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1 Peter 4:12-14; 5:6-11

Easter 7A

The novelist Richard Ford said once that the goal of the characters in his novels is this: “All we want is to get to the point where the past can say nothing about us.” In the postmodern world, people hanker to be free-floating. They want to live with the illusion that they are inventing reality…

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1 Peter 3:13-22

Easter 6A

Back in the 19th century the Know-Nothing political party came into existence at least partly to demand that the government curb what many American Protestants perceived at the time to be an alarming increase in Roman Catholic immigration to this country. And fifty-seven years ago Senator John F. Kennedy had to appear before a convention…

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1 Peter 2:2-10

Easter 5A

Whatever you may think about the musical group The Beatles, it is generally acknowledged that few bands have ever paid as much attention to the lonely, invisible people of society as did The Beatles.  Two of their songs carry a particular poignancy in this regard. One haunting tune is titled “Nowhere Man.”  The song talks…

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1 Peter 2:19-25

Easter 4A

If even once you have seen the photo, you know you’ll never forget it. Not so long ago in this country, it was both legal and commonplace to post signs in public places designed to cordon off some people from others. And so a drinking fountain in a hallway might be labeled “Whites Only.” A…

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1 Peter 1:17-23

Easter 3A

Years ago I read a book by the celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain.  And it became clear in reading it that he is someone whom I can describe only as a thoroughly secular person.  This particular book was a kind of memoir in which Bourdain narrated his story.  Of course, I read books all the time…

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1 Peter 1:3-9

Easter 2A

For all its lyric beauty, at the end of it all these verses from 1 Peter 1 represent a central paradox of the faith, one that Peter seems to be working his own way through even as he writes these words.  As an Eastertide text, it’s clear enough to see Peter’s celebration of the resurrection…

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1 Peter 4:1-11

Comments, Observations, and Questions to Consider: Both new Christians and suffering Christians wonder “what kind of life have I gotten into?” In the first half of chapter 4 (our text), Peter addresses the worldview issues of the new believer; in the second half, the worry issues of the suffering one. These former pagans learn this…

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1 Peter 3:1-12

When we pick up the text at 1 Peter 3:1, it’s pretty clear that Peter is right in the middle of saying something quite long and profound.  He is calling the believers in Asia Minor – many of whom were new converts – to good lives – to lives that are so good that they…

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1 Peter 3:18-22

Lent 1B

Comments, Observations, and Questions As I move through the lectionary year again and again, I often think that someone needs to revise the Revised Common Lectionary because it can be so repetitive.  Take this text as case in point.  Just 10 months ago, this was the text for the Fifth Sunday of the Easter season. …

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Deliver Us from Evil

from 2009 – Calvin Chapel service

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