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5 OT C ~ Is. 6:1-2a, 3-8; Lk 5:1-11 ~ "The Deep" ~ Susan McGurgan, D.Min.
For Simon and James and John, it had been one of those nights. One of those long, cold nights when every fish in the sea seemed to be...
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Feb 44 min read
The Feast of the Presentation of the Lord Lk 2:22-40 ~ Rev. Richard Eslinger, PhD.
There is a structure to biblical praise. Patterns and rituals order the prayer and praise of God’s people. So, in faithfulness to...
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Jan 286 min read
3 OT C ~ "Fulfilled" ~ Lk 1:1-4; 4:14-21, Neh 8:2-4a, 5-6, 8-10 ~ Rev. Benjamin Roberts, D.Min
Last Sunday we heard the first words and the final words of the Mother of Jesus in the Gospel of John. Today, we hear the first words...
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Jan 213 min read
2 OT C ~ "Tidal Wave" ~ Jn 2:1-11 Susan McGurgan, D.Min.
Who knows what really happened that day? Maybe the guests were unusually rowdy, or the party, unexpectedly fun. Maybe the host scrimped...
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Jan 153 min read
The Baptism of the Lord C ~ "Walking in the World Wet" ~ Susan McGurgan, D.Min.
The Gospel of Luke takes us into the wilderness this week, to the banks of the Jordan River, a holy spot of remembrance and hope for the...
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Jan 73 min read
The Nativity of the Lord ~ "Which Shepherd?" ~ Rev. Benjamin Roberts, D.Min.
I have always loved the shepherds in the Christmas story. And it might have a little to do with having played the part of the shepherd...
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Dec 23, 20245 min read
Advent 4 ~ "Journey to the Hill Country" ~ Lk 1:39-45 ~ Rev. Benjamin Roberts, D.Min.
We are almost ready to go to Bethlehem. We are almost ready to look for an inn and to hear the angels and see the shepherds. The trees...
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Dec 16, 20242 min read
Advent 3 C ~ "Emmanuel, the God who Arrives" ~ Susan McGurgan, D.Min.
Advent comes. The beginning of the church year arrives again after a long year of political unrest, religious division, and global...
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Dec 11, 20243 min read
Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe ~ Rev. Benjamin Roberts, D.Min.
I saw her, and I wept. In the summer of 2006, while I was studying the Spanish language in the city of Guanajuato, I traveled to Mexico...
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Dec 10, 20243 min read
Advent 2 C "Prepare the Way in the Wilderness" Lk 3:1-6 ~ Susan McGurgan
A voice in the desert cries, “Prepare the way for the Lord!” So often, when the Word of the Lord comes to us, it arrives—not from the...
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Dec 2, 20244 min read
Advent 1 C Lk. 21:25-27, 34-36 ~ "Raise your Heads and Stand Tall" ~ Rev. Richard Eslinger
Preacher Fred Craddock shaped a sermon for Christmas Eve titled “The Eye of the Storm.” To a community that had been ravaged by a...
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Nov 26, 20246 min read
The Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe B Jn. 18:33b-37 ~ Rev. Richard Eslinger
The trial scene is so familiar—Jesus there before Pilate. Right off, Pilate raises the big question: “Are you the King of the Jews?” ...
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Nov 20, 20245 min read
32 OT B ~ Mk. 12:38-44 ~"Clatter and Clink" ~ Rev. Richard Eslinger
Jesus was once again in the Temple, sitting and watching people tossing their offerings into large brass horn-shaped collection...
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Nov 8, 20246 min read
31 OT B ~ Mk. 12:28b-34 ~ "Not Far From the Kingdom" ~ Rev. Richard Eslinger
Immediately following Jesus’ Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem, the resistance to his teaching and his actions becomes heated. He returns to...
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Oct 29, 20246 min read
30 OT B Mk. 10: 46-52 ~ "The Call" ~ Susan McGurgan, D.Min.
She cringed when she realized that this Sunday’s Gospel was the story of Blind Bartimaeus. Good Old Blind Bart, the beggar by the side of...
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Oct 22, 20244 min read
29 OT B Mk 10:35-45 "Room at the Top" ~ Susan McGurgan, D.Min.
Pick up your school alumni magazine and turn to the “Class Notes” section. Before you have a chance to say, "gee, she sure changed!" you...
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Oct 15, 20243 min read
28th OT B ~ Mk. 10:17-30 ~ "Eye of the Needle" ~ Susan McGurgan, D.Min.
It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven. Ever since Jesus...
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Oct 7, 20245 min read
27 OT B ~ Mk. 10:2-16 "Embraced and Blessed" ~ Rev. Richard Eslinger, PhD
The scene opens with Jesus as the center of attention, again. This time, people are bringing children to him that he might touch them....
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Sep 30, 20246 min read
26 OT B ~Nm 11:25-29 "My Lord, Stop Them!" ~ Susan McGurgan, D.Min.
He’s not one of us, Jesus. They’re outside the tent, Moses. She’s in a different parish, Father. My Lord, stop them! There is something...
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Sep 24, 20244 min read
25 OT B ~ Mk. 9:30-37 ~ "Out of the Book, Into our Lives" ~ Susan McGurgan, D.Min.
High up on the shelf in my Sunday School classroom, there was a picture book about the life of Jesus. It had been written and illustrated...
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Sep 17, 20244 min read
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