richbrownforewords.wordpress.com
8/2/2015 One in Christ | ForeWords
https://richbrownforewords.wordpress.com/2015/07/30/822015
Lectionary Musings within the Community of Christ. Rich’s Next Book. Rich’s Book on Paul. 7/26/2015 Our Gifts Are Multiplied. 8/9/2015 Live in Love →. 8/2/2015 One in Christ. July 30, 2015. Ordinary Time (Proper 13). This week’s lectionary epistle passage is all about this social/religious balance and tension. The writer of Ephesians had this to say:. So many congregations today are, frankly, tired–tired of fighting internal battles, tired of the struggle to pay the utility bills, tired of demands ...
richbrownforewords.wordpress.com
6/21/2015 Come in the Name of the Lord | ForeWords
https://richbrownforewords.wordpress.com/2015/06/18/6212015
Lectionary Musings within the Community of Christ. Rich’s Next Book. Rich’s Book on Paul. 6/14/2015 See with God’s Eyes. 6/28/21015 Act in Faith →. 6/21/2015 Come in the Name of the Lord. June 18, 2015. Ordinary Time (Proper 7). 1 Samuel 17:(1a, 4-11, 19-23, 32-49). There’s probably no Bible story more familiar to more people than that of David and Goliath. If you’ve ever spent any time in Sunday school, vacation Bible school, or in front of a TV for an animated religious video you’ve heard it. David is ...
richbrownforewords.wordpress.com
Rich Brown | ForeWords
https://richbrownforewords.wordpress.com/author/isaacspress
Lectionary Musings within the Community of Christ. Rich’s Next Book. Rich’s Book on Paul. Author Archives: Rich Brown. Rich Brown is a writer and editor, husband and father, minister and semi-voracious reader, gardener and novice fly fisherman, American and Canadian citizen, living in the southeastern corner of the Kansas City suburbs. 9/4/2016 Discipleship Comes First. September 1, 2016. Available from Amazon.com. And Barnes and Noble online. Now available as an Amazon Kindle and B&N Nook e-book! New Pe...
richbrownforewords.wordpress.com
08/16/2015 Sing to the Lord | ForeWords
https://richbrownforewords.wordpress.com/2015/08/13/08162015
Lectionary Musings within the Community of Christ. Rich’s Next Book. Rich’s Book on Paul. 8/9/2015 Live in Love. 08/16/2015 Sing to the Lord. August 13, 2015. Ordinary Time (Proper 15). 1 Kings 2:10-12, 3:3-14. During our teenage years he and I regularly played piano-organ duets at church. Fast-forward several decades to find that several times a year I take my turn at the piano in my home congregation. What once was my primary involvement in church is now a relatively infrequent occurrence. Was released...
richbrownforewords.wordpress.com
7/19/2015 Proclaim Peace | ForeWords
https://richbrownforewords.wordpress.com/2015/07/16/7192015-proclaim-peace
Lectionary Musings within the Community of Christ. Rich’s Next Book. Rich’s Book on Paul. 7/12/2015 Set Your Hope on Christ. 7/26/2015 Our Gifts Are Multiplied →. July 16, 2015. Ordinary Time (Proper 11). Mark 6:30-34, 53-56. Before getting too far into this week’s lectionary passage from Ephesians, let’s pause for a bit of poetry from Robert Frost:. And so, with that as background, let’s now consider the words of the Ephesian writer:. Israeli separation wall isolates Palestinian areas. Chosen to be Holy.
richbrownforewords.wordpress.com
7/26/2015 Our Gifts Are Multiplied | ForeWords
https://richbrownforewords.wordpress.com/2015/07/23/7262015
Lectionary Musings within the Community of Christ. Rich’s Next Book. Rich’s Book on Paul. 8/2/2015 One in Christ →. 7/26/2015 Our Gifts Are Multiplied. July 23, 2015. Ordinary Time (Proper 12). 8221; He said this to test him, for he himself knew what he was going to do. For Jesus, proclaiming that the kingdom of God was coming near meant both healing of body, mind, and spirit. Rich Brown is a writer and editor, husband and father, minister and semi-voracious reader, gardener and novice fly fisherman, Ame...
richbrownforewords.wordpress.com
7/12/2015 Set Your Hope on Christ | ForeWords
https://richbrownforewords.wordpress.com/2015/07/10/7122015
Lectionary Musings within the Community of Christ. Rich’s Next Book. Rich’s Book on Paul. 7/5/2015 Called to Mission. 7/19/2015 Proclaim Peace →. 7/12/2015 Set Your Hope on Christ. July 10, 2015. Ordinary Time (Proper 10). 2 Samuel 6:1-15, 12-19b,. This week’s lectionary passage from Ephesians is one of the great hymns/poems/doxologies in the entire Bible. In its original Greek, these twelve verses were one long sentence. Indeed, this is the abundant life Jesus spoke about, as recorded in John 10:10.
richbrownforewords.wordpress.com
Rich’s Next Book | ForeWords
https://richbrownforewords.wordpress.com/richs-next-book
Lectionary Musings within the Community of Christ. Rich’s Next Book. Rich’s Book on Paul. Rich’s Next Book. Currently I’m working on a scripture-study book, with an emphasis on the Old Testament, as follow-up to. What Was Paul Thinking? Prophets and Prophetic People: How Ancient Hebrews Can Help 21st-Century Christian Communities Survive Exile. Some 2,000 years after the time of Jesus, Christianity has become, at least for many people, all about personal salvation and a way to escape the trials and tribu...
richbrownforewords.wordpress.com
Isaac’s Press | ForeWords
https://richbrownforewords.wordpress.com/isaacs-press
Lectionary Musings within the Community of Christ. Rich’s Next Book. Rich’s Book on Paul. Was created to produce quality curricula for progressive Christians. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Address never made public). You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. ( Log Out. You are commenting using your Twitter account. ( Log Out. You are commenting using your Facebook account. ( Log Out. Notify me of new posts via email.
richbrownforewords.wordpress.com
6/28/21015 Act in Faith | ForeWords
https://richbrownforewords.wordpress.com/2015/06/27/62821015
Lectionary Musings within the Community of Christ. Rich’s Next Book. Rich’s Book on Paul. 6/21/2015 Come in the Name of the Lord. 7/5/2015 Called to Mission →. 6/28/21015 Act in Faith. June 27, 2015. Ordinary Time (Proper 8). 2 Samuel 1:1, 17-27. First there is the story of Jairus, a leader of the local synagogue (apparently not all of the “leaders” of the Jews opposed Jesus, after all):. No sooner does Mark get started on this story than it’s interrupted by a much stranger healing story:. 8217; ” ...
