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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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.
Test of Discipleship
September 22, 2024
Church of the Servant
18th Sunday after Pentecost
Proper 20, Year B
Mark 9:30-37
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Sources: Panel discussion during the conference “Test of Faith: Summit to Defend Democracy,” Sept. 19-20, 2024, Hosted by Georgetown University’s Center on Faith and Justice, McCourt School of Public Policy, Washington, D.C..
Deepening Hospitality
February 4, 2024
Church of the Servant
5th Sunday after Epiphany, Year B
Mark 1:29-39
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Sources:
[1] Howard Thurman, “Paths we did not know,” The Inward Journey, Friends United Press, Richmond, IN, 1961, p. 53-54.
[2] Howard Thurman, “Saddle Your Dreams,” The Inward Journey, Friends United Press, Richmond, IN, 1961, p. 67.
Marvelously Made
January 14, 2024
Church of the Servant
2nd Sunday after Epiphany, Year B
1 Samuel 3:1-10; Psalm 139:1-5, 12-17; John 1:43-51
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Sources:
[1] King, Martin Luther, Jr. “I have a dream,” as provided on NPR website: https://www.npr.org/2010/01/18/122701268/i-have-a-dream-speech-in-its-entirety
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