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Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time/Proper 11
Sunday, July 18, 2010
Karl Allen Kuhn
One of the more salient interpretive issues facing readers of Genesis 18:1-10a is how to account for its purpose within the narrative, given that it repeats much of the same material addressed in God's conversation with Abraham in 17:15-22. A source critic would consider it a doublet that originated from a source (Yahwist) different from that of the previous chapter (Priestly), and perhaps... Read more...
Rebecca J. Kruger Gaudino
This story of Abraham and Sarah's hospitality to God is a marvelous companion piece to the story of Mary and Martha (please see more comments below in my discussion of the Gospel reading from Luke). In Genesis, we have a narrative about the mystery of Presence. How do we make sense of the three men/the Lord/the "they" who seem to speak as a chorus to Abraham and Sarah? Clearly, Jewish doctrine... Read more...
Richard P. Carlson
A dynamic that runs throughout scripture is the tensive relationship between God's promises and outward circumstances. God had promised to make a great nation of Abraham (12:2), but Abraham is getting old as is Sarah, his wife, who also happens to be barren. In the prior chapter, Abraham was told that God would provide a son through Sarah (17:15-16). Abraham takes this as a divine joke (even... Read more...
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A View from the Hill: Editor's Weblog
David B. Lott
Editor of New Proclamation
The Ascension of Our Lord /
Seventh Sunday of Easter
May 25/May 28, 2006
The texts that become the focus for your preaching this week will depend in large part in how (and if) your congregation celebrates the Ascension. Some churches will commemorate this festival on its designated day, May 25. Others will take the "moveable feast" option and celebrate it on Sunday, rather than continue the Easter progression... Read more...
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