Lavender Love

June 11, 2023

Church of the Servant

2nd Sunday after Pentecost
Proper 5 - Year A
Matthew 9:9-13, 18-26

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Lavender Nights

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Mercy not sacrifie

Pride Houston Chorus singing “Love Don’t Need a Reason” https://www.facebook.com/nancy.greenwood.773/videos/215547967975595

Sources:

  1. “The Lavender Song”, 1920 Music by Mischa Spoliansky. English lyrics by Jeremy Lawrence based on the original German lyrics by Kurt Schwabach.
  2. John Broich, “How the Nazis destroyed the first gay rights movement,” July 4, 2017, The Conversation, https://theconversation.com/how-the-nazis-destroyed-the-first-gay-rights-movement-80354, Accessed: June 8, 2023.
  3. Terry Gross & Robert Beachy, “Between World Wars, Gay Culture Flourished In Berlin,” December 17, 2014, Fresh Air on NPR. https://www.npr.org/2014/12/17/371424790/between-world-wars-gay-culture-flourished-in-berlin, Accessed: June 8, 2023.
  4. Charles M. Blow, “Yes, We’re in an L.G.B.T.Q. State of Emergency”, New York Times, June 7, 2023. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/07/opinion/pride-lgbtq-laws.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare. Accessed June 8, 2023.

Church of the Servant

Pentecost Sunday - Year A
Acts 2:1-21

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Sources:

  1. Luke Timothy Johnson, Sacra Pagina: The Acts of the Apostles, Daniel J. Harrington, Editor, The Liturgical Press, (Collegeville, MN: 1992), pp. 45-47.
  2. My Jewish Learning, https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/shavuot-101/

What are We to Do?

April 23, 2023

Church of the Servant

3rd Sunday of Easter - Year A
Luke 24:13-35; Acts 2:14a, 36-41

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A Love That Doesn’t Exclude

February 22, 2023

Church of the Servant

Ash Wednesday
Matthew 6:--6, 16-21

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                       Lent

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Sources:

1) Anders, and Isabel. 40-Day Journey with Madeleine L’Engle (40-Day Journey). , 1969. Kindle edition.