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Lent 5

| Sound Theology | 1 comment

This week’s Suite #5 in C minor echoes a journey of pain or worry, sadness or contemplation. Unlike the D minor suite (#2), which sometimes feely jaunty, C minor settles into the weightiness of the minor key. In this suite, Bach uses a special technique to emphasize...

Lent 4

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Sound Theology #183 – Lent 4 In the fourth Cello Suite, Bach takes us on an unexpected journey. The suite is nominally in the key of E-flat major throughout its seven movements, returning to the home key at the end of each movement. It is grounded and solid,...
The Politics of Love

The Politics of Love

| Story Sermon

Story Lectionary 7 April 2019 The 5th Week of Jesus’ Journey to the Cross Abimelek’s Warning Vision Regarding Sarah (Genesis 20) Pharaoh’s Warning Dreams of Famine (Genesis 41) Washing of Hands in Atonement (Deuteronomy 21:1-8) Israel Wants a King (1 Samuel 8-9) David...
The Love Drug

The Love Drug

| Master Sermons

The Love Drug Lectionary7 April 20195th Sunday in LentIsaiah 43:16-21Psalm 126Philippians 3:4b-14John 12:1-8Text to Life There is no doubt we are facing a towering and tottering number of humanitarian, social, economic, environmental, and political crises in this...