and Edna’s place is pretty typical. Edna's cupboards, bureaus, garage, attic and spare bedroom have been crammed full of things that define her. (“Oh, you know Edna Furbelow,” says her neighbor, “she collected Hummels.”) Now that Edna has died and her husband’s pole barn has finally gotten emptied, everything must go.

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