EXPLORING THE BIBLE
Palm Sunday – 28 March 2021
Palm Sunday Gospel Reading Mark 11:1-11 11:1 When they were approaching Jerusalem, at Bethphage and Bethany, near the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples 11:2 and…
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John 12:20-33 12:20 Now among those who went up to worship at the festival were some Greeks. 12:21 They came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and said…
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Based on a reflection by Karoline Lewis (Professor and the Marbury E. Anderson Chair of Biblical Preaching, Luther Seminary, Saint Paul, Minnesota) John 3:14-21 3:14 And just as Moses lifted…
Read More3rd Sunday in Lent March 7 2021 John 2:13-22
“Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.”
Read More2nd Sunday in Lent Feb 28th 2021 Genesis 17:1-7, 15-16 Psalm 22:23-31 Romans 4:13-25 Mark 8:31-38 or Mark 9:2-9
Choosing names for our children is a fascinating exercise connecting them with their past and with our hopes for their future.
Read MoreFirst Sunday in Lent February 21, 2021 Genesis 9:8-17 Psalm 25:1-10 1 Peter 3:18-22 Mark 1:9-15
We’re familiar with gentle images of the Holy Spirit, but Mark here has, “And the Spirit immediately drove him out into the wilderness?”
Read MoreTransfiguration of Jesus Feb 14 2021
In the transfiguration we travel from ordinary life, up an ordinary mountain, through an extraordinary experience, and back down the ordinary mountain to an ordinary life.
Read MoreEpiphany 5 Feb 7, 2021 Isaiah 40:21-31, Psalm 147:1-11, 20c, 1 Corinthians 9:16-23, Mark 1:29-39
God is up in a balloon watching over us all from a distance.
Read MoreEpiphany 4 January 31, 2021 Mark 1; 21-28
If the wisdom of the universe and the keys to the mega and metaphysical mysteries can be found in any one human being, I want to be friends with that person.
Read MoreEpiphany 3 January 24, 2021 Mark 1; 14-20
How will we respond to Jesus when he says; “Follow me”?
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