Tag: Bible
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The binding of Isaac: A sermon about discernment
Image credit: “Binding of Isaac” by Lawrence OP via Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) Fourth Sunday after Pentecost: Genesis 22:1-14; Psalm 13; Romans 6:12-23; Matthew 10:40-42 During my first year of seminary, my classmates and I went on retreat to a remarkable intentional community in the heart of Virginia’s capital. The founder of Richmond Hill is a guy…
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Praying with scripture—and our imaginations
Fourth Sunday in Lent: 1 Samuel 16:1-13; Psalm 23; Ephesians 5:8-14; John 9:1-41 I wasn’t at the morning liturgies last week, but I have it on the sound authority that is the parish website that Mother Kate had a challenge for us: “You NEED to be praying and reading the Bible,” she said. “It is what…
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Conversations with/in Scripture
A sermon for Proper 20 Jeremiah 8:18-9:1; Psalm 79:1-9; 1 Timothy 2:1-7; Luke 16:1-13 First of all, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for everyone, for kings and all who are in high positions, so that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and dignity. If you’re like me, you…
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Potential for biblical digital humanities with high school, college coders?
When I left a graduate program in applied computation and went away to seminary, I remember having this vision of a custom LaTeX template for sermons. It would format my sermon for pulpit manuscripts, printing, the Web, etc. And it would include a tagging system that would help me better understand my preaching ticks, habits, biases,…
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Psalm 126 and National Lament: Black Lives Matter
Advent 3, Year B Isaiah 61:1-4, 8-11; Psalm 126; 1 Thessalonians 5:16-24; John 1:6-8, 19-28 With profound respect and gratitude to the many people whose writing and witness helped me prepare, including Remington Gregg, Osheta Moore, Mike Kinman, Broderick Greer, the Theology of Ferguson/StayWokeAdvent/DearWhitePastor crew (especially Micky Jones and Jake Dockter), Mike Angell, and Emily Scott. PDF | Audio…
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Jesus Is Our (Metaphorical) Rock
Thursday in 1 Advent, Year 1 (Isaiah 26:1-6, Ps 118:19-24, Matt 7:21-27) PDF | Audio (or via Dropbox) | Text: Image source: idleformat CC BY 2.0 via Flickr — May the words of my mouth and the meditations of our hearts be acceptable in your sight, O Lord, our rock and our redeemer. In college, I worked…