It’s Like THIS y’all…
June 29, 2025
3rd Sunday after Pentecost, Proper 8 – Year C
Luke 9:51-62; 1 Kings 19:15-16, 19-21
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(The second link below includes both the scripture reading and the Sermon.)
Sources:
1 Shinoda, Mike. “Remember the Name.” Fort Minor’s “The Rising Tied” Album, track 2,
Warner Records, 2005.
2 Oluo, Ijeoma. So You Want to Talk About Race. Basic Books, 2019. Kindle edition, Page 51,
Location 734 and Page 52, Location 745.
Hope in Times of Turmoil
December 1, 2024
Church of the Servant
First Sunday of Advent
Advent 1 - Year C
Luke 21:25-36; Jeremiah 33:14-16
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(The second link below includes both the scripture reading and the Sermon.)
Sources:
[1] Mariam J. Kamell, “Luke 21:25-36 Exegetical 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 897.
[2] Brad Stulberg, “How Not to Fall Into Despair”, New York Times, 11/29/2024, Accessed 11/30/2024: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/29/opinion/tragic-optimism.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
God Made Them in God’s Image
October 6, 2024
Church of the Servant
20th Sunday after Pentecost
Proper 22, Year B
Mark 10:2-16
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(The second link below includes both the scripture reading and the Sermon.)
Sources:
[1] Notes taken by me during online lecture series through University of the South School of Theology, October 2, 2024, lecturer: Dr. Donyelle McCray.
[2] mick atencio, “a little reflection on Genesis 1,” Jun 01, 2021, Words from mick, accessed Oct 4, 2024, https://mickatencio.substack.com/p/a-little-reflection-on-genesis-1-21-06-01
[3] “Pauli Murray From TV Series “On The Road”, 1985,” The Church Awakens: African Americans and the Struggle for Justice, accessed October 4, 2024, https://www.episcopalarchives.org/church-awakens/items/show/57.
Cultivating Seeds of Peace
September 29, 2024
Church of the Servant
19th Sunday after Pentecost
Proper 21, Year B
Mark 9:38-50
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(The second link below includes both the scripture reading and the Sermon.)
Sources: Harry B. Adams, “Mark 9:38-50 Pastoral Perspective,” Bartlett, David L. and Taylor, Barbara Brown editors of Feasting on the Word: Year B, Volume 4: Season after Pentecost 2 (Propers 17-Reign of Christ) (Feasting on the Word: Year B volume). Presbyterian Publishing Corporation, 2009. Kindle edition. Page 289 · Location 3967. [1] Ibid. Page 289 · Location 3970.
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