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Emerging Lectionary Thoughts: March 2011
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Some thoughts on the Bible readings found in the Revised Common Lectionary. Tuesday, March 22, 2011. The kind of response we might have expected from the town could have been, "Who do you think you are with your immoral life? Are we offering spirit and truth, or perhaps more importantly are we ourselves drinking of the eternal life, the spirit and truth that Jesus brings to us and this world; a spirit and truth that prevents us from seeing anyone else as lesser than ourselves, because of their gender, re...
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Emerging Lectionary Thoughts: April 2012
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Some thoughts on the Bible readings found in the Revised Common Lectionary. Friday, April 20, 2012. You are witnesses of these things (v48) Witnesses of what? The words of a poem by William Butler Yeats are powerfully channelled by Mike Scott in this song echoing words that speak of a world that witnesses the injustice and oppression of human beings. If people don't give witness the stones will cry out (Luke 19:40). Let the earth bear witness. Labels: Let the earth bear witness. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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Emerging Lectionary Thoughts: December 2011
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Some thoughts on the Bible readings found in the Revised Common Lectionary. Friday, December 30, 2011. Luke 1: 26-38 and Matthew 1:18-25. Luke 1:26-38 and Matthew 1:18-25. 8220;Look the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall call him Emmanuel” which means God is with us. Matthew 1:23. 8221; But the man replied “No, Christmas and Easter”. This year I don’t have to worry about that as I am not speaking on Christmas day or Christmas Eve. I don’t have to worry that my message is...8221; The ang...
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Emerging Lectionary Thoughts: John 6:51-58
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Some thoughts on the Bible readings found in the Revised Common Lectionary. Thursday, August 16, 2012. Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood have eternal life… whoever eats me will live because of me. I was reading this passage in preparation for our weekly Holy Communion and prayer for healing service at. I looked back over my notes on this lectionary reading from 2009 and I read how I had much the same reaction. This passage confronts. As a vegetarian it is not too my taste. In eating this food we ...
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Emerging Lectionary Thoughts: March 2012
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Some thoughts on the Bible readings found in the Revised Common Lectionary. Monday, March 26, 2012. THE TRUTH ABOUT VIOLENCE. I recently went to the Merrigong Theatre (. To see the play ‘The Boys’. The relationships in the story, whether between men and women, between men and other men, or between parent and child are dominated by violence which continually plays itself out as a never ending cycle of violence. Can the cycle of violence be broken? If we violently oppose violence we inevitably play its game.
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Emerging Lectionary Thoughts: January 2012
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Some thoughts on the Bible readings found in the Revised Common Lectionary. Thursday, January 26, 2012. Some episodes of Doctor Who remind me of stories about Jesus. The presence of the Doctor seems to disturb things that are hidden and secret, things that control the minds and hearts and even the bodies of not just individuals but the population of entire worlds. As soon as Jesus enters the synagogue in. How does a story like this relate to us? Were they in tune with the need for transformation, of thro...
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Emerging Lectionary Thoughts: John 2:13-22
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Some thoughts on the Bible readings found in the Revised Common Lectionary. Tuesday, March 13, 2012. The best bits of this are the Rene Girard quotes at the end). And headed to the. As one would on a pilgrimage to. For the Passover). What does the story of Jesus making a whip and driving out all the cattle and sheep and people involved in selling them out of the. He got stuck into those who were in the. Are we acting justly within the church? How are we treating people who are poorer? Some see his visit ...
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Emerging Lectionary Thoughts: John 12:20-33
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Some thoughts on the Bible readings found in the Revised Common Lectionary. Monday, March 26, 2012. THE TRUTH ABOUT VIOLENCE. I recently went to the Merrigong Theatre (. To see the play ‘The Boys’. The relationships in the story, whether between men and women, between men and other men, or between parent and child are dominated by violence which continually plays itself out as a never ending cycle of violence. Can the cycle of violence be broken? If we violently oppose violence we inevitably play its game.
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Emerging Lectionary Thoughts: August 2012
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Some thoughts on the Bible readings found in the Revised Common Lectionary. Thursday, August 16, 2012. Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood have eternal life… whoever eats me will live because of me. I was reading this passage in preparation for our weekly Holy Communion and prayer for healing service at. I looked back over my notes on this lectionary reading from 2009 and I read how I had much the same reaction. This passage confronts. As a vegetarian it is not too my taste. In eating this food we ...
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