Ash Wednesday
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February 9, Epiphany 5A (Isaiah 58:1–12; Psalm 112:1–10; 1 Corinthians 2:1–16; Matthew 5:13–20)
Putting flesh on the bones of justice
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.
The gift of relying on others
Briallen Hopper develops an alternative to the twin American creeds of self-reliance and marriage.
August 25, Ordinary 21C (Isaiah 58:9b-14)
So much of human religiosity comes down to a hoax we perpetrate on God.
March 6, Ash Wednesday (Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21)
Often our spiritual practices are one more way we refuse to see that all is grace.
The measure of our days (Joel 2:1-2, 12-17; Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21)
It's hard for me to grasp that mortality is my fate, too.
Getting beyond as if (Isaiah 58:1-9a; Psalm 112:1-9; 1 Corinthians 2:1-12; Matthew 5:13-20)
The prescription for the persistent malady of God’s people
February 5, Fifth Sunday after Epiphany
Isaiah 58:1–12; 1 Corinthians 2:1–12; Matthew 5:13–20
Why give alms?
Belief in the incarnation places suffering bodies within the realm of Christian responsibility.
Mixed feelings about ashes
The lectionary readings for Ash Wednesday are the same each year. So it almost doesn’t feel like Ash Wednesday if I go through the day without hearing Psalm 51: “Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions.”
February 10, Ash Wednesday: Joel 2:1-2, 12-17; Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21
How on earth do we balance the quietness of our hearts with a public call to repentance?