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2022-03-01T10:49:42-05:00

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Lent as an Opportunity for Sacrificial Living

Last updated on: March 1, 2022 at 10:49 am By Bruce Epperly

Lent is the season of sacrifice. The season in which we let go of what stands in the way of the fullness of life and a vital and transformative experience of the Holy. Lent reminds us that we can choose sacrifice for the greater good and that in the choosing, we will experience abundant life and solidarity with creation and our human companions. Our choice to sacrifice ironically expands our hearts, minds, and spirits, enabling us to grow in wisdom,... Read more

2022-03-01T07:10:41-05:00

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Ash Wednesday in a Time of War and Wonder

Last updated on: March 1, 2022 at 7:10 am By Bruce Epperly

Ash Wednesday is a day of contrasts – mortality and grace, confession and transformation, death and eternal life, sacrifice and beauty. Not an abstract religious holy day, Ash Wednesday reflects the concrete realities of our personal, political, and relational lives. Ash Wednesday awakens us to our common humanity as dusty and fallible creatures, in need of grace, repentance, and transformation. Life is beautiful, but often too short. This should be apparent to any member of the Medicare generation as well... Read more

2022-02-24T17:57:08-05:00

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Adventurous Lectionary – First Sunday in Lent – March 6, 2022

Last updated on: February 24, 2022 at 5:57 pm By Bruce Epperly

The Adventurous Lectionary – The First Sunday in Lent – March 6, 2022 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 news that Russia is bombing Ukraine in preparation for an invasion is headline news. I wonder how these passages, describing God’s deliverance of Israel would be read. Would they provoke disbelief or inspire solace and strength? The chapters... Read more

2022-02-19T17:42:34-05:00

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The Adventurous Lectionary – Transfiguration Sunday – February 27, 2022

Last updated on: February 19, 2022 at 5:42 pm By Bruce Epperly

The Adventurous Lectionary – Transfiguration of Jesus – February 27, 2022 Exodus 34:29-34 Psalm 99 2 Corinthians 3:14-4:2 Luke 9:28-43a If only the doors of perception were cleansed, we would see the infinity of all things, so wrote William Blake. Transfiguration Sunday describes the presence of the Infinite in the finite. The mood is mystical, but far from other worldly. Encountering God may be ecstatic, but it also drives us back into the world. Moments of wonder eventuate in moments... Read more

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2022-02-11T10:51:02-05:00

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Adventurous Lectionary – Seventh Sunday after the Epiphany – February 20, 2022

Last updated on: February 11, 2022 at 10:51 am By Bruce Epperly

The Adventurous Lectionary – The Seventh Sunday after the Epiphany – February 20, 2022 Genesis 45:3-11, 15; Psalm 37:1-11, 39-40; I Corinthians 15:35-38, 42-50; Luke 6:27-38 Good theology involves the interplay of vision, promise, and practice, and you can see this interplay in today’s readings. Our vision of reality, our theological perspective – our vision of God’s presence in the world and our lives – shapes our hopes and inspires our practical behavior. Living by that vision inspires us to... Read more

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2022-02-04T19:49:07-05:00

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The Adventurous Lectionary – The Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany – February 6, 2022

Last updated on: February 4, 2022 at 7:49 pm By Bruce Epperly

The Adventurous Lectionary – The Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany – February 6, 2022 Isaiah 6:1-8, Psalm 138, I Corinthians 15:1-11, Luke 5:1-11 Get ready for a wild ride! Strap on your seat belts and put on your helmet! We’re entering the amazing realm of the Twilight Zone, Narnia, the Lord of the Rings, and Hogwarts, an enchanted world, wild and wonderful, where mysticism and miracle, signs and wonders, where God shows up and turns our world upside down. Where... Read more

2022-02-04T19:41:49-05:00

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The Adventurous Lectionary – The Sixth Sunday after the Epiphany – February 13, 2022

Last updated on: February 4, 2022 at 7:41 pm By Bruce Epperly

The Adventurous Lectionary – The Sixth Sunday after Epiphany – February 17, 2019 Jeremiah 17:5-10; Psalm 1; I Corinthians 15:12-20; Luke 6:17-26 Today’s readings are about relationships, finite and infinite. The Infinite gives birth, guidance, and hope to the finite. The whole earth is full of God’s glory and all creatures are words of God. 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... Read more

2022-01-21T15:45:27-05:00

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Adventurous Lectionary – Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany – January 30, 2022

Last updated on: January 21, 2022 at 3:45 pm By Bruce Epperly

The Adventurous Lectionary – The Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany – January 30, 2022 Jeremiah 1:4-10 Psalm 71:1-6 I Corinthians 13:1-13 Luke 4:21-30 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 and spiritual practice. We have the great love chapter from Corinthians, with its integration of sacrificial love with an undercurrent of creative agnosticism as essential... Read more

2022-01-15T12:18:57-05:00

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Adventurous Lectionary – Third Sunday after the Epiphany – January 23, 2022

Last updated on: January 15, 2022 at 12:18 pm By Bruce Epperly

The Third Sunday after the Epiphany – January 23, 2022 Nehemiah 8:1-3, 5-6, 8-10 Psalm 19 I Corinthians 12:12b-31 Mark 4:14-21 Epiphany is the season of divine inspiration – in scripture, in the heavens and the non-human world, in our personal gifts, and in the life of the church. Epiphany stretches revelation beyond the church building and Christianity to embrace the Whole Earth. Revelation is relational and not just private. Though we may experience God’s presence in the depths of... Read more

2022-01-07T10:59:39-05:00

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The Adventurous Lectionary – The Second Sunday of Epiphany – January 16, 2022

Last updated on: January 7, 2022 at 10:59 am By Bruce Epperly

The Adventurous Lectionary -The Second Sunday of Epiphany – January 16, 2022 Isaiah 62:1-5 Psalm 36:5-10 I Corinthians 12:1-11 John 2:1-11 Epiphany is the season of illumination and vocation. Revelation leads to gift-giving and the discovery of our gifts as God’s companions in healing the earth. The season of Epiphany begins with celebrating the gifts of the magi, continues with God’s gift of grace, affirmed through Jesus’ baptism, and focuses this Second Sunday of Epiphany on God’s vocational gifts bestowed... Read more

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