14th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C, RCL)
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July 3, Ordinary 14C (2 Kings 5:1-14)
At last the protests fade away and we come to seven little splashes in the Jordan river.
Ordinary people (2 Kings 5:1–3, 7–15c)
In 2 Kings 5, the VIP characters aren't the ones who make a difference.
The gift of relying on others
Briallen Hopper develops an alternative to the twin American creeds of self-reliance and marriage.
The weariness and the harvest (Galatians 6:[1-6], 7-16)
It is easy to become weary after another officer-involved shooting of a young black man.
July 7, Ordinary 14C (Luke 10:1-11, 16-20; Isaiah 66:10-14; Galatians 6:[1-6], 7-16)
I want to be like Lizzo when I grow up.
N. T. Wright’s creative reconstruction of Paul and his world
Wright tells a great story. Would the apostle recognize it?
Do the easy thing. It's easier. (2 Kings 5:1-3, 7-15c)
Naaman's servants' question cuts and burns.
Prophetic vision and comfort
Much is made in our time of creativity, imagination, and vision. Some lament that we have lost these qualities as a civilization; others search and find pockets of each like a light in the dark night.
In war, the healing voice of a girl
A voice of grace rings through the Naaman story—the voice of a child carried away as a spoil of war.
July 3, 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time: Isaiah 66:10-14; Luke 10:1-11, 16-20
Jesus sends his disciples out “like lambs in the midst of wolves.” We live in a time when intimacy is erased, privacy laughable, rhetoric rude and rusty. The notion of going out as lambs to wolves is apt, even if the wolves and lambs may be interchangeable.
Peace wish
This week's Living by the Word column focuses on the story of the healing of Naaman the Aramean, one of the most dramatic healing stories in the Bible. But here I want to blog about a small detail of that story as it relates to the other lessons.