The Second Sunday in LentGenesis 15:1-12, 17-18; Philippians 3:17-4:1Sunday, February 28, 2010 Grace to you and peace from the one who is, and who was, and who is to come. Amen. Philipi was a government town, a Roman colony in the territory of Greece.It was governed entirely by the laws and customs of Latin-speaking Rome,Continue reading “Citizens of Heaven (Lent 2, Year C)”
Category Archives: Year C
Daring to Treasure Christ (Ash Wednesday, Year C)
Ash Wednesday, Year CIsaiah 58:1-12; Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21February 17, 2010 Grace to you and peace, from the one who is, who was, and who is to come. Amen. What are you giving up for Lent?Some are giving up chocolate, others give up soda, others give up snacking altogether.One friend of mine used Facebook to announceContinue reading “Daring to Treasure Christ (Ash Wednesday, Year C)”
We’re just a bunch of phonies trying to throw Jesus off a cliff (Lectionary 4, Year C)
Fourth Sunday after the EpiphanyLuke 4:21-30January 31, 2010 Grace to you and peace, from the one who is, and who was, and who is to come. Amen. One you get a few paragraphs deep into The Catcher in the Rye, the classic 1951 novel by J.D. Salinger, who died this past week. it becomes painfullyContinue reading “We’re just a bunch of phonies trying to throw Jesus off a cliff (Lectionary 4, Year C)”
Jesus is Lord. Disunity, Sin, and Death are Not. (Lectionary 2, Year C)
Second Sunday of Epiphany/Lectionary 21 Corinthians 12:1-11January 17, 2010 Grace to you and peace, from the one who is, and who was, and who is to come. Amen. The early Christian church at Corinth was a divided church, a community of faith that had a hard time getting along.There were quarrels among the faithful, Continue reading “Jesus is Lord. Disunity, Sin, and Death are Not. (Lectionary 2, Year C)”
The Creator of All Things Became a Thing (Christmas 2, Year C)
Second Sunday of Christmas, Year CSirach 24:1-12; John 1:1-18Sunday, January 3, 2010 Grace to you and peace, from the one who is, and who was, and who is to come. Amen. So how about that for something different?Today we read from a book called Sirach, a book written about 130 before Jesus' birth byContinue reading “The Creator of All Things Became a Thing (Christmas 2, Year C)”
The Lutheran Zephyr 