Tag: baptism

  • February 13, 2013
    First Sunday in Lent Luke 4: 1-13 I was ordained over 30 years ago by a small, rural Texas Baptist…

  • January 10, 2013
    Baptism of the Lord Luke 3:15-17, 21-22 Since leaving the pulpit three years ago to be a full time homemaker,…

  • February 23, 2012
    First Sunday of Lent Genesis 9:8-17 1 Peter 3:18-22 Mark 1:9-15 Lent is wasted on the orderly, the continent, the…

  • March 8, 2011
    Matthew 4:1-11 Lent begins with Jesus fresh from the waters of his baptism, being led by the Spirit into the…

  • August 12, 2010
    Revised Common Lectionary Readings: Isaiah 5:1-7; Hebrews 11:29-12:2; Luke 12:49-56 “So let us not talk falsely now; the hour is…

  • June 16, 2010
    I Kings 19:1-15a, Psalm 42 & 43, Galatians 3:23-29, Luke 8:26-39 I admit to admiration for Elijah’s zeal for the…

  • July 1, 2009
    Ezekiel 2:1-5; Psalm 123; 2 Corinthians 12:2-10; Mark 6:1-13 I’ve been married long enough now to understand how, in great…

  • June 1, 2009
    If you are a savvy and astute reader of Trinitarian theology who can elucidate the fine distinctions between, say, Augustine…

  • January 6, 2009
    Genesis 1:1-5, Acts 19:1-7, Mark 1:4-11 I remember my baptism very well. It was fifteen years ago, and I felt…