Reading for the Seventh Sunday after Epiphany: When he returned to Capernaum after some days, it was reported that he was at home. And many were gathered together, so that there was so longer room for them, not even about the door; and he was
Garden of Grace United Church of Christ, Columbia, S.C. Readings for the Fourth Sunday after Epiphany: Deuteronomy 18:15-20, Mark 1:21-28 How many email accounts do you have? More than one? More than two? More than three? More than you can reasonably count? Have any of
Reading for the Ninth Sunday after Epiphany: And it came to pass, that Jesus went through the corn fields on the sabbath day; and the disciples began to pluck the ears of corn as they went. And the Pharisees said to Jesus, Why do your
Reading for the Second Sunday after Epiphany: John 2:3-10 Ancient Jewish weddings were different than modern weddings. People did not fly to Hawaii for a honeymoon. For about a week, the couple had an “open house.”1 During the week, the couple was treated as royalty.
Metropolitan Community Church of Columbia, S.C. Readings for Transfiguration Sunday (Last Sunday before Lent): 2 Corinthians 3:12-4:2, Luke 9:28-43 When I was growing up in the Southern Baptist church, there were two words that I had never thought to put together – “church” and “calendar.”
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Chatham, N.J. Readings for the Fifth Sunday after Epiphany: Isaiah 6:1-8, Psalm 138, 1 Corinthians 15:1-11, Luke 5:1-11 There are miracles and then there are miracles. In this passage, the one that is the most obvious is the great catch of
Holy Trinity Metropolitan Community Church, Edinburgh, Scotland Readings for the Third Sunday after Epiphany: Nehemiah 8:1-3, 5-6, 8-10; Psalm 19; Luke 4:14-21 I appreciate that it is a long time since anyone suffered the dubious pleasure of hearing me preach but some of you may
Fellowship Congregational Church, Tulsa, Okla. Reading for Transfiguration Sunday (Last Sunday after Epiphany): Luke 9:28-36 Early 20th century English writer G. K. Chesterton once defined philosophy as “thinking that had been thought out.” We are influenced, Chesterton went on to say, either by thought that
Fellowship Congregational Church, Tulsa, Okla. Reading for the Fifth Sunday after Epiphany: Luke 5:1-11 You can always tell what is going on in the United States by what people are willing to spend their money on. Books about religion or the sacred are currently better
Cathedral of Hope MCC, Dallas, Texas Readings for the Second Sunday after Epiphany: Isaiah 62:1-5, John 2:1-11 Last year, when planning today’s sermon, the Old Testament reading jumped off the page at me. It speaks of a time when the God’s people felt abandoned and