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Bread for the Journey, Thursday in the First Week in Lent

On: February 25, 2021

From the Daily Lectionary for Thursday in the First Week of Lent John 3:16-21 “For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life. “Indeed, God did not send the Son into theRead More →

Bread for the Journey, Tuesday in the 5th week after the Epiphany

On: February 9, 2021

Tagged: gospel of Mark, justice, love, truth

From the Daily Lectionary for Tuesday in the Fifth Week after the Epiphany Mark 9:42-50 “If any of you put a stumbling-block before one of these little ones who believe in me, it would be better for you if a great millstone were hung around your neck and you were thrownRead More →

Bread for the Journey, Friday in the 23rd Week after Pentecost

On: November 13, 2020

Tagged: Book of James, faith and works, inclusion, justice, mercy, social justice

From the Daily Lectionary for Friday and Saturday of Ordinary Time, Proper 27, November 14, 2020 James 2:1-13 My brothers and sisters, do you with your acts of favoritism really believe in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ? For if a person with gold rings and in fine clothes comes intoRead 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 Eighteenth Week after Pentecost

On: October 6, 2020

Tagged: centurion, Elisha, healing, Jesus the healer, justice, prophets, raising the dead

From the Daily Lectionary for Tuesday in the Eighteenth Week after Pentecost Luke 7:1-17 After Jesus had finished all his sayings in the hearing of the people, he entered Capernaum. A centurion there had a slave whom he valued highly, and who was ill and close to death. When he heard about Jesus,Read More →

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