The Weeks & Sundays After Pentecost, Yr A, 2020: Old Testament Passage – Being called to your path in life
“Moses was keeping the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian; he led his flock...
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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: Psalm Passage – Praising the Divine Who Chose to Call Us; Preacher & Seeker have the final Word
Seeker: “I give you thanks, O LORD, with my whole heart; before the gods I sing your praise; . ....
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The Weeks & Sundays After Pentecost, Yr A, 2020: Gospel Passage – The Divine who was Called and Chosen – Recognizing the Lord God
“Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do...
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The Weeks & Sundays After Pentecost, Yr A, 2020: Epistle Passage – The responsibilities of being Called and Chosen – The Reflection Continues
Leave it to Paul to spell out the attributes that an authentic Christian should have. I would be...
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The Weeks & Sundays After Pentecost, Yr A, 2020: Old Testament Passage – The benefits and acclaim of being Called and Chosen – The Reflection Continues
“Listen to me, you that pursue righteousness, you that seek the LORD. Look to the rock from which...
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The Weeks & Sundays After Pentecost, Yr A, 2020: Psalm Passage – Rejoicing in being Called and being Chosen; Preacher & Seeker reflect
Preacher: “May God be gracious to us and bless us and make his face to shine upon us, Selah that...
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The Weeks & Sundays After Pentecost, Yr A, 2020: Gospel Passage – The Called and Chosen People; how should they comport themselves? And how are they defined?
“Then he called the crowd to him and said to them, “Listen and understand: it is not what...
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The Weeks & Sundays After Pentecost, Yr A, 2020: Epistle Passage – The called and chosen people – what happened to them after Jesus came?
“I ask, then, has God rejected his people? By no means! I myself am an Israelite, a descendant of...
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The Weeks & Sundays After Pentecost, Yr A, 2020: Old Testament Passage – The called and chosen people – what should they be doing anyway?
“Thus says the LORD: Maintain justice, and do what is right, for soon my salvation will come, and...
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The Weeks & Sundays After Pentecost, Yr A, 2020: Old Testament Passage – The benefits and acclaim of being Called and Chosen – The Reflection Continues
“Listen to me, you that pursue righteousness, you that seek the LORD. Look to the rock from which...
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The Weeks & Sundays After Pentecost, Yr A, 2020: Psalm Passage – Leaving behind draining fear, and running towards the Presence & Shalom of the Divine
“Let me hear what God the LORD will speak, for he will speak peace to his people, to his faithful,...
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The Weeks & Sundays After Pentecost, Yr A, 2020: Epistle Passage – Leaving behind what you fear, and running towards hope and the presence of the Divine, Part III
“Immediately he made the disciples get into the boat and go on ahead to the other side, while he...
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The Weeks & Sundays After Pentecost, Yr A, 2020: Epistle Passage – Leaving behind what you fear, and running towards hope and the presence of the Divine, Part II
“Moses writes concerning the righteousness that comes from the law, that “the person who...
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The Weeks & Sundays After Pentecost, Yr A, 2020: Old Testament Passage – Leaving behind what you fear, and running towards hope and the presence of the Divine
“At that place he came to a cave, and spent the night there. Then the word of the LORD came to...
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The Weeks & Sundays After Pentecost, Yr A, 2020: Psalm Passage – Wrestling and grasping with living in our current circumstances: listening in to Preacher and Seeker
Seeker: “Hear a just cause, O LORD; attend to my cry; give ear to my prayer from lips free of...
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The Weeks & Sundays After Pentecost, Yr A, 2020: Gospel Passage – Wrestling and grasping what it means to follow the Messiah and the Lord God the Divine
“Now when Jesus heard this, he withdrew from there in a boat to a deserted place by himself. But...
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