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2021-08-20T17:58:13-04:00

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Adventurous Lectionary – Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost – August 29, 2021

Last updated on: August 20, 2021 at 5:58 pm By Bruce Epperly

The Adventurous Lectionary – Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost – August 29, 2021. Song of Solomon 2:8-13 Psalm 45:1-2, 6-9 James 1:17-27 Mark 7:1-18, 14-15, 21-23 Today’s readings celebrate the “beauty of holiness” and the “holiness of beauty” as they join concern for the inner life with care for external behaviors. The join appreciation with action and romance with reformation. Love has many dimensions, all interdependent despite different foci – romance, justice-seeking, care for the vulnerable, and personal integrity revealed in... Read more

2021-08-13T09:45:59-04:00

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Adventurous Lectionary – Fourteenth Sunday of Pentecost – August 22, 2021

Last updated on: August 13, 2021 at 9:45 am By Bruce Epperly

The Adventurous Lectionary – Pentecost 14 – August 22, 2021 I Kings 8:22—30, 40-41; Psalm 84; Ephesians 6:10-20; John 6:56-69 We live in a dark and yet wondrous time. A time of pandemic resurgence, the big election lie and the attempt to overturn the election, incivility, and the politicization and violence surrounding vaccinations and mask mandates. Frankly, a good portion of our nation appears to have gone mad, seduced by superficial understandings of freedom and misinformation regarding science, not to... Read more

2021-08-06T11:20:55-04:00

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Adventurous Lectionary – Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost – August 13, 2021

Last updated on: August 6, 2021 at 11:20 am By Bruce Epperly

The Adventurous Lectionary – Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost – August 15,2021 I Kings 2:10-12; 3:13-14; Psalm 111; Ephesians 5:15-20; John 6:51-58 This week’s readings focus on the dynamic interplay of divine and human wisdom. God is still speaking, providing insights for the short haul and the far horizons. Human wisdom is grounded in our attentiveness to divine creativity evidenced in the heavens above, the earth upon which we live, and the divine movements in our body, mind, and spirit. Alignment... Read more

2021-07-30T09:21:05-04:00

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The Adventurous Lectionary – The Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost – August 8, 2021

Last updated on: July 30, 2021 at 9:21 am By Bruce Epperly

The Adventurous Lectionary – The Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost – August 8, 2021 2 Samuel 18:5-9, 15, 31-33 Psalm 130 Ephesians 4:25-5:2 John 6:35, 41-51 Faith begins with experience, joy and tragedy, hope and disappointment, amazement and sin. Out of experience comes doctrine which becomes the lenses through which we interpret our life experiences. Today’s passages join challenge, hope, and grief. They join deep emotion with deep faith. We often live in the depths, feeling God-forsaken. Other times our own... Read more

2021-07-23T14:35:07-04:00

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Adventurous Lectionary – Tenth Sunday after Pentecost – August 1, 2021

Last updated on: July 23, 2021 at 2:35 pm By Bruce Epperly

The Adventurous Lectionary – Tenth Sunday after Pentecost – August 1, 2018 2 Samuel 11:26-12:13a Psalm 51:1-12 Ephesians 4:1-16 John 6:24-35 This Sunday’s readings focus on the realities of sin and grace. The readings remind us that our relationship to God and the world, and the world and God mirror one another. Our ethics should reflect our theology – including our social ethics – and our theology should reflect our ethics, pointing toward theologies worthy of God’s love for us... Read more

2021-07-09T14:21:39-04:00

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The Adventurous Lectionary: Eight Sunday of Pentecost – July 18, 2021

Last updated on: July 9, 2021 at 2:21 pm By Bruce Epperly

The Adventurous Lectionary – The Eighth Sunday of Pentecost – July 18, 2021 2 Samuel 7:1-14a Psalm 89:20-37 Ephesians 2:11-22 Mark 6:30-34, 53-56 Today’s readings join the personal and global, the individual and the national. David, the Temple, and the wellbeing of the disciples is highlighted, but the words apply to all of us. Everyone is chosen, not just David, the disciples or Christians. And God’s choice and call is always personal and contextual. God’s covenant embraces all of us,... Read more

2021-07-02T13:44:00-04:00

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The Fourth of July and Turning to the Better Angels of Our Nature

Last updated on: July 2, 2021 at 1:44 pm By Bruce Epperly

THE FOURTH OF JULY AND TURNING TO THE BETTER ANGELS OF OUR NATURE “I am loath to close. We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union, when again touched, as surely they will... Read more

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2021-06-30T20:22:05-04:00

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The Fourth of July and the Healing of the American Spirit

Last updated on: June 30, 2021 at 8:22 pm By Bruce Epperly

THE FOURTH OF JULY AND HEALING THE AMERICAN SPIRIT I must confess that the Fourth of July is one of my favorite holidays. From my childhood, I have loved parades, outdoor grills, and fireworks. I never miss the Fourth of July Concert on the Capitol Mall on PBS and these days, the hometown bicycle parade, and the fireworks looking out to Nantucket Sound from Craigville Beach. I love the marching bands and music of the day – “The Star Spangled... Read more

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2021-06-25T13:17:29-04:00

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Adventurous Lectionary – Seventh Sunday of Pentecost – July 11, 2021

Last updated on: June 25, 2021 at 1:17 pm By Bruce Epperly

The Seventh Sunday after Pentecost – July 11, 2021 2 Samuel 6:1-5, 12b-19; Psalm 24; Ephesians 1;3-14; Mark 6:14-29 Shall we dance this Sunday? Shall we celebrate emerging through the pandemic and hoping for future national transformation? Do you dance with God? Does your congregation’s worship inspire passion and ecstasy? Do you come to worship expecting great things from God and yourself? What happens when you dance to a different drum than God’s? Do our lives become destructive rather than... Read more

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2021-06-18T06:15:47-04:00

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Adventurous Lectionary – Sixth Sunday of Pentecost – July 4, 2021

Last updated on: June 18, 2021 at 6:15 am By Bruce Epperly

The Adventurous Lectionary – The Sixth Sunday after Pentecost – July 4, 2021 2 Samuel 5:1-5, 9-10 Psalm 48 2 Corinthians 2:2-10 Mark 6:1-13 In the United States, this Sunday marks the Fourth of July. It is also my final day as Sentior Pastor of South Congregational Church, Centerville, MA, on Cape Cod. The temptation is to focus on the nation and the congregation’s departing pastor. We can’t separate the affairs of the day – even national holidays or pastoral... Read more

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