The Weeks & Sundays After Pentecost, Yr A, 2020: Psalm Passage – Placing our lives back under the Divine
“Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.” (Psalm 119:105) After last week’s...
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Carole Boshart
I am a ponderer by nature, and freely mix the spiritual and the pragmatic but always guided by the wisdom of the Spirit as sent by the Lord God and communicated through scripture. I am not sure how to describe my spiritual orientation. Part Anabaptist - that is where my roots are. But I have journeyed a long way from the church of my childhood. My faith life is a potpourri of most Christian denominations, with a little Judaism thrown in. My passion is to reach out to people where they are, wherever they are, and support them in their life and in this world, while readying them for the life and world to come.
The Weeks & Sundays After Pentecost, Yr A, 2020: Gospel Passage – Our societal lives seeded by the words of the Divine
“That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat beside the sea.” (Matthew 13:1) I’ve...
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The Weeks & Sundays After Pentecost, Yr A, 2020: Epistle Passage – Our lives under Christ are seamless
“There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.” (Romans 8:1) Paul has...
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The Weeks & Sundays After Pentecost, Yr A, 2020: Old Testament Passage – The times they are disjointed
“These are the descendants of Isaac, Abraham’s son: Abraham was the father of Isaac, and...
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The Weeks & Sundays After Pentecost, Yr A, 2020: Psalms Passage – Being Humble & Simply Praising . . . Through Pictures
“The LORD is gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.” [Tide Rising...
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The Weeks & Sundays After Pentecost, Yr A, 2020: Gospel Passage – Being Humble & Simply Believing
“But to what will I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces...
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The Weeks & Sundays After Pentecost, Yr A, 2020: Epistle Passage – Being Humble & Honest About One’s Self
“I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate....
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The Weeks & Sundays After Pentecost, Yr A, 2020: Old Testament Passage – Precious Gifts from a Mighty but Humble Divine
“Rejoice greatly, O daughter Zion! Shout aloud, O daughter Jerusalem! Lo, your king comes to you;...
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The Weeks & Sundays After Pentecost, Yr A, 2020: Psalm Passage – Preacher and Seeker: Rejoicing Under the Auspice of the Divine
Preacher: “I will sing of your steadfast love, O LORD, forever; with my mouth I will proclaim your...
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The Weeks & Sundays After Pentecost, Yr A, 2020: Gospel Passage – Welcoming Those Under the Auspice of the Divine
“Whoever welcomes you welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me.”...
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The Weeks & Sundays After Pentecost, Yr A, 2020: Epistle Passage – Living under the Auspice of the Divine
“Therefore, do not let sin exercise dominion in your mortal bodies, to make you obey their...
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The Weeks & Sundays After Pentecost, Yr A, 2020: Old Testament Passage – Speaking & Prophesying under the Auspice of the Divine
“Then the prophet Jeremiah spoke to the prophet Hananiah in the presence of the priests and all...
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The Weeks & Sundays After Pentecost, Yr A, 2020: Psalm Passage – Preacher and Seeker uphold each other in staying true to the the Christian life, even when it causes embarrassment and shame
Preacher: “It is for your sake that I have borne reproach, that shame has covered my face. I have...
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The Weeks & Sundays After Pentecost, Yr A, 2020: Gospel Passage – Living out the Christian life, even when it is embarrassing and shameful to do so
The gospel reading this week in the Revised Common Lectionary picks up from last week – Jesus...
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The Weeks & Sundays After Pentecost, Yr A, 2020: Epistle Passage – Speaking up when it is embarrassing and shameful to do so
“Should we continue in sin in order that grace may abound?” (Romans 6:1b) There are some really...
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The Weeks & Sundays After Pentecost, Yr A, 2020: Old Testament Passage – Speaking up when the times are hard
There comes a time when social justice demands attention and action. When those who stand against social justice have so clearly aligned themselves with a political stance that seeks to shut down social justice, one has no choice but to reject that political stance. Such a time is now!
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