The Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost, At-Home Service for August 22nd
There is a connection between that news story and today’s First Reading from the Book of Joshua. The book has often been understood as a story about Israel’s conquest and possession of the Holy...
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Mary Mother of Our Lord, The Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost, At-Home Service for August 15th
Today we remember Mary, the Mother of God. We remember what the Bible says about her, that “all generations will call blessed.” Martin Luther taught that we should, “…praise and thank God through...
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The Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost, At-Home Service for August 8th
It would seem impossible to have heard the passage about the Canaanite woman and not make a comparison with what was heard last week concerning Peter. Jesus said to the Canaanite woman, “…great is...
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The Tenth Sunday after Pentecost, At-Home Service for August 1st
One word that may have been used more than any other in that passage read from Matthew (14:22-33) was fear. Even though life is very different for us now than it was for Peter...
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The Ninth Sunday after Pentecost, At-Home Service for July 25th
There are things that get noticed, and then there are the things we don’t want anyone to notice. For example, I generally don’t want to be noticed when I go to the Giant Eagle...
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