First Sunday after the Epiphany (Year 3, NL)
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August 4, Ordinary 18B (2 Samuel 11:26—12:13a; Psalm 51:1–12)
There is no one who does not need God’s mercy and no one who may not have it.
The eerie call of John the Baptist
His followers realized there was no quick exit from the discomfort of his words.
With us through the water (Isaiah 43:1-7; Psalm 29; Luke 3:15-17, 21-22)
Our baptismal covenant is a beginning, not an ending.
January 9, Baptism C (Luke 3:15–17, 21–22)
When we resist the powers that oppress this world, we are baptized through fire.
God’s infrastructure plan (Luke 3:1-6)
Advent is also about our own coming and going, the ways we embody the reconstructive ways of the Lord.
December 12, Advent 3C (Luke 3:7-18)
The first step of repentance is telling the truth about ourselves.
December 5, Advent 2C (Luke 3:1-6)
To be wild is to be free, unbought and unbossed by the structures of power.
A God who does laundry (Lent 5B) (Psalm 51:1-12)
On giving Eugene Peterson's The Message another chance
When a father and husband walked out, grace called him home
I preached a word of judgment. The stranger in the back row heard grace.
Water and fire (Psalm 29; Isaiah 43:1-7; Luke 3:15-17, 21-22)
John the Baptist's world and ours
Tell us about yourself, John (Luke 3:7-18)
It's a great question to ask people. But not this person.
Don’t let God’s word bypass you (Luke 3:1-6)
John is set ablaze. What about all the other characters in the Gospels?
January 13, Baptism C (Luke 3:15-17, 21-22; Acts 8:14-17)
About that baptism by fire
December 16, Advent 3C (Luke 3:7-18)
“If we can’t afford two boxes,” my grandmother said, “we can’t afford one.”
December 9, Advent 2C (Luke 3:1-6)
John the Baptist’s proclamation for a world of Tiberiuses and Trumps