Category Archives: Epiphany
My Father’s Hands
Mark 9:2-9 – the 7th Sunday of Epiphany/Transfiguration Sunday – for February 19, 2012 “…This is my Son, the Beloved; listen to him!” (Mark 9:7) (Written after visits with my father on January 31 & February 1. He died a … Continue reading
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Doubting Easy
2 Kings 5:1-14 – 6th Sunday after Epiphany – for February 12, 2012 “So he went down and immersed himself seven times in the Jordan…” (2 Kings 5:14) In Luke’s Gospel (4:27) Jesus mentioned Naaman once. Jesus used the old … Continue reading
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You Cannot Be Serious
Psalm 147:1-11, 20c – 5th Sunday after Epiphany – for February 5, 2012 “The Lord God builds up Jerusalem; he gathers the outcasts of Israel.” (Psalm 147:2) When or where, and from whom, did I first hear . . . … Continue reading
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Not Limp, Tame, Cautious or Safe
Mark 1: 21-28 – The 4th Sunday after Epiphany – for January 29, 2012 “They were all amazed, and they kept on asking one another, ‘What is this…’” (Mark 1:27) I entered the post office. Waiting in line, I grasped … Continue reading
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As Is
Mark 1:14-20 – for the 3rd Sunday after Epiphany – January 22, 2012 “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God has come near…” (Mark 1:15) It could be said—only jokingly, of course—that if the New Testament is the … Continue reading
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