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Tag Archives: Year C Proper 24
Persistence (a sermon)
You’ve heard it said that prayer is not about changing God, but about changing us. That, I think, is what this parable and these teachings are about. God is not slow to love every piece and person of creation; so let’s pray persistently and consistently and robustly and resiliently until we are changed into God’s likeness, and enabled and equipped and encouraged to act in God’s image and will, and in solidarity with those crying out to God for the justice that is mercy. Continue reading
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Tagged 2 Timothy 3:14-4:5, Graham Greene, justice, Luke 18:1-8, persistence, prayer, Year C Proper 24
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Who am I to judge?
The judge of the parable had no regard for anyone, but the God who will pass judgement upon me so loved the world as to become Emmanuel, God with us, to suffer under our unjust judgement, and to die. The God who will, I pray, have mercy upon me hears the cries of the widows to whom I turn a cloth ear, and continues to importune me with opportunities for penitence. Continue reading
Year C Proper 24: On the need to pray always and not to lose heart
The days are coming, says the Lord, says Jeremiah, the days are surely coming when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah. I will be their God, and they shall be … Continue reading
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Tagged 2 Timothy 3:14-4:5, harvest, Jeremiah 31:27-34, Jesus, Luke 18:1-8, parable, patience, prayer, unjust judge, widow, Year C Proper 24
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Back and forth
How long, Lord, how long? The days are surely coming; God will not delay. How long, Lord, before justice rolls like a river? God will not delay. How long, Lord, how long? Pray without ceasing, knowing the days are coming….
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Tagged haiku, how long?, Jeremiah 31:27-34, Luke 18:1-8, poetry, pray without ceasing, Psalms, Year C Proper 24
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The widow’s might
I might be tempted call her a nag, or a scold, or a hag, or worse. A woman I knew said, “My husband says I am an advocate for our child; but I know that’s not the word that the … Continue reading
Posted in lectionary reflection, sermon preparation
Tagged kingdom of God, Luke 18:1-8, self worth, unjust judge, widow, women, Year C Proper 24
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