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Bread for the Journey, Friday and Saturday in the Twenty-First Week after Pentecost

On: October 30, 2020

Tagged: consider the lilies, gospel of Luke, greed, Jesus movement, love, money

From the Daily Lectionary for Friday in the Twenty First Week after Pentecost Luke 12:13-31 Someone in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the family inheritance with me.” But he said to him, “Friend, who set me to be a judge or arbitrator over you?” And heRead More →

Bread for the Journey, Thursday in the Twenty-First Week after Pentecost

On: October 29, 2020

Tagged: care for the least, good vs evil, holy spirit, love, Son of Man, truth

From the Daily Lectionary for Thursday in the Twenty First Week after Pentecost Luke 11:53 – 12:12 When he went outside, the scribes and the Pharisees began to be very hostile towards him and to cross-examine him about many things, lying in wait for him, to catch him in something heRead 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 Twenty-first Week after Pentecost

On: October 27, 2020

Tagged: activism, gospel of Luke, jesus, speaking truth

From the Daily Lectionary for Tuesday in the Twenty-First Week after Pentecost Luke 11:27-36 While he was saying this, a woman in the crowd raised her voice and said to him, “Blessed is the womb that bore you and the breasts that nursed you!” But he said, “Blessed rather are thoseRead More →

Bread for the Journey, Monday in the Twenty-first Week after Pentecost

On: October 26, 2020

Tagged: demons, good vs evil, Jesus the healer, truth

From the Daily Lectionary for Monday in the Twenty First Week after Pentecost Luke 11:14-26 Now he was casting out a demon that was mute; when the demon had gone out, the one who had been mute spoke, and the crowds were amazed. But some of them said, “He casts outRead More →

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