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Letters on loss, healing, and the mystery of being alive —
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  • Finding a place to stand and watch. Luke 21:25-36 Advent 1c

    Luke 21:25-36 “There will be signs in the sun, the moon, and the stars, and on the earth distress among nations confused by the roaring of the sea and the waves. People will faint from fear and foreboding of what is coming upon the world, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken. Then…

  • All the Saints who did not despair. John 11:1-45 All Saints Day

    John 11:1-45 Now a certain man was ill, Lazarus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. Mary was the one who anointed the Lord with perfume and wiped his feet with her hair; her brother Lazarus was ill. So the sisters sent a message to Jesus, “Lord, he whom you love is…

  • “Could we also regain our vision?” Mark 10:46-52 Ordinary 30B

    “Could we also regain our vision?” Mark 10:46-52 Ordinary 30B

    Mark 10:46-52 They came to Jericho. As he and his disciples and a large crowd were leaving Jericho, Bartimaeus son of Timaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting by the roadside. When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to shout out and say, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!” Many…

  • Everyone needs an enemy! Mark 10:35-45 Ordinary 29B

    Mark 10:35-45 James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came forward to him and said to him, “Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask of you.” And he said to them, “What is it you want me to do for you?” And they said to him, “Grant us to sit, one…

  • Let’s divorce God for causing this suffering! Job 2:1-10 Mark 10 2-16 Ordinary 27B

    Job 1:1 1 There was once a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. That man was blameless and upright, one who feared God and turned away from evil. Job 2:1-10 One day the heavenly beings came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came among them to present himself…

  • “Here’s looking at you, kid.” Mark 9:30-37 Ordinary 25B

    “Here’s looking at you, kid.” Mark 9:30-37 Ordinary 25B

    Mark 9:30-37 They went on from there and passed through Galilee. He did not want anyone to know it; for he was teaching his disciples, saying to them, “The Son of Man is to be betrayed into human hands, and they will kill him, and three days after being killed, he will rise again.” But…

  • “The Lullaby Gospel” John 6:56-69 Ordinary 21B

    John 6:56-69 Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood abide in me, and I in them. Just as the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so whoever eats me will live because of me. This is the bread that came down from heaven, not like that which your…

  • Cannibal or Mystical? Ordinary 20b John 6:51-58

    John 6:51-58 I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats of this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.” The Jews then disputed among themselves, saying, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?” So Jesus…

  • What beggars know about bread. John 6:35-51 Ordinary 19b

    John 6:35-51 Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty. But I said to you that you have seen me and yet do not believe. Everything that the Father gives me will come to me, and…

  • Jesus the Janitor? John 6:24-35 – Ordinary 18B

    John 6:24-35 So when the crowd saw that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, they themselves got into the boats and went to Capernaum looking for Jesus. When they found him on the other side of the sea, they said to him, “Rabbi, when did you come here?” Jesus answered them, “Very truly, I…