Sundays After Pentecost, Yr B, 2021: Gospel Passage – Trying to follow the difficult lessons of the Christian life
“So when the crowd saw that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, they themselves got into...
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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.
Sundays After Pentecost, Yr B, 2021: Epistle Passage – Learning the hard lesson of following our human desires rather than the Lord God’s way, Part II
“I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beg you to lead a life worthy of the calling to which you...
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Sundays After Pentecost, Yr B, 2021: Old Testament Passage – Learning the hard lesson of following our human desires rather than the Lord God’s way
In the other Old Testament passage, King David had taken Bathsheba, Uriah the Hittite’s...
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Sundays After Pentecost, Yr B, 2021: Psalm Passage – Understanding the optimism of the psalmist; Preacher and Seeker narrate it for us
Seeker: “All your works shall give thanks to you, O LORD, and all your faithful shall bless you.”...
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Sundays After Pentecost, Yr B, 2021: Gospel Passage – Understanding the Nature of Jesus the Messiah
“After this Jesus went to the other side of the Sea of Galilee, also called the Sea of Tiberias. A...
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Sundays After Pentecost, Yr B, 2021: Epistle Passage – The Apostle Paul prays, and I pray
“For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth...
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Sundays After Pentecost, Yr B, 2021: Old Testament Passage – The Divine provides
“A man came from Baal-shalishah, bringing food from the first fruits to the man of God: twenty...
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Sundays After Pentecost, Yr B, 2021: Psalm Passage – How the Divine is good to humanity
“The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not want.” (Psalm 23:1) The other psalm passage, in case you...
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Sundays After Pentecost, Yr B, 2021: Gospel Passage – Sometimes too much “humanity” is not a good thing
“The apostles gathered around Jesus, and told him all that they had done and taught. He said to...
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Sundays After Pentecost, Yr B, 2021: Epistle Passage – A better way to see humanity
“So then, remember that at one time you Gentiles by birth, called “the uncircumcision”...
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Sundays After Pentecost, Yr B, 2021: Old Testament Passage – Holding out for the better way
“Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! says the LORD.” (Jeremiah...
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Sundays After Pentecost, Yr B, 2021: Psalm Passage – Where & when believe & preparation leads to steadfast love & faithfulness, and righteousness & peace – this time Preacher leads the way
Seeker: “Let me hear what God the LORD will speak, for he will speak peace to his people, to his...
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Sundays After Pentecost, Yr B, 2021: Gospel Passage – The writer of Mark brings us a side story where not succumbing to belief can leave you vulnerable
“King Herod heard of it, for Jesus’ name had become known. Some were saying, “John the...
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Sundays After Pentecost, Yr B, 2021: Epistle Passage – Accepting & Believing in the Divine’s “Standard” Blessing & Gift
“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every...
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Sundays After Pentecost, Yr B, 2021: Old Testament Passage – Measuring up to the Divine’s standards
“This is what he showed me: the Lord was standing beside a wall built with a plumb line, with a...
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Sundays After Pentecost, Yr B, 2021: Psalm Passage – We should not be stopped or shut down by what others think; we should look to the Divine. This time Seeker leads the way.
Preacher: “To you I lift up my eyes, O you who are enthroned in the heavens!” Seeker: When all...
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