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Preach This Week ~ Sunday homily
Lent 5 C ~Jn 8:1-11 ~ "Crossing the Kidron" ~ Rev. Richard Eslinger, PhD
The span of earth from Jerusalem to the Mount of Olives is etched into our spiritual geography. The heights of the Holy City are capped...
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Lent 4 ~Lk 15:1-3, 11-32 ~ "Robe, Ring and Sandals" ~ Rev. Benjamin Roberts, D.Min.
One of my favorite passages in the Scriptures was the first reading last Sunday. The passage shows Moses going up the mountain, taking...
Mar 243 min read
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Lent 3 C ~ Ex. 3:1-8a, 13-15 ~ "Holy Ground" ~ Susan McGurgan
A young Ukrainian violinist, standing alone in a basement in Kyiv, plays a haunting arrangement of an old Ukrainian folk song, filming...
Mar 203 min read
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Lent 2 C~ Lk9:28b-36 ~"Beloved" ~ Susan McGurgan, D.Min.
From his miraculous birth to his baptism in the waters of the Jordan— from the feeding of the five thousand to the empty tomb on Easter...
Mar 124 min read
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Lent 1 C ~ Lk 4:1-13 ~ "Company in the Wilderness" ~ Rev. Richard Eslinger, PhD
St. Luke sets the scene quickly and with attention to the key details. Jesus has been baptized at the Jordan by John and now a new drama...
Mar 56 min read
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8 OT C ~ Lk. 6:39-45 ~"The Store of Goodness" ~ Rev. Richard Eslinger, PhD
In his sermon on the plain, Jesus provides sayings that instruct his followers in the way of life. We hear him tell us, “Good fruit”...
Feb 256 min read
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7 OT C ~ Lk 6:27-38 ~ "A New Vision" ~ Rev. Benjamin Roberts, D.Min.
A friend of mine is a judge and we were talking one day about the sacrament of reconciliation. She said that my job was a little like...
Feb 183 min read
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6 OT C ~Lk 6:17, 20-26 ~ "A New Lens" ~ Susan McGurgan, D.Min
When I was in grade school, our Brittney Spaniel reached up to snatch a ball I was throwing, and her claw scratched my cornea. During the...
Feb 124 min read
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5 OT C ~ Is. 6:1-2a, 3-8; Lk 5:1-11 ~ "The Deep" ~ Susan McGurgan, D.Min.
For Simon and James and John, it had been one of those nights. One of those long, cold nights when every fish in the sea seemed to be...
Feb 44 min read
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