Tag: faithfulness
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Reflecting on 1 Kings 18 5-18
We are studying 1 Kings 18:5-18 for Sunday, March 28. This is the story of Elijah’s conversation with Obadiah, a prelude to the prophet Elijah’s face-off with the prophets of Baal at the end of an epic drought. [Some notes on the text are here.] Here are some questions we might want to consider or…
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Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time
What is the difference between a trip and a journey? Our preacher of the day – one of our members, a former Lutheran pastor, who’s come over to the Reformed side, happily for us – asked this question this morning. He answered it by suggesting that a journey is longer than a trip. It involves…
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Questions for Reflection and Discussion – Luke 1 26-38 and 2 21-35
Luke 1:26-38 and Luke 2:21-35 are our texts for Sunday, December 23. Here are a few questions that we might want to consider before or in class: Luke 1:26-38 is a miracle text; the virgin birth is one of the five fundamentals of 1920s American Protestant fundamentalism. What in this text seems most important for…
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Questions for Reflection and Discussion – Genesis 6 9-22
The text we’re studying for Sunday, October 7 is Genesis 6:9-22, which is the first episode in the long story of God and Noah, the ark, the flood, and its aftermath. Here are some questions about the text that we might want to consider in class: In Genesis 6:9, Noah is described as “righteous” and…
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Notes – Genesis 6 5-22
We’ve moved on from creation, and even though we skipped the first murder, we’re up to our necks in evil and violence. The text we’re studying for Sunday, October 7 (which is also World Communion Sunday, by the way) is Genesis 6:9b-22, the beginning of the story of the flood. Here are my study notes…
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Images of Faithfulness
The images we have in our minds when we think about things or answer questions make some difference. Maybe we ask ourselves “What does it mean to be faithful?” or “Am I being faithful here?” And when we answer this question, maybe we think of ourselves as house-sitters (like, for instance, Mark 13:34-37) – so…
Matters of Interpretation 