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2019-02-28T16:28:30-05:00

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Adventurous Lectionary – The First Sunday in Lent – March 10, 2019

Last updated on: February 28, 2019 at 4:28 pm By Bruce Epperly

The Adventurous Lectionary – The First Sunday in Lent – March 10, 2019 Deuteronomy 26:1-11 Psalm 91:1-2, 9-16 Romans 109:8b-13 Luke 4:1-13 Today’s readings speak of divine deliverance amid the challenges of life. God is on our side, and when the odds are against us, God comes through, making a way when there is no way. While life holds no guarantees, still God is faithful and responds to our cries for help. Life involves the interplay of call and response,... Read more

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2019-02-14T08:28:06-05:00

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The Adventurous Lectionary – The Seventh Sunday after the Epiphany – February 24, 2019

Last updated on: February 14, 2019 at 8:28 am By Bruce Epperly

The Adventurous Lectionary – The Seventh Sunday after the Epiphany – February 24, 2019 Genesis 45:3-11, 15; Psalm 37:1-11, 39-40; I Corinthians 15:35-38, 42-50; Luke 6:27-38 Today’s readings join vision, promise, and practice. Our vision of reality – our vision of God’s presence in the world and our lives – shapes our hopes and inspires our practical behavior. How we view the world shapes our values and attitudes toward those with whom we are in conflict as well as in... Read more

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2019-02-08T09:35:58-05:00

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The Adventurous Lectionary – The Sixth Sunday after Epiphany – February 17, 2019

Last updated on: February 8, 2019 at 9:35 am 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. 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 our lives are our gifts to the future. We are finite, connected to the Infinite, and in this connection, we... Read more

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2019-02-01T06:29:53-05:00

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The Adventurous Lectionary – The Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany – February 10, 2019

Last updated on: February 1, 2019 at 6:29 am By Bruce Epperly

The Adventurous Lectionary – The Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany – February 10, 2019 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, 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 God asks, and then empowers... Read more

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2019-01-24T13:17:15-05:00

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The Adventurous Lectionary – The Fourth Sunday after Epiphany – February 3, 1019

Last updated on: January 24, 2019 at 1:17 pm By Bruce Epperly

The Adventurous Lectionary – The Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany – January 31, 2016 Jeremiah 1:4-10 Psalm 71:1-6 I Corinthians 13:1-13 Luke 4:21-30 The adventurous preacher may be overwhelmed the abundance of riches in today’s readings. These readings are a goldmine for theological reflection and practical action, not to mention mysticism and spiritual practice. We have the great love chapter from Corinthians, with its undercurrent of creative agnosticism as essential to healthy relationships, personal, professional, and congregational. We are reminded,... Read more

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2019-01-17T08:57:28-05:00

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The Adventurous Lectionary – The Third Sunday after the Epiphany – January 27, 2019

Last updated on: January 17, 2019 at 8:57 am By Bruce Epperly

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. Revelation is relational and not just private. Though we may experience God’s presence in the depths of our hearts, we are also part of an intricate fabric of relatedness, which binds us to all creation. Today’s readings orient us toward God’s... Read more

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2019-01-11T12:17:34-05:00

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The Adventurous Lectionary -The Second Sunday of Epiphany – January 20, 2019

Last updated on: January 11, 2019 at 12:17 pm By Bruce Epperly

The Adventurous Lectionary -The Second Sunday of Epiphany – January 20, 2019 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 Sunday on God’s vocational gifts bestowed on each person... Read more

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2019-01-02T18:36:32-05:00

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The Adventurous Lectionary – January 13, 2019– The Baptism of Jesus

Last updated on: January 2, 2019 at 6:36 pm By Bruce Epperly

The Adventurous Lectionary – January 13, 2019– The Baptism of Jesus Isaiah 43:1-7 Psalm 29 Acts 8:14-27 Luke 3:15-17, 21-26 In the liturgical calendar, the Baptism of Jesus reminds us to remember our baptisms. Water gives life both physically and spiritually and while baptism is a visible sign of God’s grace, it also points beyond itself to the universality of divine love. God’s word to God’s beloved Jesus is addressed to every child. There is no “double predestination,” no one... Read more

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2020-01-06T15:00:03-05:00

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The Adventurous Lectionary – The Feast of Epiphany – January 6, 2019

Last updated on: January 6, 2020 at 3:00 pm By Bruce Epperly

The Adventurous Lectionary – Epiphany Sunday – January 3, 2016 Isaiah 60:1-6; Psalm 72:17, 10-14; Ephesians 3:1-12; Matthew 2:1-15 Epiphany is the season of revealing, of God reaching out to humankind and humankind awakening to God’s initiative. Epiphany pushes us beyond the boundaries of religion, race, and revelation. Non-Christians as well as Christians encounter God. Even non-believers – agnostics and atheists – may awaken to divine revelation. In Christ, there is neither male or female, Jew or Greek, Christian or... Read more

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2018-12-26T15:09:35-05:00

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The Tragic Beauty of Christmas: Reflections on the Massacre of the Innocents

Last updated on: December 26, 2018 at 3:09 pm By Bruce Epperly

Just a few days after the celebration of Christmas, the light of Bethlehem is eclipsed and the dark shadows of life return to the stories of young Jesus. Tucked between Christmas Day and the Feast of Epiphany (January 6), the Massacre of Infants/Innocents or Slaughter of Innocents is remembered. In the Roman Catholic, Lutheran, Episcopalian and other Protestant traditions, this tragic moment in the biblical story is recalled on December 28; the Orthodox tradition sets aside December 29 as a... Read more

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