Tag: mission
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Reflecting on Luke 4 14-22
We are studying Luke 4:14-22, Jesus’s announcement of his mission, for Sunday, January 3. [Some notes on the text are here.] Here are some questions we might want to consider or discuss: In v14, Luke specifically tells us that Jesus is “filled with the power of the Spirit.” The similar idea of the Spirit of […]
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Nudges Past Inertia
The Peacemaking Offering always makes me think of the Hennessies. Anne was a welcoming fellow alto when I started singing with the choir. She made me feel like I wasn’t completely incompetent, by sharing the secret that listening to the people around you to stay on pitch is not only not cheating, it’s what everyone […]
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Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time
A long day, but a good one. We were fortunate to have Rev. Dennis Smith, with whom our congregation has had a mission relationship for many years, visit and come study the Bible with us and preach on Mark 8:27-38 and stay for brunch and fill us in on how things are going in S. […]
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Toxic Charity
Lupton, Robert D. Toxic Charity: How Churches and Charities Hurt Those They Help (And How to Reverse It). New York: HarperCollins, 2011. [An installment of the “Read Me” Project] I don’t remember how this book got on the “read me” shelf. Presumably because it seemed relevant to church issues. Lupton’s main point is that a […]
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Promoting Peacemaking
Just learned that the PC(USA) is offering a number of resources focusing on peacemaking, including Bible Study curriculum and daily devotions, leading up to World Communion Sunday, the first Sunday in October (this year, October 2). They are available at the Season of Peace website
Matters of Interpretation 