Reflections for

23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Sep 06, 2015

Proverbs 22:1-2, 8-9, 22-23; Psalm 125; (Isaiah 35:4-7a; Psalm 146;) James 2:1-10, (11-13), 14-17; Mark 7:24-37

Living by the Word

Jesus groans

Mark 7:24-37

Aug 25, 2009 by Thomas G. Long

Nearly four decades ago, Duke Ellington teamed up with master bassist Ray Brown to record This One’s for Blanton, a live performance anthology of Ellington standards.

Living by the Word

God's choice

James 2:1-17; Mark 7:24-37

Sep 05, 2006 by Stephen Fowl

The juxtaposition of this text from James with Mark’s story of the healing of the Syro-Phoenician woman reveals a wicked sense of humor on someone’s part. The passage in James begins with an assertion of the fundamental incompatibility of faith in Christ, the Lord of Glory, with partiality in human relations. It then goes on to list a variety of ways in which believers might typically display such favoritism.

Living by the Word

True grit

Mark 7:24-37; James 2:1-10 (Matthew 15:21-28)

Aug 23, 2003 by John Ortberg

When I was in first grade, teachers assigned students to reading groups based on how well they could read. They would name all the groups after birds so that everyone would feel equal, but you could always tell how well you were doing by what bird your group was named after. There were the Eagles, the Robins and the Pigeons. The Pigeons were not reading War and Peace

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Living by the Word

When the gospel goes to the dogs

Sunday, September 10

Mark 7:24-30

Aug 16, 2000 by Heidi Husted

In the first half of Mark 7 Jesus says that you can’t judge a book by its cover; you must look beyond external factors like nationality or religious heritage or social position to get the real story on someone’s faith.

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