Gotcha Back!
November 9, 2025
22nd Sunday after Pentecost, Proper 27
Luke 20:27-38
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(The second link below includes both the scripture reading and the Sermon.)
i Daniel R. Schwartz, “Jewish Movements of the New Testament Period,” The Jewish
Annotated New Testament 2nd Edition, Editors: Amy-Jill Levine and Marc Zvi Brettler, Oxford
University Press, New York: 2017, 614-619.
ii Nancy Lynne Westfield, “Luke 20:27-38, Pastoral Perspective,” Feasting on the Word— Year
C, Volume 4: Season after Pentecost 2 (Propers 17-Reign of Christ) (Feasting on the Word:
Year C), editors: David L. Bartlett and Barbara Brown Taylor, Presbyterian Publishing
Corporation, 2010. Kindle edition.
Right Relationships
October 26, 2025
20th Sunday after Pentecost, Proper 25 – Year C
Luke 18:9-14
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(The second link below includes both the scripture reading and the Sermon.)
Amy-Jill Levine, “The Pharisee and the Tax Collector,” Short Stories by Jesus: The Enigmatic
Parables of a Controversial Rabbi, Harper One (New York: 2014), 189-194, 210.
From the Power of Darkness
April 13, 2025
Palm & Passion Sunday – Year C
Luke 22:14-23:56
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(The second link below includes both the scripture reading and the Sermon.)
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.
The Fragrance of Loves Action
April 6, 2025
Fifth Sunday in Lent – Year C
John 12:1-8
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(The second link below includes both the scripture reading and the Sermon.)
Sources:
1 H. Stephen Shoemaker, “John 12:1-8 Homiletic Perspective,” Bartlett, David L., and Bartlett,
Barbara Brown. Feasting on the Word: Year C, Volume 2: Lent through Eastertide,
Presbyterian Publishing Corporation, 2009, Kindle edition, Page 348 · Location 4843.
2 William Carter, “John 12:1-8 Pastoral Perspective,” Bartlett, David L., and Bartlett, Barbara
Brown. Feasting on the Word: Year C, Volume 2: Lent through Eastertide, Presbyterian
Publishing Corporation, 2009, Kindle edition, Page 342 · Location 4758, 4762, Page 343 · Location 4763, 4764, 4768-4771.
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