Do You Know Sarah Smith? Lectionary 11 February 2018 Transfiguration Sunday 2 Kings 2:1-12 Psalm 50:1-6 2 Corinthians 4:3-6 Mark 9:2-9 Text to Life There are 7.5 billion people on Earth today. At least 1.5 billion speak English, or 20% of the world’s population. Why...
Emergency! Story Lectionary 11 February 2018 The Building of the Tower of Babel (Genesis 11:1-9) Jacob’s Ladder at Bethel (Genesis 28) The Blessing of Ephraim and Manasseh (Genesis 48:12-20) Micaiah’s Prophecy of God’s Deliverance (1 Kings 22) The Prophet Isaiah Tells...
The metaphor of ashes is deeply steeped in Christian tradition. The imposition of ashes begins the “fasting” of Lent. Yet, Jesus was not known as a “faster” but a “feaster.” For when the Bridegroom is here, the Feast is near. Even people within our communities need...
Pierce, O most sweet Lord Jesus, my inmost soul with the most joyous and healthful wound of Thy love, and with true, calm and most holy apostolic charity, that my soul may ever languish and melt with entire love and longing for Thee, may yearn for Thee and for thy...
Hannah Coulter A Novel by Wendell Berry –Review by Teri Hyrkas True confession: Hannah Coulter is the first book by Wendell Berry that I have read. I blush to admit that Berry’s books about the fabled town of Port William, Kentucky, have been on my...
