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“BY WHOSE AUTHORITY” - Rev. Jeff Lehn
January 29, 2012 | Psalm 111; Mark 1:21-28
Let’s be candid right from the get-go: Don’t we all cringe a bit when we hear exorcism stories like this? To our modern ears, they seem arcane and implausible. We may even blush—our Lord and Savior, the one whom we trust and follow, conversing with the demonic world in the middle of a worship...
Read More »“FISH STORIES” - Rev. Ann L. Pitman
January 22, 2012 | Jonah 3:1-5, 10; Psalm 62; Mark 1:14-20
Our gospel lesson this morning is a real “fish” story. Just having brought in the morning catch, while cleaning and repairing their nets, an apparently unknown man walks by the fishing boat and says to the two brothers, “follow me and I will teach you how to fish for people.” And Immediately – or...
Read More »“SEARCHED AND KNOWN” - Rev. Jeff Lehn
January 15, 2012 | 1 Samuel 3:1-10; Psalm 139:1-18
In the Baptist church of my upbringing, we had an imposing Bible memory program. It spanned three years and assigned particular verses to be memorized every given Sunday. It included the Ten Commandments, a slew of Psalms, a raft of Jesus’ teachings and selected excerpts of Paul’s letters. Each...
Read More »“THE JOURNEY BEGINS” - Rev. Ann L. Pitman
January 08, 2012 | Genesis 1:1-5 and Mark 1:1-11
In Mark’s gospel, there is no birth narrative. For Mark, Jesus was born the same as one of us, an infant needing all the care and guidance of his parents. In going forward for baptism, Jesus enters into solidarity with humanity - with sinners and outcasts of this world. For the writer of Mark, it...
Read More »“RECKLESS FARMER, FICKLE SOIL” - Rev. Jeff Lehn
January 01, 2012 | Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23
First a word of explanation. I’ve decided to veer from the Lectionary this morning because New Year’s Day falling on a Sunday presents a good opportunity for us to tackle this incisive parable from Matthew 13. It’s one of those head-scratcher parables, one of those...
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