John 6:51-58
Proper 15B
[…] claim. Might this be another hint of Jesus’ coming passion? Illustration Idea: I believe it’s the most amazing piece of cinema I’ve ever seen, and my friend, Roy Anker, who is an expert on cinema, agrees. It is the final scene of Robert Benton’s lyric film Places in the Heart. Set in the 1930s, […]
Romans 8:12-17
Trinity Sunday B
[…] have here and elsewhere added in brackets the Greek words for the English words the NIV translation uses. Illustration In his reflections on the movie Tender Mercies, Roy Anker alludes to the cooperation between the Holy Spirit and the spirit of Mac Sledge (portrayed by Robert Duvall). Sledge is what Anker calls “an angry, […]
Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52
Proper 12A
Probably most of us have benefitted from mnemonic devices at some point. We might remember the primary colors in the visible light spectrum by remembering the name Roy G. Biv (which in turns gives us Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, and Violet). A strange one used by my junior high science teacher has […]
Psalm 138
Proper 16A
Years ago I read a wonderful novel by Indian writer Arundhati Roy and one of the things I liked about the book was its great title: The God of Small Things. That title can be an apt summary for something you run across often in the psalms, including in Psalm 138. Israel praised their […]
Matthew 2:13-23
1st Sunday after Christmas A
[…] God will declare “Behold, I make all things new.” We cannot do that. God can. God will. Illustration Idea In the Preaching Connections part of this website, Roy Anker highlights the excellent film The Innocents. The title of the movie is clearly designed to evoke Matthew 2. The story is set in post-World War […]
Psalm 23
Proper 11B
[…] of Almighty God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, Descend on you, settle in around you And make its home in you. Be not afraid. Go in peace. Having heard us use this lyric blessing on several occasions, our colleague Roy Hopp set it into a choral musical piece that you can listen to here.
Matthew 3:13-17
Epiphany 1A
[…] a good question to ponder. Illustration Idea One of the finer films of the last thirty or so years is Bruce Beresford’s “Tender Mercies” (our colleague Roy Anker has an entry on the role of the Holy Spirit in the film and another on the kingdom of God in our “Movies for Preaching” […]
Matthew 2:13-23
Christmas 1A
[…] will declare “Behold, I make all things new.” We cannot do that. God can. God will. Illustration Idea In the Preaching Connections part of this website, Roy Anker highlights the excellent film The Innocents. The title of the movie is clearly designed to evoke Matthew 2. The story is set in post-World War […]
2 Corinthians 6:1-13
Proper 7B
[…] however, he has come more than ever to realize that life is for connectedness, mutual appreciation, help and reconciliation. In a review of A Man Called Ove, Roy Anker writes, “The film’s final shot is a long way from the Sistine Chapel and the Father reaching to humankind, but it surely hearkens to the […]
1 Corinthians 15:35-38, 42-50
Epiphany 7C
[…] One day God will give you a new one” (ibid). Illustration Idea In his marvelous review of the movie E.T: The Extra Terrestrial that Calvin College professor Roy Anker wrote for this CEP website , he notes, ‘A lonely, heartbroken boy, Elliott, all of ten or twelve years old, stumbles upon a similarly bereft […]
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