Proper 21: Epistle, James 5:13-20 James 5:13-20 Counting the number of times words are used in any given passage is not my usual key to importance or emphasis. But perhaps a new key is in order just this once. James, in his wonderful epistle filled with wisdom and counsel for living under the...
Proper 21: Old Testament, Numbers 11:4-6, 10-16, 24-29 Numbers 11:4-6, 10-16, 24-29 Whining kids always grinds me. It doesn’t matter where, how many or what the circumstances. I just don’t like it. It’s akin to those proverbial finger...
Proper 20: Gospel, Mark 9:30-37 Mark 9:30-37 The title of our meditation today is not from the text, but my approach to it. I hope that is alright. And I hope it will move you...
Proper 20: Epistle, James 3:13-4:10 James 3:13-4:10 I noticed something for the first time this morning reading the passage above. And it is right at the...
Proper 20: Old Testament, Jeremiah 11:18-20 Jeremiah 11:18-20 Our Old Testament reading for the week places before us a common biblical theme: “When God speaks, hear and heed or else.” This theme is commonly...
Proper 19: Gospel, Mark 9:14-29 Mark 9:14-29 Our Lord, in mixing it up with great numbers of people in the gospel accounts...
Proper 19: Epistle, James 3:1-12 James 3:1-12 “How great a forest is set ablaze by such a small fire! And the tongue is a...
Proper 19: Old Testament, Isaiah 50:4-10 Isaiah 50:4-10 Discipleship is a word tossed about in the Christian community a lot. Funny, it’s one of those “non-existent” Bible words...
Proper 18: Gospel, Mark 7:31-37 Mark 7:31-37 Today’s gospel reading is one of those that has a suggested reading and an expanded section. Both...
Proper 18: Epistle, James 2:1-10, 14-18 James 2:1-10, 14-18 James chapter two is wonderful. It has been commandeered by theologians for centuries. In it lies the James...
