Lectionary 33 (25th Sunday after Pentecost), Year C2 Thessalonians 3:6-13; Luke 21:5-19Sunday, November 14, 2010 Grace to you and peace, from the one who is, who was, and who is to come. Amen. Growing up with the last name of Duckworth, and having all sort of nicknames based on the root “Duck” – Continue reading “Now is the Time”
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Certain Promise, Certain Hope for Uncertain Times
Lectionary 29 (21st Sunday after Pentecost), Year C2 Timothy 3:14:-4:5Sunday, October 17, 2010 Grace to you and peace, from the one who is, who was, and who is to come. Amen. In our second reading today we read excerpts of a letter from Paul to the younger Timothy, a co-worker with Paul in proclaimingContinue reading “Certain Promise, Certain Hope for Uncertain Times”
God with us, in darkness and death
The half empty glass of pessimism that is raised by the writer of Ecclesiastes
is met by the half-full chalice of life-giving blood that is offered to us by our Lord
during the prelude to his execution.
Two cups shared, filled with tension and realism,
given to us to drink;
one an antidote to the faux optimism that too often masquerades as spirituality;
the other a drink that flows from death and quenches the thirst of life.
We look for the resurrection of the dead
We look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come. Amen.– Nicene Creed Yes, Jesus was raised from the dead. The stone was rolled away, and our risen Jesus appeared, variously, to the women, to two of his followers on the road to Emmaus, and to his disciples. ToContinue reading “We look for the resurrection of the dead”
The Lutheran Zephyr 