Right Relationships

October 26, 2025

20th Sunday after Pentecost, Proper 25 – Year C
Luke 18:9-14

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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.


The Grateful Samaritan

October 12, 2025

18th Sunday after Pentecost, Proper 23 – Year C
Luke 17:11-19

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1 Amy-Jill Levine and Ben Witherington III, “Ten Healed from Leprosy,” The Gospel of Luke,
Cambridge University Press (Cambridge: 2018), 472.
2 Brene Brown, “On Relationship between Joy and Gratitude,” Well Being Series, Earl E.
Bakken Center for Spirituality & Healing.
https://youtu.be/2IjSHUc7TXM?si=OG_xebVccU3aF8iW Accessed 10/10/2025.
3 Brother David Steindl-Rast, “Quotes” on Goodreads: Book Reviews, goodreads.com,
accessed 10/11/2025.


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/

Climbing the Sycamore

October 30, 2022

Church of the Servant

2st Sunday after Pentecost
Proper 26, Year C
Luke 19:1-10

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