For July 17, 2016 SCRIPTURE READINGS Colossians 1:15-28 Luke 10:38-42 RESPONDING TO THE TEXT The story presented in this week’s Lectionary reading will be familiar for many. The main characters, Martha and Mary, are also very familiar. While they are mentioned in several other places in the New Testament, this passage is famous for identifying Martha…
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Sermon Prep and Lectionary Prayers for the Eighth Sunday after Pentecost, Year C
For Sunday, July 10, 2016 SCRIPTURE READINGS Colossians 1:1-14 Luke 10:25-37 RESPONDING TO THE TEXT Few of Jesus’ parables are as familiar as the Good Samaritan story presented in this week’s Lectionary reading. An individual who was traveling the road out of Jerusalem was robbed, beaten, and left for dead. A priest and then a Levite…
May it be said of you: Bonhoeffer on the death of the city and the conversion of the Church
It is a somewhat grey morning. It is spring, but the flowers are not yet in bloom. The sky is overcast, and yet I feel the spirit of life is moving in me. As I order the things on my desk and begin today’s first task–preparing for this Sunday’s service–my heart is stirred by two…
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Simply Christians.
“Nonviolence is not a fringe concern. It is of the essence of the gospel. Therefore Jesus’ nonviolent follower should not be called pacifists, but simply Christians.”
Bonhoeffer on Learning to Listen
The following quote is from the German theologian, Dietrich Bonhoeffer in his essay, Life Together. “The first service that one owes to others in the fellowship consists in listening to them. Just as love to God begins with listening to His Word, so the beginning of love for the brethren is learning to listen to…
A Cosmic Revolution: The Jubilee Explosion
6“I have made your name known to those whom you gave me from the world. They were yours, and you gave them to me, and they have kept your word. 7Now they know that everything you have given me is from you; 8for the words that you gave to me I have given to them, and they…
The Revolutionary Politics of Love
When the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together, and one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question to test him. “Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?” He said to him, “’You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and…
By what authority?
23When he entered the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him as he was teaching, and said, “By what authority are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority?” 24Jesus said to them, “I will also ask you one question; if you tell me the answer, then…
The UNking: Take up your cross (Audio)
Here is this week’s sermon, The UNking: Take up your cross, on AudioCloud. I will post a reflection later this week. This is it for now. Enjoy! https://soundcloud.com/michael-anthony-howard/the-unking-2014-08-31
