Kitten vs Doberman

I must be sounding like a broken record, but  I really dislike mangled passages.  It is sometimes possible to quote part of a passage and just hit the highlights.  That may be required by time limitations. But when the changes made to the passage change the intent of the story, or make nonsense of it,…

19th Sunday after Pentecost   The following are the suggested passages: Esther 7:1-6, 9-10; 9:20-22 and Psalm 124             Or Numbers 11:4-6, 10-16, 24-29 and Psalm 19:7-14 James 5:13-20 Mark 9:38-50

For Proper 15B the gospel reading is John 6:51-58, which continues from the previous reading.  In that reading, Jesus barely got started with the gritty physical metaphors, and the people were offended and resistant.  This theme of offense will surface many times in portion of John in which Jesus is addressing the crowd in general….

(November 1, 2003) Wisdom of Solomon 3:1-9 or Isaiah 25:6-9 and Psalm 24 Revelation 21:1-6a John 11:32-44

November 16, 2003 1 Samuel 1:4-20 and 1 Samuel 2:1-10             or Daniel 12:1-3 and Psalm 16 Hebrews 10:11-25 Mark 13:1-8