A Song For Our Time
May 24, 2026
Pentecost Sunday – Year A
Acts 2:1-21
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Sources: 1) Juliana Kim and Emma Bowman, “The San Diego mosque shooting victims remembered as heroes for protecting children,” NPR National News, May 20, 2026. Accessed May 23, 2026: https://www.npr.org/2026/05/20/nx-s1-5827053/san-diego-mosque-shooting-victims
2) Richard Winton and Paige St. John, “Social media, manifesto of San Diego mosque shooters rooted in white nationalism,” Los Angeles Times, May 20, 2026. Accessed May 23, 2026: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-05-20/san-diego-attack-manifesto
3) “History of Hymns: ‘Jesus Loves the Little Children,’” Discipleship Ministries, The United Methodist Church, Oct. 20, 2021. Accessed May 23, 2026: https://www.umcdiscipleship.org/articles/history-of-hymns-jesus-loves-the-little-children
A Bright Line Moment
January 25, 2026
3rd Sunday after Epiphany
Matthew 4:12-23
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1 Jack Jenkins, “Hundreds of clergy descend on Minneapolis and go on lookout for ICE,”
Religion News Service, January 22, 2026. Accessed 01/24/2024:
https://religionnews.com/2026/01/22/hundreds-of-clergy-descend-on-minneapolis-and-go-
on-lookout-for-ice/
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Child of Adam, Child of God
January 12, 2025
1st Sunday After Epiphany
The Baptism of Our Lord
Luke 3:15-17, 21-22
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Photo by: Ron Sherman
Sources:
1 Carol Lakey Hess, “Luke 3: 15–17, 21–22 Theological Perspective”, Feasting on the Word:
Year C, Volume 1: Advent through Transfiguration, Editors: David L. Bartlett and Barbara
Brown Taylor, Presbyterian Publishing Corporation, 2009. Kindle edition, Location 7803.
2 Ibid. Locations 7813, 7815 and 7836.
3 Ernest Hess, “Luke 3: 15–17, 21–22 Homiletic Perspective”, Feasting on the Word: Year C,
Volume 1: Advent through Transfiguration, Editors: David L. Bartlett and Barbara Brown
Taylor, Presbyterian Publishing Corporation, 2009. Kindle edition, Location 7964.
4 Robert M. Brearley, “Luke 3: 15–17, 21–22 Pastoral Perspective”, Feasting on the Word: Year
C, Volume 1: Advent through Transfiguration, Editors: David L. Bartlett and Barbara Brown
Taylor, Presbyterian Publishing Corporation, 2009. Kindle edition, Location 7866.
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God With Skin On
January 7, 2024
Church of the Servant
Baptism of our Lord, Year B
Mark 1:4-11
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Sources:
[1] Schori, Katharine Jefferts. “God, with Skin.” A Wing and a Prayer: A Message of Faith and Hope.” Morehouse Publishing, 2007. P. 152.
[2] Brown, Elton W. “Mark 1:4-11 Pastoral Perspective” Bartlett, David L., and Taylor, Barbara Brown. Feasting on the Word: Year B, Volume 1: Advent through Transfiguration (Feasting on the Word: Year B volume). Presbyterian Publishing Corporation, 2008. Kindle edition. P. 570.
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