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Lectionary 18 (9th Sunday after Pentecost), Year B August 2, 2009 Exodus 16:2-4, 9-15 Grace, mercy, and peace be to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.  Amen. It’s an ironic state of affairs that led the Israelites,     who were liberated from forty years of slavery in Egypt,     to pine for theContinue reading “Recognizing God’s Gifts”

Lectionary 17 (8th Sunday after Pentecost), Year B July 26, 2009 John 6:1-21 Grace to you and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.  Amen. What an amazing week we had at our Discovery Canyon Vacation Bible School. Kids laughed and learned, sang and were silly, played and prayed. Each day theContinue reading “Welcoming The Outsider’s Gift”

Lectionary 15 (6th Sunday after Pentecost), Year B July 12, 2009 Amos 7:7-15; Mark 6:14-29 Grace to you and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.  Amen. It was probably an administrative mistake, an example of an appropriate policy poorly executed. But hitting the headlines of a few news outlets this weekContinue reading “Our Sorry Ambivalence”

Lectionary 11 (2nd Sunday after Pentecost) June 14, 2009 Mark 4:26-34 Grace to you and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.  Amen. It’s been a while. It’s been a while since you’ve seen this green stole … you probably don’t remember. That’s ok.  I won’t take it personally. It’s a niceContinue reading “Called to Wonder”

Lectionary 13 (4th Sunday after Pentecost), Year B June 28, 2009 Mark 5:21-43 Grace, mercy, and peace be to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.  Amen. Every now and then my wife, Jessicah, will call me from the road, on her way to some place she’s never been, perhaps driving atContinue reading “Signs of the Kingdom”