The Wonder of Wheat
July 19, 2026
8th Sunday after Pentecost; Proper 11 Year A
Genesis 28:10-19a & Matthew 13:24-30
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Open Hearts Make Room for the Stranger
April 19, 2026
3rd Sunday of Easter Year A
Luke 24:13-35; Acts 2:14a,36-41; 1 Peter 1:17-23
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1 David Senior, “Luke 24:13-35 Exegetical Perspective,” Feasting on the Word: Year A, Volume 2: Lent through Eastertide (Feasting on the Word: Year A volume), edited by David L. Bartlett and Barbara Brown Bartlett, Presbyterian Publishing Corporation, 2010. Kindle edition. Page 1005, Location 14377.
2 Molly T. Marshall, “Luke 24:13-35 Theological Perspective,” Feasting on the Word: Year A, Volume 2: Lent through Eastertide (Feasting on the Word: Year A volume), edited by David L. Bartlett and Barbara Brown Bartlett, Presbyterian Publishing Corporation, 2010. Kindle edition. Page 999, Locations 14289,14293, 14294.
Jesus: One-on-One
December 14, 2025
3rd Sunday of Advent Year A
Matthew 11:2-11
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1 Doris Kearns Goodwin, “Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln” (New York:
Simon & Schuster, 2006), Audio book.
2 N.T. Wright, quoted in an article by Leah MarieAnn Klett, “NT Wright: Western Christians
have misread Heaven, the End Times, spiritual warfare,” The Christian Post, Dec. 2, 2025.
Accessed 12/12/2025: https://www.christianpost.com/books/nt-wright-why-western-
christians-have-misread-heaven.html
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.
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