If Jeremiah sounds a bit paranoid, it is because everybody really is against him.
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August 14 Ordinary 20C Isaiah 5 1 7
To plant anything—even hope—is a risk.
Animal midrash
Jewish scholar Laura Duhan-Kaplan opens our eyes to biblical birds, insects, and mammals.
August 7 Ordinary 19C Luke 12 32 40
“Pastor, don’t tell us we’re afraid.” These words rolled softly from the mouth of a man named Bill.
July 31 Ordinary 18C Luke 12 13 21 nbsp
Rembrandt painted the rich fool. He sits alone in the darkness, surrounded by piles of books, and examines a single coin. The books are an indication of his great wealth, but the mood of the painting is impoverished. There is something sad about him sitting there in the dim light, absorbed in the study of his wealth, searching the coin as if it will reveal some new meaning.