Tag: empire

  • August 10, 2017
    Genesis 37:1-4, 12-28 Matthew 14:22-33 Chapters 12-50 of Genesis contain the stories of four generations of ancestors: Abraham/Sarah (chapters 12-24);…

  • March 1, 2013
    Third Sunday of Lent Isaiah 55:1-13 I Corinthians 10:1-13 Luke 13:1-9 It is worse than you think it is and…

  • December 5, 2012
    Second Sunday of Advent Luke 3: 1-6 The word of God came to John out in the wilderness, so says…

  • July 11, 2012
    Proper 10 (B) Mark 6:14-29 Psalm 85:8-13 This is what repentance is about.  It is a call to renewal—turning from…

  • May 4, 2011
    Luke 24:13-35 “Are you the only person who doesn’t know what’s been going on for the past few days?” Apparently…

  • July 11, 2010
    In late summer 2004, I was approached by the Chair of the Democractic Party in the county in which I…

  • February 10, 2010
    Transfiguration Sunday (Revised Common Lectionary): Luke 9:28-36, (37-43); Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Catholic Lectionary): Luke 6:17, 20-26 On this…

  • December 4, 2009
      Luke 3:1-6 In today’s gospel, Luke moves rapidly from Emperor Tiberius, in Rome, through a cascade of governors, tetrarchs…

  • November 18, 2009
    Daniel 7:9-14; Revelation 1:4b-8; John 18:33-38a Some years ago, a friend of ours who was a major player on the…

  • October 14, 2008
    I Thessalonians 1:1-10; Matthew 22:15-22 (23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time) One of the grim realities of the financial markets meltdown…