Feed & Tend God’s Sheep & Lambs
May 4, 2025
3rd Sunday of Easter
John 21:1-19
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A boy collects bread from WFP, at a shelter in Gaza. Photo: WFP/Ali Jadallah
Select General Outreach and put Jerusalem/Middle East in the memo box
Sources:
The World Food Programme (WFP) has depleted all its food stocks in Gaza. Accessed May 2, 2025: https://www.wfp.org/emergencies/palestine-emergency.
Resisting Temptation(s)
March 9, 2025
First Sunday in Lent – Year C
Luke 4:1-13
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Sources:
Nick Piastowski, “ShithTheegala’s self-reported rules penalty? Here’s what he lost (and gained),” September 1, 2024, Golf.com. Accessed 03/08/2025 https://golf.com/news/sahith-theegalas-penalty-lost-gained/.
In Anxious Times…
February 2, 2025
The Presentation of Jesus, The Purification of Mary
Luke 2:22-40; Hebrews 2:14-18
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Sources:
1 “The man in the Hole” Story, West Wing episode: “Noel,” Released in U.S. December 20, 2000, National Broadcasting Company (NBC), Director: Thomas Schlamme, Writers: Aaron Sorkin and Peter Parnell.
Child of Adam, Child of God
January 12, 2025
1st Sunday After Epiphany
The Baptism of Our Lord
Luke 3:15-17, 21-22
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Photo by: Ron Sherman
Sources:
1 Carol Lakey Hess, “Luke 3: 15–17, 21–22 Theological Perspective”, Feasting on the Word:
Year C, Volume 1: Advent through Transfiguration, Editors: David L. Bartlett and Barbara
Brown Taylor, Presbyterian Publishing Corporation, 2009. Kindle edition, Location 7803.
2 Ibid. Locations 7813, 7815 and 7836.
3 Ernest Hess, “Luke 3: 15–17, 21–22 Homiletic Perspective”, Feasting on the Word: Year C,
Volume 1: Advent through Transfiguration, Editors: David L. Bartlett and Barbara Brown
Taylor, Presbyterian Publishing Corporation, 2009. Kindle edition, Location 7964.
4 Robert M. Brearley, “Luke 3: 15–17, 21–22 Pastoral Perspective”, Feasting on the Word: Year
C, Volume 1: Advent through Transfiguration, Editors: David L. Bartlett and Barbara Brown
Taylor, Presbyterian Publishing Corporation, 2009. Kindle edition, Location 7866.
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