Exegesis | Preaching Hope

Feb 2, 20217 min read

5th Sunday OTB~Rev. Richard Eslinger

Imagine you are invited to join on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. At the airport you are met by your guide and ushered onto the bus, off...

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Feb 2, 20212 min read

5th Sunday OTB~ Fr. Jim Schmitmeyer/The Truth about Solitude

Does this gospel sound familiar to you? It should. After all, it contains a lot of familiar things: A mother-in-law with a headache....

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Jan 25, 20213 min read

4th Sunday OT B ~ Dr. Susan McGurgan "Sabbath Morning in Capernaum"

It is Sabbath morning in Capernaum, and the smell of last night’s catch still lingers on the breeze and rises from the boats now anchored...

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Jan 25, 20213 min read

4th Sunday OT B~ Fr. Jim Schmitmeyer "Screamin' Demons"

Demons. Now, there’s a modern-day concept!” Demons? No sooner than I read that word, I was already considering the first or second...

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Jan 20, 20214 min read

The Bible in One Hand, Headlines in the Other: A Reflection Exercise ~ Dr. Susan McGurgan

In 2013, Pope Francis spoke to the Holy See Diplomatic Corps, saying, “One of the titles of the Bishop of Rome is Pontiff-- that is, a...

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Jan 18, 20214 min read

Preaching in Three Dimensions ~ Fr. Jim Schmitmeyer

God’s Word offers space to explore, not lessons to bore. Keeping an eye out for the three-dimension properties of a biblical text enables...

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Jan 18, 20214 min read

3rd Sunday OT Fr. Jim Schmitmeyer

Come and See Homily for the Third Sunday of the Year It was a quiet night in the lakeside village of Santiago Atitlán. Sounds travel far...

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Jan 15, 20213 min read

Coming Undone

3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time January 22, 2021 Dr. Susan Fleming McGurgan What are you looking for? That seemingly innocuous question; that...

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