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2021-06-11T04:46:43-04:00

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Adventurous Lectionary – Fourth Sunday after Pentecost – June 20, 2021

Last updated on: June 11, 2021 at 4:46 am By Bruce Epperly

The Fourth Sunday after Pentecost – June 20, 2021 I Samuel 17: 1a, 4-11, 19-23, 32-49, Psalm 9:9-20, II Corinthians 6:1-13, Mark 4:35-41 Today’s readings involve the ability of persons to go against the odds when they realize that God is with them. In the storms of life, God our companions. Facing what we perceive to be impossible odds, we receive divine guidance and energy. Trusting God, we can do greater things than we can imagine. The impossible becomes possible... Read more

2021-06-04T08:34:18-04:00

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Adventurous Lectionary: Third Sunday after Pentecost – June 13, 2021

Last updated on: June 4, 2021 at 8:34 am By Bruce Epperly

The Third Sunday After Pentecost – June 13, 2021 I Samuel 15:34-16:13 Psalm 20 II Corinthians 5:6-10, 16-17 Mark 4:26-34 Faith is a matter of perception and trust. Faith is a matter of vision. The eyes of faith see more than meets than eye. They open us to deeper levels of reality. When we faithful, we begin to see the world from God’s perspective and not just our own. We see the long haul, the moral and spiritual arc of... Read more

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2021-05-28T05:42:03-04:00

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Adventurous Lectionary – The Second Sunday after Pentecost/June 6, 2021

Last updated on: May 28, 2021 at 5:42 am By Bruce Epperly

The Adventurous Lectionary – The Second Sunday after Pentecost – June 6, 2021 I Samuel 8:4-20 Psalm 138 II Corinthians 4:13-5:1 Mark 3:20-35 Theologians have debated whether there are “two kingdoms,” operating by different values, the city of God and the city of human governments, or there is just one world in which we seek to embody God’s realm “on earth as it is in heaven.” While Luther championed the two kingdom approach, leading to self-transcendence, and indifference about history,... Read more

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2021-05-21T07:40:54-04:00

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The Adventurous Lectionary – Trinity Sunday – May 30, 2021

Last updated on: May 21, 2021 at 7:40 am By Bruce Epperly

The Adventurous Lectionary – Trinity Sunday – May 30, 2021 Isaiah 6:1-8 Psalm 29 Romans 8:12-17 John 3:1-17 May 30 is the eve of Memorial Day in the United States. While pastors are not obligated to remember civil holidays or days celebrating mothers or fathers, it is always good for a preacher to know what time it is! On Memorial Day Weekend, I always make room for “America the Beautiful” and sometimes, if requested, “The Battle Hymn of the Republic”... Read more

2021-05-14T04:53:40-04:00

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The Adventurous Lectionary – Day of Pentecost – May 23, 2021

Last updated on: May 14, 2021 at 4:53 am By Bruce Epperly

Pentecost Sunday – May 23, 2021 Acts 2:1-21 Ezekiel 37:1-14 Psalm 104:24-34, 35b Romans 8:22-27 John 15:25-26, 16:4b-15 Get ready for a holy adventure! Get ready to enter the spiritual twilight zone, to join the mystics and go one step beyond into the paranormal. Not the supernatural, because the natural world is more amazing than we think! Strap on your seat belt, put on your helmet, and get ready for a mighty wind or a persistent calling! Today, we celebrate... Read more

2021-05-06T12:50:23-04:00

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Adventurous Lectionary – Seventh Sunday of Easter – May 16, 2021

Last updated on: May 6, 2021 at 12:50 pm By Bruce Epperly

The Seventh Sunday after Easter – May 16, 2021 Acts 1:15-17, 21-26; Psalm 1; I John 5:9-13; John 17:6-19 Today’s readings are about the relationship between our prayers and our alignment with God’s vision. Belief and action are essential to Christian life. We must live out our faith in daily life. But our ability to live out our faith depends on spiritual depth and prayer may be the most definitive faith practice. Today’s readings assert that prayer changes things and... Read more

2021-04-30T09:15:28-04:00

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Adventurous Lectionary: Sixth Sunday of Easter – May 9, 2021

Last updated on: April 30, 2021 at 9:15 am By Bruce Epperly

The Adventurous Lectionary – The Sixth Sunday of Easter – May 9, 2021 Acts 10:44-48 or Acts 10:1-24, 34-36, 44-48; Psalm 98; I John 5:1-6; John 15:9-1 The marquee sign of the historic Church of the Pilgrims in Washington DC proclaims, “where all are pilgrims and none are strangers.” I have adopted this same affirmation in my eight years of pastoring South Congregational Church, UCC, on Cape Cod. Yes, we are different in age, education, interests, personal history, professional, gender,... Read more

2021-04-23T06:04:28-04:00

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Adventurous Lectionary – Fifth Sunday of Easter – May 2, 2021

Last updated on: April 23, 2021 at 6:04 am By Bruce Epperly

The Adventurous Lectionary -The Fifth Sunday of Easter – May 2, 2021 Acts 8:26-40 Psalm 22:35-41 I John 4:7-21 John 15:1-8 God is still speaking, so says a motto from the United Church of Christ. Creation abounds with revelation for those who have eyes to see and ears to hear. Today’s scriptures are mystical, energetic, and empowering. Angels inspire and divine energy flows, giving life to all creation and fruitfulness to persons of faith. Moreover, each of the reading provides... Read more

2021-04-16T05:45:17-04:00

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The Adventurous Lectionary – The Fourth Sunday of Easter – April 25, 2021

Last updated on: April 16, 2021 at 5:45 am By Bruce Epperly

The Adventurous Lectionary – The Fourth Sunday of Easter – April 22, 2018 Acts 5:4-12 Psalm 23 I John 3:16-24 John 10:11-19 Today’s readings in their portrayal of the interrelationship of theology, spirituality, and ethics are appropriate in light of our recent celebration of Earth Day (April 22) and our upcoming celebrations of Arbor Day (April 30) and May Day, Beltane (May 1). We need theologies, spiritualities, and ethics that honor both heaven and earth, eternity and change, non-human and... Read more

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2021-04-10T09:10:36-04:00

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Adventurous Lectionary: Third Sunday of Easter – April 18, 2021

Last updated on: April 10, 2021 at 9:10 am By Bruce Epperly

The Third Sunday of Easter – April 18, 2021 Acts 3:12-19 Psalm 4 I John 3:1-7 Luke 24:36b-48 You can’t manage or control a resurrection. You can put it into your normal understanding of reality. Like all mystical experiences, resurrection is always life-shattering and initially beyond belief. We can neither expect or program a resurrection. But, when it comes, we are amazed and transformed. Can we who have heard the resurrection stories countless times, almost knowing them by heart, hear... Read more

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