If You Can’t Stand the Heat…
September 7, 2025
13th Sunday after Pentecost, Proper 18 – Year C
Luke 14:25-33
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Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, May 15, 2023
1 Emilie Townes, “Luke 14: 25-33, Theological Perspective”, editors David L. Bartlett and
Barbara Brown Taylor, Feasting on the Word— Year C, Volume 4: Season after Pentecost 2
(Propers 17-Reign of Christ) (Feasting on the Word: Year C). Presbyterian Publishing
Corporation, 2010. Kindle edition. Page 129 · Location 1716, Page 130 · Location 1723.
2 Catherine Meeks, The Night is Long but Light Comes in the Morning: Meditations for Racial
Healing. Church Publishing Incorporated, 2022. Kindle edition. Page 19 · Location 217.
3 Bernard Mokam, “Joseph McNeil, Young Spark in a Civil Rights Battle, Dies at 83,” New York
Times, September 5, 2025. Accessed 09/06/2025:
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/us/joseph-mcneil-dead.html.
We Lack One Thing…
October 13, 2024
Church of the Servant
21st Sunday after Pentecost
Proper 23, Year B
Mark 10:17-31
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Sources:
[1] Charles L. Campbell, “Mark 10:17-31 Homiletic Perspective,” Feasting on the Word: Year B, Volume 4: Season after Pentecost 2 (Propers 17-Reign of Christ) (Feasting on the Word: Year B volume), editors: Bartlett, David L., and Taylor, Barbara Brown, Presbyterian Publishing Corporation, 2009. Kindle edition. Page 412 · Location 5679.
[2] Kelly Niccolls, Rebecca Midles, Susan Enfield, “Decentering Whiteness from Our American Schools,” Getting Smart.com, Nov 11, 2021, accessed: 10/12/2024, https://www.gettingsmart.com/2021/11/11/decentering-whiteness-from-our-american-schools/
[3] Campbell, Page 413 · Location 5690.
Chewing on The Word
August 18, 2024
Church of the Servant
13th Sunday after Pentecost
Proper 15, Year B
John 6:51-58
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Sources: William H. Willimon, “John 6:51-58, Homiletic Perspective,” Bartlett, David L., and Taylor, Barbara Brown. Feasting on the Word: Year B, Volume 3: Pentecost and Season after Pentecost 1 (Propers 3-16). Presbyterian Publishing Corporation, 2009. Kindle edition. Location 12736, Location 12757, and Location 12766.
The Last Lesson
March 28, 2024
Church of the Servant
Maundy Thursday
John 13:1-17, 31b-35
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