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Simon Peter… fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying, “Go away from me, Lord, for I am a sinful man!” … Then Jesus said to Simon, “Do not be afraid; from now on you will be catching people.” (Luke 5:8-10) There are several call stories for Revised Common Lectionary preachers this week. The challenge for the… Read More
Narrative Lectionary this week is the last in Matthew’s Sermon on the Mount. With so much packed into these last three weeks I have chosen to concentrate on one verse. Some say it sums up the Sermon on the Mount, others the whole of Christianity, and some more than that, what it means to be… Read More
There are so many things to say, O Spirit — delight and thanksgiving and frustration and rage and heartbreak and hope — yet no words are adequate to express it all. Listen with us in the fullness of silence, we pray. For all that we know, for all that is unknown, we pray your mercy.… Read More
Sometimes it seems that the whole world has lost its way, that we need to find our way back from somewhere we didn’t even know we had wandered. This week, several of our bloggers are thinking about the landscapes in which we find ourselves and the things that call us back. In the days following… Read More
Some of you have spent the week freezing in the polar vortex, others of you in a heat wave that has sent snakes scurrying for the coolness of the toilet…it seems a week of extremes across the globe! Sunday comes regardless of the weather, though, so here we are…in the NL we have Jesus teaching… Read More
Oh God, it is so… Quiet. Muffled. Blanketed. Chilled. I feel the doubts rise in my inactivity, My waiting for that next space of Calling. Underneath it all, I strain to hear the whispers of Promise, The dreams of what might be, The memories of a more active and fruitful time. Holy One, Nurture the… Read More
Divine Winds of Peace- In this season of frigid gusts and sunless skies, our well-being is wafted away. We hold on to what we can for our own spiritual and emotional preservation. But some are barely surviving physically. From the lack of housing to the absence of heat and power, they wonder if survival is… Read More
I am searching the texts for the fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time/ Epiphany for a thread– a single idea or force that binds them together. I can pair them in various ways… The call of the young prophet Jeremiah seems a natural companion for the Gospel lesson detailing early days in Jesus’ ministry, including his… Read More
It has been one of those weeks at my house where full days have left very little time to pause and reflect, even though there are things happening that could use more thoughtful attention. Perhaps, then, it’s not surprising that in looking around the RevGals blogging community I was struck by the moments these writers… Read More
God who abides with us on this side of the clouds… There’s nothing as ordinary as a gray Tuesday in January. But I will take the plain. I will take the bland. Too many days are filled with pain- News of hatred Speeches and videos and walls which divide us from one another Health declining… Read More
