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Mark 1:14-20
Epiphany 3B
Comments and Observations If Mark were a Broadway play, then the first 13 verses are like the overture. As we come to verse 14, the curtain is about to go up on the drama and when it does we see . . . Galilee. We’re not in a bigger city like Jerusalem or Sepphoris or…
1 Corinthians 7:29-31
Epiphany 3B
Comments and Observations In a text bristling with problems, Paul calls us to live “As If.” The entire chapter is about marriage, prompted by a question from the Corinthians as seen in the chapter’s first verse, which may be another quotation summarizing the aberrant view of some overly ascetic Corinthians. Some scholars see our text…
John 1:43-51
Epiphany 2B
Note: Rather than writing the usual notes on the text, I have attached a sample to show how on this occasion I assembled those same notes into a sermon. I pray it will spark even more creativity in you! The Child’s Leading
1 Corinthians 6:12-20
Epiphany 2B
Comments, Observations, and Questions On this second Sunday after Epiphany, the lectionary reading from the Epistles seems to have little to do with Epiphany, unless we consider the behavior of the Body of Christ to be an epiphany of Christ’s own glory. If that is the case, then this text is very relevant, because it…
Living in God’s Creation
Meditation on Luke 24 by N.T. Wright at the Space, Time and Sacraments seminar at Calvin College on Jan. 6, 2007.
Symposium 2013: The Giving of Good Gifts
From the closing communion service of the Symposium on Worship, 2013.
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