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Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time/Proper 16
Sunday, August 22, 2010
Lisa W. Davison
The people who returned to Jerusalem from exile in Babylon, in the sixth century b.c.e., were focused on rebuilding the city, especially the Temple. During the years of living as strangers in the strange land of Babylon, the exiles had envisioned restoring the former capitol of David's kingdom to the grandeur it enjoyed before the Babylonians destroyed it in 586 b.c.e. After suffering the loss of... Read more...
Gary E. Peluso-Verdend
In the last four to five decades, the American church has focused on a sense of loss in regard to Sabbath. The church once enjoyed an unofficial establishment with the state supporting at least some of the church's calendar, especially at Christmas and on Sundays. Then that state support waned as Sunday closing laws gave way to entertainment, commercial, and leisure activities. Movie theaters... Read more...
Jeanne Stevenson-Moessner
Pastors often preach on God's unconditional love. This passage from Isaiah, however, presents God's conditions for authentic worship. This pericope is constructed with a series of "ifs" and "thens." For example, "If you refrain from trampling the Sabbath ... then you shall take delight in the Lord." Thus conditions are set for true spirituality in worship. There is conditional assurance of... 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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