Last week we listened to an American Alleluia. This week, the echo of Canadian Leonard Cohen’s Halleluiah is still reverberating, many days after the announcement of his death. I attended one of Cohen’s performances in 2013. At 79, Cohen was full of joy, dancing onto...
A woman complained to her psychiatrist that she as constantly itching. Curiously, the itching seemed to be especially bothersome when she was in church. “Why do I itch all the time?” she asked. IN due course, the psychiatrist became aware of the woman’s deep-rooted...
Translucent Grace Story Lectionary 20 November 2016 Jesus’ Transfiguration Jacob Anoints the Altar at El Bethel (Genesis 35) Tablets of Stone from the Mountain of the Lord (Exodus 24) The Construction of the Stone Foundation for Solomon’s Temple (1 Kings 5) Balaam and...
Bottoms Up! Lectionary 20 November 2016 Christ the King Sunday Jeremiah 23:1-6 Luke 1:68-79 Colossians 1:11-20 Luke 23:33-43 Thanksgiving Deuteronomy 26:1-11 Psalm 100 Philippians 4:4-9 John 6:25-35 Text to Life Whose got the power? For the past year and a half that...
Lord, make me an instrument of Thy peace; Where there is hatred, let me sow love; Where there is injury, pardon; Where there is error, the truth; Where there is doubt, the faith; Where there is despair, hope; Where there is darkness, light; And where there is sadness,...
