The Weeks & Sundays After Pentecost, Yr A, 2020: Gospel Passage – Reading parables in holy scripture; how can we learn from this?
“For it is as if a man, going on a journey, summoned his slaves and entrusted his property...
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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: Epistle Passage – Reading Holy Scripture when it is tough going; should one give up reading it?
“Now concerning the times and the seasons, brothers and sisters, you do not need to have anything...
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The Weeks & Sundays After Pentecost, Yr A, 2020: Old Testament Passage – Waiting for Holy Relief; Should One Give Up Hope?
“The Israelites again did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, after Ehud died.”(Judges 4:1) We...
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The Weeks & Sundays After Pentecost, Yr A, 2020: Psalm Passage – Praying according to Godly Wisdom; Preacher and Seeker study the psalmist’s words
Seeker: “Be pleased, O God, to deliver me. O LORD, make haste to help me!” Preacher: Seeker, what...
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The Weeks & Sundays After Pentecost, Yr A, 2020: Gospel Passage – Following Wisdom
“Then the kingdom of heaven will be like this. Ten bridesmaids took their lamps and went to...
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The Weeks & Sundays After Pentecost, Yr A, 2020: Epistles Passage – Being Told Wisdom
How was your yesterday, beloved reader? Since I am writing this a week and a day in advance, I...
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The Weeks & Sundays After Pentecost, Yr A, 2020: Old Testament Passage – Looking for Wisdom
On this day [that I sat down to write] I knew I needed to be very aware of what I wrote. Because,...
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The Weeks & Sundays After Pentecost: All Saint’s Day, Yr A, 2020: Passages from the New Testament showing us how live as “saints”
“After this I looked, and there was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation,...
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The Weeks & Sundays After Pentecost, Yr A, 2020: Psalm Passage – Even Preacher & Seeker speak about politics
Seeker: “Vindicate me, O God, and defend my cause against an ungodly people; from those who are...
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The Weeks & Sundays After Pentecost, Yr A, 2020: Gospel Passage – Honoring those who humble themselves
“Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples,”The scribes and the Pharisees sit on...
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The Weeks & Sundays After Pentecost, Yr A, 2020: Epistle Passage – New Testament “Politics” . . . . If you will
“You remember our labor and toil, brothers and sisters; we worked night and day, so that we might...
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The Weeks & Sundays After Pentecost, Yr A, 2020: Old Testament Passage – The ancient called and chosen get caught up in politics
“Thus says the LORD concerning the prophets who lead my people astray, who cry “Peace”...
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The Weeks & Sundays After Pentecost, Yr A, 2020: Psalm Passage – Picking up your courage and having dialog with the Divine; Preacher & Seeker voice their, and maybe our, feelings
Preacher: “Lord, you have been our dwelling place in all generations.” Seeker: Every member of...
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The Weeks & Sundays After Pentecost, Yr A, 2020: Gospel Passage – Picking up your “toys” and going home
“When the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together, and one of...
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The Weeks & Sundays After Pentecost, Yr A, 2020: Epistle Passage – Picking up your obligations and carrying on
“You yourselves know, brothers and sisters, that our coming to you was not in vain, but though we...
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The Weeks & Sundays After Pentecost, Yr A, 2020: Old Testament Passage – Laying down your burden and resting
“Then Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, which is opposite...
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