Tag: conflict

  • September 22, 2020
    Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost   Exodus 17:1-7 Philippians 2:1-13 Matthew 21:23-32 This week’s scriptures simmer with conflict. Our reading from…
  • August 14, 2019
    Tenth Sunday after PentecostIsaiah 5:1-7 or Jeremiah 23:23-29Psalm 80 or Psalm 82Hebrews 11:29-12:2Luke 12:49-56 They say in Harlan Countythere are…
  • September 5, 2017
    Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost Ezekiel 33:7-11 Psalm 119:33-40 Romans 13:8-14 Matthew 18:15-20 In today’s second reading, Paul writes, “Owe nothing…
  • September 3, 2014
    Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time Ezekiel 33:7-17 Psalm 119 Romans 13:8-14 Matthew 18:15-20 The students whose…
  • August 13, 2014
    Tenth Sunday after Pentecost Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time Genesis 45:1-15 Psalm 133 Romans 11:1-2a, 29-32 Matthew 15:10-28 “Junk-yard dog.”…
  • November 11, 2010
    Isaiah 12; 2 Thessalonians 3:6-13; Luke 21:5-19 Tired of congregational conflict? Recently I had to work with a utility company…