21st Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B, RCL)
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The armor of God: Ephesians 6:10-20
Our armor always loses because our weapons are consistently one step ahead of our protection.
Essential question: John 6:56-69
Who is Jesus really? The answers are almost as varied as the believers.
Roll call: Ephesians 6:10-20; John 6:56-69
Jesus called the Twelve together and put the question to them with unsettling directness: Do you also wish to go away? I wonder sometimes how I would have responded to the question. Because at times the truth is I do wish to go away.
Sail on: Mark 4:35-41; 2 Corinthians 6:1-13
It must have been the mother of all squalls. Some of the disciples were seasoned fishermen, skilled in the art of navigating dangerous waters. But this was a red alert. They were going to perish—and the one person who might turn the situation around was sleeping peacefully in the boat’s place of honor, the stern. They woke Jesus up with a strident “Don’t you care, Teacher?” But he did not respond to their lack of faith. Instead he responded to the peace within himself, and produced a calm that impacted nature as well as the frightened disciples.
True grit: Joshua 24:1-3a, 14-25
I’ve never been totally honest about baptismal vows. I bet Joshua would have been.
To whom shall we go?
You have helped us to look profoundly into the meaning of life, Peter is saying, and we are not able to find a decent alternative to your way and to your truth.