O Soverign and almighty Lord, bless all your people, and all your flock. Give your peace, your help, your love to us your servants, the sheep of your fold, that we may be united in the bond of peace and love, one body and one spirit, in one hope of our calling, in...
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City By Matthew Desmond –Review by Paula Jones Around 380 BC Plato wrote, “Our current state of affairs reduces to poverty men born for better things.” This short sentence summarizes Harvard Sociologist Matthew...
Want to Improve Your Public Speaking Skills? There’s an App For That Summary: “Users record themselves, and using artificial intelligence, the app rates them on how clearly they speak, whether they vary their voice intonation, and whether they use filler words such as...
Stuck in the Storm Lectionary 13 August 2017 10th Sunday After Pentecost Genesis 37:1-4, 12-28 Psalm 105:1-6, 16-22, 45b Romans 10:5-15 Matthew 14:22-33 Text to Life Beware of anyone who tells you that everything, or anything, is divided into three points. That said,...
The Raising of Paul (and the Raising of the Church) Story Lectionary 13 August 2017 Jacob’s Hip is Injured Wrestling with God (Genesis 32:22-32) Psalm 80: The Son of Man is Coming Psalm 95: Praise and Warning Psalm 146: The Mission of the Messiah Daniel’s Vision of...
