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2015-08-21T18:14:42-04:00

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The Adventurous Lectionary – Pentecost 14 – August 30, 2015

Last updated on: August 21, 2015 at 6:14 pm By Bruce Epperly

The Adventurous Lectionary – Pentecost 14 – August 30, 2015. 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 join concern for the inner life with care for external behaviors. They celebrate love in its many forms – romance, justice-seeking, care for the vulnerable, and personal integrity revealed in care for the earth. “The voice of my beloved,” so sings the lover of Song of Songs. Song of... Read more

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2015-08-14T18:03:25-04:00

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Within The Trauma, A Blessing: Reba Riley’s “Post-Traumatic Church Syndrome”

Last updated on: August 14, 2015 at 6:03 pm By Bruce Epperly

Biblical scholar Walter Brueggemann describes three interconnected moods in the Psalms – psalms of orientation, celebration of the goodness of life and our current blessed personal and social location; psalms of disorientation, lamentations when things fall apart and the future is dim; and new orientation, the joy of healing and recovery, in which things never return to the way they were, but may end up even better than we had previously imagined. This could be a description of Reba Riley’s... Read more

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2015-08-21T19:36:16-04:00

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The Adventurous Lectionary – Pentecost 13 – August 23, 2015

Last updated on: August 21, 2015 at 7:36 pm By Bruce Epperly

Lectionary Reflections Ephesians 6:10-20 Sunday, August 23, 2015 This week, I am focusing solely on Ephesians 6:10-20. We need to face the challenges of our time with spiritual integrity and trust in the unwavering grace of God. We need to surround ourselves and the threats that face us and our planet with deep and abiding prayer. Put on the whole armor of God! Put on God’s armor of light! For a long time, I found this passage too militaristic in... Read more

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2015-08-07T16:03:01-04:00

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The Adventurous Lectionary – The Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost – August 16, 2015

Last updated on: August 7, 2015 at 4:03 pm By Bruce Epperly

The Adventurous Lectionary – The Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost – August 16, 2015 I Kings 2:10-12; 3:3-14 Psalm 111 Ephesians 5:15-20 John 6:51-58 If a genie came to you and granted three wishes, what would they be? In this passage, God is not as generous as the genie, God gives only one wish, but God tells Solomon that he can ask for anything he wants and presumably he will receive it. Solomon begins with a sense of confession and humility:... Read more

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2015-07-26T15:46:20-04:00

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The Adventurous Lectionary – Tenth Sunday after Pentecost – August 2, 2015

Last updated on: July 26, 2015 at 3:46 pm By Bruce Epperly

The Adventurous Lectionary – Tenth Sunday after Pentecost – August 2, 2015 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. Our recognition of our fallibility opens us to grace beyond our efforts; the transformative energy emerging from a grace and power greater than our own. We may not feel we deserve grace, but God’s grace can give us a new life and new-orientation in the midst of our... Read more

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2015-07-20T07:05:29-04:00

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The Adventurous Lectionary – The Ninth Sunday after Pentecost – July 26, 2015

Last updated on: July 20, 2015 at 7:05 am By Bruce Epperly

The Adventurous Lectionary – The Ninth Sunday after Pentecost – July 26, 2015 2 Samuel 11:1-15 Psalm 14 Ephesians 3:14-21 John 6:1-21 This week’s passages encompass the polarities and ambiguities of life. They join individual and communal, scarcity and abundance, and fallibility and grace. Close to God’s heart, David is an ambiguous hero. Tempted and seduced by beauty, taking advantage of his political power to sleep with Bathsheba, desperately attempting to cover it up, and then going as far as... Read more

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2015-07-15T18:40:42-04:00

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Too Much Sacrifice, Too Much Sin? Responding to Peter Mommsen’s ‘Homage to a Broken Man’

Last updated on: July 15, 2015 at 6:40 pm By Bruce Epperly

I read Peter Mommsen’s Homage to a Broken Man: A Story of Faith, Forgiveness, Sacrifice, and Community with mixed feelings. It surely is an excellent testimony to one man’s fidelity. J. Heinrich Arnold (Heiner) lived his life fully before God, submitting to his understanding of following Jesus in Christian community. It is also a witness to the failure of a community to live up to its ideals and instead, despite its desire to become Christ-centered, become an example of a... Read more

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2015-07-12T05:06:00-04:00

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The Adventurous Lectionary – The Eighth Sunday after Pentecost – July 19, 2015

Last updated on: July 12, 2015 at 5:06 am By Bruce Epperly

The Adventurous Lectionary – The Eighth Sunday after Pentecost – July 19, 2015 2 Samuel 7:1-14a Psalm 89:20-37 Ephesians 2:11-22 Mark 6:30-34, 53-56 God’s covenant embraces all of us, promising more than we can ask or imagine. How do we best align ourselves with God’s vision of abundant life for us and those we love? The passage from Samuel explores the nature of God’s covenant with David and his descendants. It affirms that although God travels with us, and is... Read more

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2015-07-04T15:43:04-04:00

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The Seventh Sunday after Pentecost – July 12, 2015

Last updated on: July 4, 2015 at 3:43 pm By Bruce Epperly

The Seventh Sunday after Pentecost – July 12, 2015 2 Samuel 6:1-5, 12b-19 Psalm 24 Ephesians 1;3-14 Mark 6:14-29 Do you dance with God? Does worship inspire passion and ecstasy? What happens when you dance to a different drum than God’s? Do our lives become destructive rather than creative? The reading from Samuel describes David and his companions dancing with all his might in God’s presence. While we might not localize God to a particular religious object, we can affirm... Read more

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2015-06-27T07:39:35-04:00

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The Adventurous Lectionary – The Sixth Sunday after Pentecost – July 5, 2015

Last updated on: June 27, 2015 at 7:39 am By Bruce Epperly

The Adventurous Lectionary – The Sixth Sunday after Pentecost – July 5, 2015 2 Samuel 5:1-5, 9-10 Psalm 48 2 Corinthians 2:2-10 Mark 6:1-13 In today’s lectionary readings, I am focusing on the New Testament readings and their emphasis on the role of faith to transform our lives, and enable us to face creatively even those things that cannot be changed. The words of 2 Corinthians 12 portray the relationship between mysticism, humility, faithfulness, and divine assurance. Paul describes the... Read more

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