Lectionary Haiku Acts 4:5-12 Coward thrice before Spirit having its way now Peter now his name —————- From Psalm 23/John 10:11-18 Bleating all around A table prepared for me Living love laid down —————- From 1 John 10:11-18 So what is true love? Fruit borne from us abiding Actions not just words
As seen in the last post of Scripture in this Sunday’s Revised Common Lectionary, it’s mostly about sheep and a Good Shepherd. I found the following quotes on sheep and shepherds. I’m still looking for sheep humor, so please send any (clean, of course) along: The shepherd drives the wolf from the sheep’s for which […]
Readings for this Sunday, Easter 4B Acts 4:5-12—Here we see Peter boldly proclaiming the news about Jesus’ resurrection. He and John have been arrested for their failure to stop spreading the news and now appear before the Sanhedrin for their actions. Verse 13 is not included in the reading for this Sunday, but it provides […]
Three applications for the resurrection of Jesus, found in the Gospel text for today–Luke 24:36-48 Click Here for the audio podcast.
The Gospel text for this Sunday (Luke 24:36b-48, the third Sunday of Easter, is so full of amazing content, it’s hard to focus on just one idea for a sermon. While they were talking about this, Jesus himself stood among them and said to them, ‘Peace be with you.’* They were startled and terrified, and thought […]
I am using a trial version of Scrivener, after reading a few comments about it in different places. It is available for Mac, Windows, and, soon, the iPad. It is primarily a tool for writing books, epubs, essays, and poetry. Several posts about using it as a tool for organizing and writing a sermon are […]
My son, Jack, preached his first sermon ever today during our worship service this morning. It was our first youth-led service. Many thanks to Kyle Kelley, Karin Tillstrom, and Frances Kelley for worship planning and working with the youth to provide a great service for us all. Below is Jack’s sermon manuscript. He did an […]
I have not posted anything lectionary-oriented this week, as I am not preaching this Sunday. Tomorrow is Youth Sunday and my thirteen-year old son, Jack, will be preaching for the first time. Unbeknownst to Jinny and me, he volunteered for it in one of the Youth Sunday School meetings last month. He is a great […]
The very first Highland Blessing Meal was last night, a wonderful launch in many ways. It is a free, nutritious meal provided each Thursday night at the Highland Center from 6-7PM, intended for people in the Highland neighborhood. As you can see in the pictures, we use round tables (for conversation and relationship building), real […]
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