Stumbling Gracefully: One Woman’s Quest to Have Faith without Having all the Answers
Sunday, July 21, 2024
Sermon: "The Passage That Doesn't End", 1 John 5:1-5 (July 21, 2024)
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1 John,
Cycle,
Love,
narrative lectionary,
NL Summer,
Song that Doesn't End,
Songs
Tuesday, July 16, 2024
Liturgy: 9th Sunday After Pentecost, 1 John 5:1-5 (July 21, 2024)
*You are welcome to use or adapt any of my resources for free, but I ask that you provide proper citation AND comment on this post to let me know.*
Hymn GTG #110, “Love Has Come”
Hymn GTG #137, “He Came Down”
Hymn GTG #372, “O for a World”
Hymn GTG #720, “Jesus Calls Us”
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1 John,
Commandment,
Epistle,
Love,
narrative lectionary,
New Testament,
NL Summer
Sunday, July 7, 2024
Sermon: "Aaaaand ACTION!", 1 John 3:16-24 (July 7, 2024)
As some of you may remember, this past week was the biennial gathering of General Assembly, the national governing body of our denomination. This probably doesn’t seem like a big deal to most of you, but many clergy (myself included) watch the livestream of these meetings with the same fervor that regular people follow the Olympics. (In fact, I’m all but certain that I watched a lot more of GA than I’ll watch of the actual Olympics later this summer.) Anyway, the gathered body addressed many topics over the course of four VERY full days, including everything from online worship to divestment from the fossil fuel industry to an official policy of non-discrimination against our LGBT+ siblings. And while of course everyone always waits with bated breath to learn how the assembly will vote, in my opinion, the most riveting part of GA is actually the debate. It’s the most nuanced way to “check the pulse” of the denomination as a whole, and it’s where you can most clearly see the Holy Spirit moving throughout the week.
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1 John,
Action,
Love,
narrative lectionary,
New Testament,
NL Summer,
Sermon,
Words
Tuesday, July 2, 2024
Liturgy: 7th Sunday After Pentecost, 1 John 3:16-24 (July 7, 2024)
*You are welcome to use or adapt any of my resources for free, but I ask that you provide proper citation AND comment on this post to let me know.*
Hymn GTG #308, “O God in Whom All Life Begins”
Hymn GTG #328, “Praise God, All You Nations”
Hymn GTG #757, “Today We All Are Called to Be Disciples”
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1 John,
Epistle,
Love,
narrative lectionary,
New Testament,
NL Summer
Sunday, June 30, 2024
Sermon: “As It Was in the Beginning…", Ezekiel 7:1-12 (& Genesis 2:4-14/Revelation 22:1-5) (June 30, 2024)
Although we don’t usually use them in our liturgy here at Boone, these words that we just sang, first in the Jam Session and then again just now, are one of the oldest prayers in the Christian Church, dating back to at least the 4th century CE. It’s usually called the Gloria Patri (which is Latin for “Glory to the Father”). How many of you have heard it before today? When I was growing up, we sang these words every week in worship, over and over again until they became permanently imprinted on my subconscious. But for some reason, I don’t recall singing it at all in the years since. In fact, I kind of think I forgot all about it. The only reason it resurfaced in my memory at all is because of this passage from Ezekiel.
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Ezekiel,
First Testament,
Genesis,
Gloria Patri,
life,
narrative lectionary,
NL Summer,
Old Testament,
Revelation,
River,
Sermon
Wednesday, June 26, 2024
Liturgy: 6th Sunday After Pentecost, Ezekiel 47:1-12 (June 30, 2024)
*You are welcome to use or adapt any of my resources for free, but I ask that you provide proper citation AND comment on this post to let me know.*
Hymn GTG #393, “O Day of Rest and Gladness”
Hymn GTG #580, “Glory Be to the Father”
Hymn GTG #375, “Shall We Gather at the River”
Hymn GTG #484, “Out of Deep Unordered Water”
Labels:
Ezekiel,
First Testament,
narrative lectionary,
NL Summer,
Old Testament,
River,
Water
Sunday, June 23, 2024
Sermon: “Unexcused Absence”, Leviticus 26:2-5, 10-20, 34-35, 40-45 (June 23, 2024)
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Directing,
First Testament,
Leviticus,
narrative lectionary,
NL Summer,
Old Testament,
Planning,
Schedule,
Sermon,
System,
Theater
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