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2019-12-09T15:19:42-05:00

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The Peripatetic Preacher and the Narrative Lectionary Dec.29,2109 Mark 1: 1-20

Last updated on: December 9, 2019 at 3:19 pm By John C Holbert

Now that the “Hallelujah Chorus” has echoed away, the blare of the festive trumpets has stilled, and the Advent wreath is back in its closet until next year, it is time to turn to the hard work of actually living the gospel of Jesus. Of course, that work is made a tad more difficult by the fact that the large Christmas crowds have disappeared and have been replaced by the hardier, steadier folk of the flock. But that is all... Read more

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2019-12-06T17:25:55-05:00

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The Peripatetic Preacher and the Narrative Lectionary Advent 4 Luke 1:5-13, 57-80

Last updated on: December 6, 2019 at 5:25 pm By John C Holbert

Christmas and the birth of Jesus are very close now. We have but one more addition to the story that the Bible weaves from its very opening pages. This long tale of Zechariah unites many of the threads that have been offered to us from the Hebrew Bible, thus binding together the narrative of the birth with the vast promises of God that have preceded it. Luke is nothing less than a master in working his loom to create an... Read more

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2019-12-05T12:52:09-05:00

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The Peripatetic Preacher Views “The Crown”

Last updated on: December 5, 2019 at 12:52 pm By John C Holbert

It has been said that the current programming available on television is the very richest and most interesting it has ever been in the history of the medium. Of course, tastes vary enormously; for every “Game of Thrones” junky (not me) there are more than a few “Jack Ryan” aficionados. The former claims a kind of seriousness (that claim escapes me), while the latter is mere fluff (I binged on that fluff). Still, TV offers a vast array of programs... Read more

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2019-12-02T16:31:42-05:00

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The Peripatetic Preacher: The Narrative Lectionary Ezra 1:1-4, 3:1-4, 10-13

Last updated on: December 2, 2019 at 4:31 pm By John C Holbert

I am certain that few of you have seldom if ever used an Ezra text as the basis for a sermon on Advent 3. Yet, the Narrative Lectionary offers this text to us. The obvious question is why. Why should I think about a disputed historical text from the Hebrew Bible while the church is hurtling inexorably toward the birth of Jesus? It is always important to remember just what the Narrative Lectionary tries to be, namely a salvation narrative,... Read more

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2019-11-27T18:58:39-05:00

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The Peripatetic Preacher Listens to Korngold’s “Marietta’s Lied”

Last updated on: November 27, 2019 at 6:58 pm By John C Holbert

In my last blog, I admitted my fears related to aging in general and my upcoming cataract surgeries. I tried to explore why a more traditional acceptance of the numerous biblical references to “fear not” were somehow not enough for me, though I have often enough suggested through my teaching and preaching that they could be. Because I am a decidedly rational and reasonable person—ask anyone who knows me—a rational and reasonable acceptance of what the Bible so often says... Read more

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2019-11-26T18:28:04-05:00

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The Peripatetic Preacher Faces the Process of Aging

Last updated on: November 26, 2019 at 6:28 pm By John C Holbert

I am now 73 years old, and never imagined that I could actually become that old. My father died at 73, though my mother lived until 92, while her two brothers died in their late 80’s, and my Dad’s mother lived until 97. I have long-lived folk in my family tree (my mother’s father died at 96), which, while not any sort of assurance, suggests that I may live quite a bit longer. No one wants to live past their... Read more

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2019-11-22T13:14:46-05:00

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The Peripatetic Preacher: The Narrative Lectionary Advent 2 Isaiah 40:1-11

Last updated on: November 22, 2019 at 1:14 pm By John C Holbert

Perhaps like many of you, I have spent much time in the past few weeks watching the extraordinary impeachment hearings, testing the actions of President Donald Trump with regard to his and our relationships with Ukraine. I am of course old enough to remember vividly the Watergate hearings of 45 years ago into the possible impeachment of another Republican president, Richard Nixon. I “wallowed in Watergate,” as the saying went at the time, when I should have been writing my... Read more

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2019-11-16T12:41:39-05:00

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The Narrative Lectionary Advent 1 Mark 8:27-30 The Promise of the Messiah

Last updated on: November 16, 2019 at 12:41 pm By John C Holbert

Since I have already addressed the narrative lectionary’s choice for Advent 1, Jeremiah 33:14-18, in an earlier essay, I will turn today to the New Testament passage assigned, Mark 8:27-30. This passage will come up again on Transfiguration Sunday next February, but only after we have moved through Mark’s narrative structure from the beginning on December 29, 2019. When the passage is seen through the lens of Advent 1, it plainly speaks an anticipatory word concerning the one who is... Read more

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2019-11-07T15:38:39-05:00

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The Peripatetic Preacher Shifts to the Narrative Lectionary: 2 Kings 22:1-10, 23:1-3

Last updated on: November 7, 2019 at 3:38 pm By John C Holbert

Let me begin with a note to my readers. I propose for the next year to use the relatively new Narrative Lectionary as the basis for my essays. I have been writing this blog now for over six years, and have well over 300 separate pieces on my site for Patheos. Thus, I have addressed the Revised Common Lectionary texts for the Hebrew Bible, and on occasion the Book of the Acts, at least twice. My comments on those texts... Read more

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2019-11-05T19:03:19-05:00

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The Peripatetic Preacher and Worry

Last updated on: November 5, 2019 at 7:03 pm By John C Holbert

Though I am in the main a very positive person, seeing the good in nearly everyone and everything (though Donald Trump strains my positivity to the limit!), I do tend to worry about many things. I often wake early in the morning—5AM or so—and attempt to solve all the problems that I know I must tackle when the sun finally does come up. Of course, it is quite absurd to wrestle with these problems that only a hands-on approach can... Read more

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