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1 Samuel 2:1-10

Proper 28B

Comments, Observations, and Questions to Consider (NOTE: The Revised Common Lectionary occasionally substitutes an OT reading for a Psalm, as is this case on this particular Sunday in Year B) While I Samuel 2:1-10 is not part of the book of Psalms, it’s like a psalm in that it’s a song of praise and thanksgiving…

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I Samuel 17

Proper 7B

Some years ago when last the Lectionary included this famous story, I consulted my son’s “Student Bible” as it was the handiest Bible to grab while I worked at home that day.  This particular version of the Bible inserts some textual explanations and elaborations into the biblical text inside little colored boxes.  Midway through I…

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1 Samuel 15:34-16:13

Proper 6B

Looks can be deceiving.   That’s why God apparently doesn’t bother with them in the first place.  “The LORD looks at the heart,” God says to Samuel in I Samuel 16:7, now one of the most famous lines of the entire Bible.    And on the opposite end of the Bible (and in the paired Gospel lection…

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1 Samuel 8:4-11, (12-15), 16-20, (11:14-15)

Proper 5B

Growing up, Samuel had watched the old priest Eli behave like Milquetoast vis-à-vis his wretched offspring, Hophni and Phineas.  Probably even as a young boy that sad spectacle was enough to make Samuel shake his head in disbelief and disgust.   Eli was such a nice guy—how in the world had he raised two boys so…

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1 Samuel 3:1-20

Epiphany 2B

Comments and Observations Over the last quarter-century, audio, visual, and computer technology has advanced more rapidly than our ability to prevent these gizmos from taking over the minds of our youth (and of some of us not-so-young too!!).  Not so long ago, parents who wanted to monitor what their kids saw or listened to had…

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Symposium 2010: Speak, Lord, for Thy Servant Heareth

evening worship January 29, 2010 at Symposium

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