Advent Hope 2.0
December 7, 2025
2nd Sunday of Advent Year A
Isaiah 11:1-10; Romans 15:4-13; Matthew 3:1-12
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1) Sean Winter, Fran Barber, Robyn Whitaker, “Episode A102 Advent 2: Isaiah 11:1-10 with
Sean Winter,” By the Well Podcast, November 24, 2019. Accessed 12/05/2025:
https://bythewell.com.au/episodes/a102-advent-2-isaiah-111-10-with-sean-winter
2) Robert C. Wright, “Not Optimism,” For Faith: A Weekly devotional from Bishop Rob Wright,
Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta, December 5, 2025, Accessed 12/05/2025:
https://episcopalatlanta.org/for-faith/not-optimism/.
3) Fleming Rutledge, “God’s Cut-and-Fill Operation,” Advent: The Once and Future
Coming of Jesus Christ. Eerdmans, 2018, Kindle edition, Page 291, Location 5503
iv Ibid. Page 292, Location 5516.
From the Power of Darkness
April 13, 2025
Palm & Passion Sunday – Year C
Luke 22:14-23:56
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Sources:
1 Whitaker, Robyn. 2017, “A Failed Spectacle: The Role of the Crowd in Luke 23.” Biblical
Interpretation 25 (3):399-416. Doi:10.1163/15685152-00253P06. p. 399, 404.
Chewing on The Word
August 18, 2024
Church of the Servant
13th Sunday after Pentecost
Proper 15, Year B
John 6:51-58
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Sources: William H. Willimon, “John 6:51-58, Homiletic Perspective,” Bartlett, David L., and Taylor, Barbara Brown. Feasting on the Word: Year B, Volume 3: Pentecost and Season after Pentecost 1 (Propers 3-16). Presbyterian Publishing Corporation, 2009. Kindle edition. Location 12736, Location 12757, and Location 12766.
Going Forward
August 11, 2024
Church of the Servant
12th Sunday after Pentecost
Proper 14, Year B
1 Kings 19:4-8, John 6:35, 41-51
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