Solomon has everything—and still, he seeks transformation.
Season after Pentecost | 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B)
Proverbs 9:1-6 (Psalm 34:9-14); Ephesians 5:15-20; John 6:51-58 | Semi-continuous first reading: 1 Kings 2:10-12; 3:3-14 (Psalm 111)
Forgoing congregational singing as a spiritual discipline
The church doesn’t always value people as God does. Not even Mary.
Communion is not the only time we seek Jesus like a hungry baby.
When Martin Luther wrote, "I have so much to do that I shall spend the first three hours in prayer," I don't imagine that he meant to squeeze another three hours of work and relationships into the hours that remained.
In our Gospel text, some of Jesus’ disciples find his teaching hard. Eating his body? Drinking his blood? I didn’t sign up for this. Couldn’t I just pray for you?