Pentecost 6 Lessons and Meditation
6TH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST 07-12-2020 FIRST READING: Isaiah 55:10-13 The first part of the Book of Isaiah contained announcements of God’s judgment against his unfaithful nation, the southern kingdom […]
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Pentecost 5 Lessons & Meditation
FIRST READING: Zechariah 9:9-12 For the Jewish faith, this text represents either some time during the 70 years of sorrowful exile in Babylon or the post-exilic years when they return […]
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Fourth Sunday After Pentecost Lessons & Meditation
FIRST READING: Jeremiah 28:5-9 In last Sunday’s reading (Jeremiah 20:7-13) the prophet Jeremiah was discouraged and disheartened. He blamed God for forcing him into a preaching ministry that only brought […]
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Third Sunday After Pentecost Lessons & Meditations
FIRST READING: Jeremiah 20:7-13 Jeremiah has a vocational crisis at the mid-point of his ministry as a prophet. He feels caught in the middle, squeezed between a God who has […]
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Second Sunday After Pentecost Lessons & Meditation
FIRST READING: Exodus 19:2-8a [Delivered for a purpose – God’s covenant of love.] Three months along on their “freedom march” after being delivered by God out from Egypt and […]
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The Holy Trinity | Pentecost 1 | Lessons and Meditation
FIRST READING: Genesis 1:1—2:4a [The power of God’s love – in the beginning, God created!] Genesis is sometimes called the “Book of Beginnings” because so many origins are discussed […]
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Pentecost Sunday Lessons & Meditations
THE DAY OF PENTECOST 05-31-2020 FIRST READING: Acts 2:1-21 (FLAMES IN OUR HAIR AND FIRE IN OUR BLOOD!) Ten days after the ascension of Jesus, a hidden community […]
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Seventh Sunday of Easter Lessons and Meditation
FIRST READING: Acts 1:6-14 [A PROMISE of power to wait for!] A few verses before, in Acts 1:3, the author of Luke and Acts tells us that Jesus appeared […]
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Sixth Sunday of Easter Lessons and Meditations
FIRST READING: Acts 17:22-31 Paul the missionary had essentially been chased 200 miles south to Athens by opposition to his preaching and teaching about Jesus. The city of Athens, with […]