Blessings and Woes: A Sermon on Luke’s Beatitudes for Epiphany 6C
These words are too easily put in service to the Empire rather than the work of liberation.
These words are too easily put in service to the Empire rather than the work of liberation.
Do not demand agape, a deep, transforming love, if what is on offer is phileos, a binding, affectionate love. An Epiphany 5C sermon starter.
If healing, wholeness, forgiveness, unity, mercy do not result from our actions, then our actions are not the way of agape, the way of Christ.
We are to include and welcome those who cannot see their own value and those who have been devalued by the world.
The problem is that most of us do not alter our roads home after we encounter Empire; we just continue on as if nothing happened.
Mary and Joseph lost Jesus. Before we judge we should ask if we know where Jesus is.
This is a pastoral prayer based on the Magnificat for Advent 4C.
Putting on garments of beauty and God’s glory doesn’t come naturally.
Advent calendar 2021 and weekly Advent prayers Year C
If we watch the news, it’s easy to conclude that we are on the brink of a biblical apocalypse. There is war and always rumors of more. Then there are fires, floods, earthquakes, famine, and more. Add in pandemic and those who look to the Bible to predict the way of things will tell us … Read More