Second Sunday After Christmas, Yr C 2021: Epistle Passage – Christmas in the rear view window & Christian Faith & Life before us
“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every...
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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.
Second Sunday After Christmas, Yr C 2021: An Old Testament-like Passage – Wisdom from Another Place
The week is crowded, beloved reader. We have the New Year coming up, and it seems like we just...
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First Sunday After Christmas, while still in the week of Christmas, Yr C 2021: Psalm Passages – Welcoming Christmas, and that time that comes afterward; Preacher & Seeker lead the way
For Christmas Seeker: “O sing to the LORD a new song; sing to the LORD, all the earth.Sing to the...
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First Sunday After Christmas, while still in the week of Christmas, Yr C 2021: Gospel Passages – Anticipating what we know, but blurring when we came to know about it
For Christmas “In those days a decree went out from Emperor Augustus that all the world should be...
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First Sunday After Christmas, while still in the week of Christmas, Yr C 2021: Epistle Passages – Staying in the moment while anticipating the Promised One
For Christmas “For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all, training us to...
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First Sunday After Christmas – while still in the week of Christmas, Yr C 2021: Old Testament Passage – Staying in the moment while looking ahead
Alright, this is awkward. But then, it usually is around this year. We have not Christmas-ed yet,...
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Fourth Sunday of Advent, Yr C, 2021: Psalm Passage – Preacher & Seeker speak of finding the hope of salvation & redemption during Advent
Preacher: “Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, you who lead Joseph like a flock!” Seeker: “You who are...
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Fourth Sunday of Advent, Yr C, 2021: Gospel Passage – Advent, when finding the hope of salvation & redemption
“In those days Mary set out and went with haste to a Judean town in the hill country, where she...
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Fourth Sunday of Advent, Yr C, 2021: Epistle Passage – Advent, when searching for the hope of salvation & redemption
“Consequently, when Christ came into the world, he said, “Sacrifices and offerings you have...
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Fourth Sunday of Advent, Yr C, 2021: Old Testament Passage – Advent, when hope is dim but not extinguished.
“But you, O Bethlehem of Ephrathah, who are one of the little clans of Judah, from you shall come...
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Third Sunday of Advent, Yr C, 2021: Substituted Psalm Passage – The “rewards” of Advent: Preacher & Seeker uncovers them
Seeker: “Surely God is my salvation; I will trust, and will not be afraid, for the LORD GOD is my...
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Third Sunday of Advent, Yr C, 2021: Gospel Passage – Preparing for Advent, and beyond
“John said to the crowds that came out to be baptized by him, “You brood of vipers! Who...
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Third Sunday of Advent, Yr C, 2021: Epistle Passage – The joy of Advent
“Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice.” (Philippians 4:4) I was reminded that one...
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Third Sunday of Advent, Yr C, 2021: Old Testament Passage – The comfort of Advent
“Sing aloud, O daughter Zion; shout, O Israel! Rejoice and exult with all your heart, O daughter...
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Second Sunday of Advent, Yr C, 2021: Psalm Passage Substitute – Leaving home, and what happens when you go the distance
Seeker: “Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, for he has looked favorably on his people and...
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Second Sunday of Advent, Yr C, 2021: Gospel Passage – Leaving home to go faraway, unto death
“In the fifteenth year of the reign of Emperor Tiberius, when Pontius Pilate was governor of...
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