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 […]
Isaiah 12:2-6
Advent 3C
[…] Jesus and you’ll find God depicted as a landlord, an unjust judge, a farmer, an old woman in search of a lost coin, a waiting father, a banker. Jesus described himself variously as bread, light, a vine, a door, a gate, a road. Not to be outdone, the third person of the Trinity, the […]
Psalm 51:1-12
Lent 5B
[…] general. In January 1997, he acknowledged that the White House should not have invited the nation’s senior banking regulator to a meeting where Mr. Clinton and prominent bankers discussed banking policy in the presence of the Democratic Party’s senior fund-raiser. ‘Mistakes were made here by people who either did it deliberately or inadvertently,’ he […]
Matthew 2:13-23
Christmas 1A
[…] and after having kicked the cat clear across the room, Herod managed to smooth back his hair, wipe the furious sweat off his brow, straighten up his royal robes, and re-appear before the Magi with the hollow words, “Well, good luck to you, gentlemen, and once you find the king you’re looking for . […]
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” […]
Isaiah 12:2-6
Advent 3C
[…] Jesus and you’ll find God depicted as a landlord, an unjust judge, a farmer, an old woman in search of a lost coin, a waiting father, a banker. Jesus described himself variously as bread, light, a vine, a door, a gate, a road. Not to be outdone, the third person of the Trinity, the […]
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.
1 Corinthians 15:35-38, 42-50
Epiphany 7C
[…] usher his adopted siblings into the glory of the new earth and heaven. Illustration In his review of the movie E.T: The Extra Terrestrial, Calvin College professor Roy Anker describes how ‘A lonely, heartbroken boy, Elliott, all of ten or twelve years old, stumbles upon a … needy creature, a rather funny-looking alien. Elliott’s […]
Luke 15:1-3, 11-32
Lent 4C
[…] just lost but in no danger per se (can a coin even be in danger, I mean aside from falling into the hand of shifty Wall Street bankers?). Still, Jesus is hammering home a central point, a point so vital that he tells not one story but three. As Calvin Seminary Professor of New […]
Luke 15:1-2, 11-32
Lent 4C
[…] just lost but in no danger per se (can a coin even be in danger, I mean aside from falling into the hand of shifty Wall Street bankers?). Still, Jesus is hammering home a central point, a point so vital that he tells not one story but three. As Calvin Seminary professor of New […]
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