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Bread for the Journey, Friday and Saturday in the Twenty-First Week after Pentecost
2020-10-30
On:
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
2020-10-29
On:
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”
2020-10-28
On:
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
2020-10-27
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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 →
