1 Corinthians 1:10-18
Epiphany 3A
[…] have not always included Christian unity. Reformed Christians’ actions have sometimes tweaked an old saying to sound something like, “Where two or three are gathered in Jesus’ name … there you have three or four Reformed denominations.” Presbyterians sometimes talk about “split p’s”. So this Sunday’s RCL’s Epistolary Lesson’s proclaimers might think of this […]
Genesis 32:22-31
Proper 13A
[…] for dear life in order to receive the blessing he needed. When Jacob fairly demands the blessing, the man responds with a curious question. “What is your name?” It sounds irrelevant, until the man answers, “Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel because you have struggled with God and with man and […]
Exodus 17:1-7
Lent 3A
[…] someone would point to that vacation’s location on the map and would say, “Hey, who wants to try another trip to Misery Corners!?” That wasn’t the real name of the city where the failed vacay took place, of course, but that was this family’s name for it forever after. In the Old Testament we […]
Acts 9:36-43
Easter 4C
Call her “Tabitha” or call her “Dorcas” the meaning in both Aramaic and Greek was the same: “Gazelle.” Was it her given name or a nickname that matched her lifestyle? We don’t know but by all appearances the woman best known as Dorcas was gazelle-like indeed. She was lightning fast at helping the poor […]
Genesis 32:22-31
Proper 13A
[…] he’s not in control on Jabbok’s banks. In order to get a blessing from this Mysterious Stranger, he’ll have to give up something. He must surrender his name that links him to all the cheating he’s done up to this point in his life. His name that, as he says it, is a kind […]
Four Pages: Living Signs
[…] Religious or non-religious, no one wants to live his or her life superficially. Some years ago when I still ran regularly, I got to know a guy named Conrad. Conrad was seventy-something years old and he had given up running for walking, just after his second heart operation. After my run, I often walked […]
Hosea 1:2-10
Proper 12C
[…] idolatry is adultery and it will end your marriage to Yahweh and every blessing that comes with marriage. God conveys that message of impending divorce with the names he gives to these children of an adulteress. Each name points to the inevitable result of spiritual adultery. It’s a bit complicated, so bear with me. […]
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