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Bread for the Journey, Tuesday in the Third Week of Advent

On: December 15, 2020

Tagged: dignity, gospel of Luke, love, passion narrative, structural sin

From the Daily Lectionary for Tuesday in the Third Week of Advent Luke 22:54-69 Then they seized him and led him away, bringing him into the high priest’s house. But Peter was following at a distance. When they had kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard and sat downRead More →

Of Voting the “Beatitudes”

On: October 28, 2020

Tagged: Beatitudes, dignity, election day, empathy, justice

One of my laments about the Church is that we clergy tend not to treat our parishioners like adults. We worry about hurt feelings; we tiptoe around important issues that face our public life; we opt more for the Gospel of comfort, instead of the Gospel of radical change. Don’tRead More →

Bread for the Journey, Tuesday in the Nineteenth Week after Pentecost

On: October 20, 2020

Tagged: dignity, faith, Jesus the healer, unclean, women of the bible

From the Daily Lectionary for Tuesday in the Nineteenth Week after Pentecost Luke 8:40-56 A Girl Restored to Life and a Woman Healed Now when Jesus returned, the crowd welcomed him, for they were all waiting for him. Just then there came a man named Jairus, a leader of theRead More →

Bread for the Journey, Monday in the Nineteenth Week after Pentecost

On: October 20, 2020

Tagged: demons, dignity, Jesus the healer, pandemic, pandemonium

From the Daily Lectionary for Monday in the Nineteenth Week after Pentecost Luke 8:26-39 Then they arrived at the country of the Gerasenes, which is opposite Galilee. As he stepped out on land, a man of the city who had demons met him. For a long time he had wornRead More →

Bread for the Journey, Tuesday in the Seventeenth Week after Pentecost

On: September 29, 2020

Tagged: dignity, faith, faith of friends, friendship, healing, Jesus the healer, on earth as it is in heaven, salvation

From the Daily Lectionary for Tuesday in the Seventeenth Week after Pentecost Luke 5:12-26 Once, when he was in one of the cities, there was a man covered with leprosy. When he saw Jesus, he bowed with his face to the ground and begged him, “Lord, if you choose, you canRead More →

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