Sunday comes again, this time the last Sunday of the Liturgical Year. How will you celebrate? As you work on your sermon this week, how can we help? What does your congregation need from you? What is the word you are being called to offer? As we finish the year, will you follow the Revised… Read More
Waiting for newness
We have been renovating a house for almost two years, and when I went to see how the painter was going this week, I was met by this family of ducks. It made my morning. The Narrative this week is about justice rolling down like a river, and the RCL includes one of my favourite… Read More
11th Hour Preaching Party
November 7, 2021 All Saints Sunday or Pentecost 24 For All the Saints! It’s Wednesday evening in my part of the world and I’m pleasantly surprised to be sitting at my computer with a smile on my face. I’m surprised because it was my goal to complete this blog post this morning, not this evening… Read More
11th Hour Preacher Party – Praise, Praise, Praise??
As I write, it is stupid early on Friday morning; and I am writing now because once again this week I have a stupid busy day. And once again, if I don’t do something on the “normal” task list for the week then it will get left behind. “Normally” at least in these para pandemic,… Read More
11th Hour Preacher Party: What Do You Want Me to Do?
In the RCL reading, Jesus asks Bartimaeus, “what do you want me to do?” Today I ask, what do you want us to do? As you work on your sermon this week, how can we help? What does your congregation need from you? What is the word you are being called to offer? During this… Read More
11th Hour Preacher Party: Whoever You Are
Preachers, how are you bringing the Word to your congregations this week? So many of the readings reflect questions of identity. In the Narrative Lectionary, God says, “I AM WHO I AM” (Exodus 3:14). The Revised Common Lectionary names Job, Christ’s brothers and sisters, as well as women and children – the “least of these.”… Read More
11th Hour Preacher Party sharing the burden
In a week when I have felt every minute as heavy and cumbersome. I bring you the 11th hour preacher party: Sharing our Burdens edition. I am T.I.R.E.D. Where I live, I am writing this on Thursday afternoon. I meant to get started yesterday. But… stuff happened. Are you one who follows NL? or RCL?… Read More
11th Hour Preacher Party: Hard Questions
In this northern hemisphere, it seems that all the schools have finally started and the weather is beginning to turn (high in the 90s instead of the 100s here in Southern California). The program year may be starting up, different from last year, but also different from all the years before. What are the questions… Read More
11th Hour Preacher Party Sunday12th September
Here in New South Wales, Australia, the whole state is in lockdown. Children are being home-schooled, and many people as possible are working from home. In the part of the state I am in, we have been in lockdown for 10 weeks. We have no idea when we will be allowed to gather in any… Read More
11th Hour Preacher Party Sept. 5, 2021 Lectionary 23/Proper 18/15th Sunday after Pentecost
Rev Gals and Pals, School is back in session in my part of the world and I imagine the young people I know gladly said goodbye to summer vacation this morning as they boarded the bus more than ready to get back in the classroom with their friends; today, as these children were held in… Read More
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