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2022-10-02T19:14:05-04:00

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Adventurous Lectionary – Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost – October 9, 2022

Last updated on: October 2, 2022 at 7:14 pm By Bruce Epperly

The Adventurous Lectionary – October 9, 2002– The Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost 2 Kings 5:1-3, 7-15c, Psalm 111, 2 Timothy 2:8-15, Luke 17:11-19 Healing was at the heart of Jesus’ ministry and is the calling of Jesus’ followers. Jesus healed persons, body, mind, spirit, and relationships. His healings transformed cells, souls, and social location. Illness separates and changes our social and religious position: we are seen as outsiders and, in the case of Jesus’ time, ostracized and suspected of having... Read more

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2022-09-25T19:47:00-04:00

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Adventurous Lectionary – Seventeenth Sunday After Pentecost – October 2, 2022

Last updated on: September 25, 2022 at 7:47 pm By Bruce Epperly

The Adventurous Lectionary – Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost – October 2, 2022 Lamentations 1:1-6, Lamentations 3:19-26, Psalm 137, 2 Timothy 1:1-14, Luke 17:5-10 At the heart of this Sunday’s readings is the affirmation from Lamentations 3: “God’s mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is God’s faithfulness.” According to the unknown author of Lamentations, God is faithful despite life’s challenges. While today, many people want experiential religion and instant mysticism through micro doses of psychedelics... Read more

2022-09-19T10:54:00-04:00

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Adventurous Lectionary – Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost – September 25, 2022

Last updated on: September 19, 2022 at 10:54 am By Bruce Epperly

The Adventurous Lectionary – Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost – September 25, 2022 Jeremiah 32:1-3a, 6-15, Psalm 91:1-6, 14-16, 1 Timothy 6:6-19 , Luke 16:19-31 Today’s readings could be described by the South African phrase, “ubuntu” or “I am because of you” or “we are because of one another.” In the context of rising social, economic, and racial divisions, and the normalization of hate speech by political leaders and heartlessness in governmental decision-making, ubuntu proclaims the essential unity of life and... Read more

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2022-09-11T11:18:45-04:00

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Adventurous Lectionary – Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost – September 18, 2022

Last updated on: September 11, 2022 at 11:18 am By Bruce Epperly

The Adventurous Lectionary – The Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost – September 18, 2022 Jeremiah 8:18-9:1, Psalm 79:1-9, 1 Timothy 2:1-7; Luke 16:1-13 If you’re looking for a good time from the pulpit, you may want to stay home and go for a hike or watch football this Sunday or opt out of preaching. At first glance, there may be a lot of adventure but there is not a lot of joy in this Sunday’s lectionary readings. The scriptures seem appropriate... Read more

prophetic healingchallenge

2022-09-04T09:13:46-04:00

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The Adventurous Lectionary -The Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost – September 11, 2022

Last updated on: September 4, 2022 at 9:13 am By Bruce Epperly

The Adventurous Lectionary -The Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost – September 11, 2022 Jeremiah 4:11-12, 22-28 Psalm 14 I Timothy 1:12-17 Luke 15:1-10 Today’s readings speak of sin and salvation, and being lost and finding your way home. They join institutional injustice and idolatry, the healing of persons and nations. Nations as well as persons can be lost and ours is a time of directionless and chaotic political leadership and polarization in the body politic, of rising fascism and white nationalism,... Read more

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spirituality and politics; justice; hospitality

2022-08-27T18:12:12-04:00

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Adventurous Lectionary – The Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost – September 4, 2022

Last updated on: August 27, 2022 at 6:12 pm By Bruce Epperly

The Adventurous Lectionary – September 4, 2022 – Pentecost 13 Jeremiah 18:1-11 Psalm 139:1-6, 13-18 Philemon 1:1-21 Luke 14:25-33 Today’s readings challenge, economics, and socially-accepted values. These texts turn our accepted values upside down and call us to repentance and sacrificial living. No preacher can feel entirely comfortable reading, writing, or preaching these texts. In some ways, the images of God are both engaging (Psalm 139) and challenging and problematic. (Jeremiah 18) Jeremiah’s vision of the divine potter is both... Read more

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race

slavery

2022-08-21T10:42:12-04:00

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The Adventurous Lectionary – The Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost – August 28, 2022

Last updated on: August 21, 2022 at 10:42 am By Bruce Epperly

The Adventurous Lectionary – Pentecost 12 – August 28, 2022 Jeremiah 2:4-13; Psalm 81:1,10-16; Hebrews 13:1-8, 15-16.; Luke14:1, 7-14 As summer ends, the political season is heating up, controversy over a former president’s behavior floods the airways, and invectives come forth from representatives on an hourly basis. Politics has turned our nation upside down: Democrats have claimed law and order and patriotism while Republicans damn the FBI and have little to say about national defense, foreign policy, or the USA’s... Read more

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idolatry

religion and politics

social justice

2022-08-15T12:33:26-04:00

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Adventurous Lectionary – The Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost – August 21, 2022

Last updated on: August 15, 2022 at 12:33 pm By Bruce Epperly

The Adventurous Lectionary – Pentecost 11 – August 21,2022 Jeremiah 1:4-10 Psalm 71:1-6 Hebrews 12:18-29 Luke 13:10-17 This week, we ponder God’s providential love that breaks through every barrier and challenges the limitations we place on our abilities and God’s gifts in our lives. God is willing to give us more than we can ask or imagine. We need to open our hearts, minds, and hands to receive the fullness of divine blessing for ourselves and others. This week, we... Read more

2022-08-07T18:02:59-04:00

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Adventurous Lectionary – Pentecost 10 – August 14, 2022

Last updated on: August 7, 2022 at 6:02 pm By Bruce Epperly

The Adventurous Lectionary – The Tenth Sunday after Pentecost – August 14, 2022 Isaiah 5:1-7; Psalm 80:1-2, 8-19; Hebrews 11:29-12:2; Luke 12:49-56 Today’s passages on Israel, the Jewish community of the first century, and the twenty-first century USA? Election results suggest a national divide – Kansas votes to support reproductive rights, while Arizona chooses election-deniers and prevaricators in its Republican primary? Dishonesty and divisiveness seem to be the first and second commandments of many white Christians involved in politics? Can... Read more

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faith and ethics

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lectionary commentary

spirituality

2022-08-06T07:17:00-04:00

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Hiroshima Day Meditation (August 6): Dusting Off the Doomsday Clock

Last updated on: August 6, 2022 at 7:17 am By Bruce Epperly

This morning, I began the day remembering a day that changed everything – the dropping of the first nuclear bomb on a populated area, Hiroshima, Japan. I ponder how little we seem to have learned in the past 77 years. We still live under the threat of Mutually Assured Destruction and act as if the MAD-ness of that “peacekeeping” deterrence is normal. We shiver when the leaders of North Korea and Russia suggest that they might use nuclear weapons to... Read more

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