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2025-03-03T09:54:48-05:00

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You Are Worthy – Lectionary Reflections for Ash Wednesday

Last updated on: March 3, 2025 at 9:54 am By Bruce Epperly

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Lectionary Reflections for Ash Wednesday March 5, 2025 Joel 2:1-2, 12-17; Psalm 51:1-12; 2 Corinthians 5:20b-6:10; Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21 Can we remember Ash Wednesday without guilt? Can Lent be an embodied, rather than ascetic season? Is it possible to focus on transformation and creativity – the simplicity of spirit – that awakens us to quotidian resurrections throughout the Lenten and Easter Season? Ash Wednesday calls us to self-examination. Out of self-examination, embracing the wholeness of our lives, we take the first steps toward... Read more

2025-03-03T08:29:21-05:00

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Transforming Temptation – Lent 1 – March 9, 2025

Last updated on: March 3, 2025 at 8:29 am By Bruce Epperly

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The Adventurous Lectionary – The First Sunday in Lent – March 9, 2025 Deuteronomy 26:1-11 Psalm 91:1-2, 9-16 Romans 10:8b-13 Luke 4:1-13 Today’s readings speak of divine deliverance amid the personal and political challenges of life. As I write this morning, the USA is in turmoil. Democracy is in disarray. The nation is sliding into chaos, led by leaders who have lost their reason and any sense of civility. The readings assert that God is on our side, and when... Read more

2025-02-23T07:46:54-05:00

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Transfiguring Spirit – Transfiguration Sunday – March 2

Last updated on: February 23, 2025 at 7:46 am By Bruce Epperly

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The Adventurous Lectionary – Transfiguration of Jesus – March 2, 2025 Exodus 34:29-35 Psalm 99 2 Corinthians 3:14-4:2 Luke 9:28-43a On Transfiguration Sunday, we journey into the mystic. We journey in the transcendent incarnate in the world of time and space. Alfred North Whitehead asserts that the world lives by the incarnation of God, and if that is so, we can apprehend something of God in every person and situation. Still, some moments may be particularly transcendent to the divine:... Read more

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2025-02-16T12:16:20-05:00

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Theology and Our Moral Crisis – Epiphany 7 – February 23

Last updated on: February 16, 2025 at 12:16 pm By Bruce Epperly

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The Adventurous Lectionary – The Seventh Sunday after the Epiphany – February 23, 2025 Genesis 45:3-11, 15; Psalm 37:1-11, 39-40; I Corinthians 15:35-38, 42-50; Luke 6:27-38 Good Theology as an Antidote to Bad Leadership Good theology is important in times of crisis and chaos. For example, African America mystic and preacher, Howard Thurman connects bad behavior – in his case, Jim Crow and racism – with the worship of bad gods. We become like the gods we worship is... Read more

2025-02-10T08:49:26-05:00

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God is God and You Aren’t – Epiphany 6 – February 16, 2025

Last updated on: February 10, 2025 at 8:49 am By Bruce Epperly

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The Adventurous Lectionary – The Sixth Sunday after Epiphany – February 16, 2025 Jeremiah 17:5-10; Psalm 1; I Corinthians 15:12-20; Luke 6:17-26 Today’s readings are about relationships, finite and infinite. There is a Gentle Providence, quietly arcing through our lives, reminding us that we are all in this together. We are the beneficiaries of gifts we did not earn and in response our lives are our gifts to the future. We are finite, connected to the Infinite, and in this... Read more

2025-02-02T05:26:41-05:00

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Contemplative Activism – Epiphany 6 – February 9, 2025

Last updated on: February 2, 2025 at 5:26 am By Bruce Epperly

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The Adventurous Lectionary – The Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany – February 9. 2025 Isaiah 6:1-8, Psalm 138, I Corinthians 15:1-11, Luke 5:1-11 Mysticism Inspires Mission Get ready for a wild ride! Strap on your seat belts and put on your helmet! We’re entering the amazing realm described by the Twilight Zone, Narnia, the Lord of the Rings Hogwarts, Marvel, and the Matrix, an enchanted world, wild and wonderful, where mysticism and miracle, signs and wonders, where God shows up... Read more

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2025-01-26T07:53:56-05:00

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A Gold Mine for Preachers – Epiphany 4 – February 2, 2025

Last updated on: January 26, 2025 at 7:53 am By Bruce Epperly

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The Adventurous Lectionary – The Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany – February 2, 2025 Jeremiah 1:4-10 Psalm 71:1-6 I Corinthians 13:1-13 Luke 4:21-30 A Gold Mine for Preachers Today’s readings present numerous and almost overwhelming possibilities for the adventurous preacher. These readings are a goldmine for theological reflection and practical application, not to mention the possibilities to reflect on mysticism, spiritual practice, and politics. They would be fitting even for an Inauguration Prayer Service, speaking truth to power. We have... Read more

2025-01-19T08:49:39-05:00

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Delighting in God’s Vision – Epiphany 3 – January 26

Last updated on: January 19, 2025 at 8:49 am By Bruce Epperly

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The Third Sunday after the Epiphany – January 26, 2025 Nehemiah 8:1-3, 5-6, 8-10 Psalm 19 I Corinthians 12:12b-31 Luke 4:14-21 Epiphany is the season of divine inspiration – in scripture, in the praises of the heavens and the non-human world, in our unique and diverse personal gifts, in the laws of the universe and the inner law of our hearts, and in the life of the church as Christ’s body, and in the prophetic call to healing. Epiphany stretches... Read more

2025-01-17T11:51:43-05:00

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From Self-Interest to World Loyalty- Inauguration Day Prayer

Last updated on: January 17, 2025 at 11:51 am By Bruce Epperly

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An Inauguration Day Prayer Like many people, I am not looking forward to January 20. I am having difficulty celebrating the peaceful transfer of power to a person who denied a valid election and sought to overthrow the government and undermine democracy, and whose behavior since election day has that of a bully and thug. Yet, like the Psalmist, I believe that we must pray in our orientation and disorientation even as we hope for new orientation. Thomas of Celano,... Read more

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2025-01-19T17:44:23-05:00

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Pondering Martin Luther King on Inauguration Day

Last updated on: January 19, 2025 at 5:44 pm By Bruce Epperly

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One evening after a particularly stressful and conflict-ridden day, Martin Luther King retired for the night. On the verge of falling asleep, he received an angry phone call, threatening his life and the lives of his wife and children. Unable to sleep, King went downstairs to fix a pot of coffee. King describes an unexpected encounter with God, during his spiritual crisis: I was ready to give up. I tried to think of a way to move out of the... Read more

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