Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany (Year A, RCL)
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Sunday, March 11, 2012: 1 Corinthians 1:18–25
"You're a preacher, I can tell," the woman said to me. "But not yet."
Prayer concern: Remembering all the victims of war
Each week my church includes a prayer for the families of American soldiers who have died. As the names are read, I try to hold them in prayer. But I have wrestled with these prayers.
Walking humbly
Just as loving mercy is a means to doing justice, so is walking humbly with God. Yet in the sexuality debates raging in the mainline church, humility is seldom easy to find. Both sides cling to the fiction that they harbor gospel truth.
The people's interest: A new battle against usury
Members from more than 500 congregations marched in Charlotte, North Carolina, last October as part of the “10 Percent Is Enough” campaign. While conceding that careless spending is the chief cause of consumer debt and needs to be addressed, march organizers object to credit companies' enticing offers of easy credit, their increased interest rates and their profitable penalties. The "10 percent" campaign proposes a cap on interest rates.
Caution: Contents may be hot (Matthew 5:1-12)
The Beatitudes sneak up on us.