Free, Home, and Oh So Thankful –Guest Sermon by Judge Jesse Caldwell Lectionary 5 November 2017 22nd Sunday After Pentecost All Saints Day Joshua 3:7-17 Psalm 107:1-7, 33-37 1 Thessalonians 2:9-13 Matthew 23:1-12 Text to Life Two weeks ago, when David Letterman was...
Life Under the Cloudbank Lectionary 29 October 2017 21st Sunday After Pentecost Reformation Sunday / All Saints Day Deuteronomy 34:1-12 Psalm 90:1-6, 13-17 1 Thessalonians 2:1-8 Matthew 22:34-46 Text to Life Only two more days until we celebrate a big holiday. Of...
Always Sideways Lectionary 22 October 2017 20th Sunday After Pentecost Exodus 33:12-23 Psalm 99 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10 Matthew 22:15-22 Text to Life In 2004 a small “sleeper” movie called “Sideways” made an unexpectedly big hit. It was a movie that flirted with...
Stone Standard or Gold Standard? Lectionary 15 October 2017 19th Sunday After Pentecost Exodus 32:1-14 Psalm 106:1-6, 19-23 Philippians 4:1-9 Matthew 22:1-14 Text to Life What a season of violence, vengeance, and vortexes! This trifecta has come both from the state of...
Implantation Leads to Impartation: Blessed to Bless Lectionary 8 October 2017 Eighteenth Sunday After Pentecost Exodus 20:1-4, 7-9, 12-20 Psalm 19 Philippians 3:4b-14 Matthew 21:33-46 Text to Life The Bible has a lot to say about faith and finances. Even when it...
Bend the Knee Lectionary 1 October 2017 17th Sunday After Pentecost World Communion Sunday Exodus 17:1-7 Psalm 78:1-4, 12-16 Philippians 2:1-13 Matthew 21:23-32 Text to Life It is soccer season. Okay, yes, it is also football season again. Finally. But for parents...