Reflections for

26th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Sep 29, 2013

Jeremiah 32:1-3a, 6-15; Psalm 91:1-6, 14-16; (Amos 6:1a, 4-7; Psalm 146;) 1 Timothy 6:6-19; Luke 16:19-31

Blogging Toward Sunday

The gift of enough

1 Timothy 6:6-19; Luke 16:19-31

Sep 20, 2010 by Kristin Swenson

Before my Great Aunt Esther died, she lived in downtown Minneapolis in poverty. Oddly, this is not embarrassing to my proper, upper-middle-class, Christian family. Esther simply continued to live as she had when her husband, my grandmother's brother Ludwig, was alive.

Living by the Word

Sunday, September 26, 2010

Jeremiah 32:1–3a, 6–15; Amos 6:1a, 4–7; Psalm 91:1–6, 14–16; 1 Timothy 6:6–19; Luke 16:19–31

Sep 10, 2010 by Kristin Swenson

Security and risk are nothing new. Today's biblical texts deal not with stocks and bonds exactly, but with living in the real circumstances of a difficult and uncertain world while also accepting the possibility of good, of help and support, comfort and security.

Faith Matters

Be generous

Setting the stage for forgiveness and healing

Oct 02, 2007 by L. Gregory Jones

"Families are weird.” This is the mantra of a pastor friend, his way of coping with the manifold complexities of his own family as well as those of the families with whom he ministers.

Blogging Toward Sunday

Great chasm

Luke 16:19-31

Sep 24, 2007 by Stan Wilson

I spent most of the day after Hurricane Katrina checking on members, especially older ones, in and around Clinton, Mississippi, where I live. Clinton did not sustain serious damage, but we lost all power and lots of trees and roofs, and there was a palpable sense of fear and anxiety.

Living by the Word

At ease in Zion

Amos 6:1-7; Psalm 146

Sep 18, 2007 by Paul Keim

Amos was one prophet who knew how to afflict the comfortable. He seemed to have it in for those who had done all right for themselves. His theological motto could well have been: If it feels good, God doesn’t like it! Amos skips from warning to judgment to condemnation with a kind of zealous glee. Thus says the Lord, “You’re all going to Sheeeoooool!” What a downer.

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