Tag Archives: Bible
Intimate and Affectionate
Genesis 17:1-7, 15-17 – The 2nd Sunday of Lent – for March 4, 2012 “I will bless her, and she shall give rise to nations; kings of people will come from her.” (Genesis 17:16) And thus the Lord appeared to … Continue reading
Filed under Lectionary - Year B, Lent
See Jane Run…
Mark 1:9-15 – 1st Sunday of Lent – for February 26, 2012 “…Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan.” (Mark 1:9) I was baptized once. No, hundreds of times. Raised in the American … Continue reading
Filed under Lectionary - Year B, Lent
L is for . . .
Literal or Literary (and a smidgen about Transfiguration for that upcoming Sunday) I confess…I hesitate about taking miracles literally. Jesus lived in a “pre-scientific” world. If something couldn’t be explained, it was labeled a miracle. Additionally, others beside Jesus were … 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
Filed under Epiphany, Lectionary - Year B
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
Filed under Epiphany, Lectionary - Year B
