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the 5th sunday after epiphany the PRAYER. . . Most holy God, the earth is filled with your glory, and before you angels and saints stand in awe. Enlarge our vision to see your power at work in the world,…
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the 5th sunday after epiphany the PRAYER. . . Most holy God, the earth is filled with your glory, and before you angels and saints stand in awe. Enlarge our vision to see your power at work in the world,…
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10 February 2019 Luke 5. 1-11Nets are about the fishing, not the fish! Well, here we go, again. The latest figures I’ve heard? There are around three hundred fifty thousand congregations scattered across the good, old, U.S. of A. The…
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the 4th sunday after epiphany the PRAYER. . . Almighty and ever-living God, increase in us the gifts of faith, hope, and love; and that we may obtain what you promise, make us love what you command, through your Son,…
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03 February 2019 Luke 4. 21-30Christ and Church proclaim life to those who need it.Period. End of sentence. Last Sunday, we read the first part of a story. A story that was – that is – according to Luke, the…
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the 3rd sunday after epiphany the PRAYER. . . Blessed Lord God, you have caused the holy scriptures to be written for the nourishment of your people. Grant that we may hear them, read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them,…
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27 January 2019 Luke 4. 14-21Christ and Church proclaim life. Period. End of sentence. I’ve spend most of a career, now, preaching my way through the bible, one passage at a time, Sunday after Sunday after Sunday. And after all…
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the 2nd sunday after epiphany the PRAYER. . . Lord God, source of every blessing, you showed forth your glory and led many to faith by the works of your Son, who brought gladness and salvation to his people. Transform…
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20 January 2019 John 2. 1-11Life is determined not by the things we do, but by Jesus. Well, this week, I got all the way through the gospel before anything jumped out at me. And when it did, it wasn’t…
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the baptism of our lord the PRAYER. . . Almighty God, you anointed Jesus at his baptism with the Holy Spirit and revealed him as your beloved Son. Keep all who are born of water and the Spirit faithful in…
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13 January 2019 Luke 3. 15-17, 21-22The chaff produces the grain! A couple decades back, when I was up in Lubbock, I asked the kids, one Sunday morning, where bread came from. They looked at me like it was a…
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