YOU are part of ALL
September 23, 2018
Church of the Servant, Wilmington, NC
Proper 20, Year B
Mark 9:30-37, James 3:13-4:3, 7-8a
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Gospel Text:
Jesus and his disciples passed through Galilee. He did not want anyone to know it; for he was teaching his disciples, saying to them, “The Son of Man is to be betrayed into human hands, and they will kill him, and three days after being killed, he will rise again.” But they did not understand what he was saying and were afraid to ask him.
Then they came to Capernaum; and when he was in the house he asked them, “What were you arguing about on the way?” But they were silent, for on the way they had argued with one another who was the greatest. He sat down, called the twelve, and said to them, “Whoever wants to be first must be last of all and servant of all.” Then he took a little child and put it among them; and taking it in his arms, he said to them, “Whoever welcomes one such child in my name welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes not me but the one who sent me.”
An OTHER Voice
September 9, 2018
Church of the Servant, Wilmington, NC
Proper 18, Year B
Mark 7:24-37, James 2:1-17
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R-E-S-P-E-C-T
August 19, 2018
Church of the Servant, Wilmington, NC
Proper 15, Year B
Ephesians 5:15-20
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Scripture Passage:
Ephesians 5:15-20
Be careful then how you live, not as unwise people but as wise, making the most of the time, because the days are evil. So do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is. Do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery; but be filled with the Spirit, as you sing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs among yourselves, singing and making melody to the Lord in your hearts, giving thanks to God the Father at all times and for everything in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Sources:
[1] Laurie Goodstein and Sharon Otterman, “Catholic Priests Abused 1,000 Children in Pennsylvania, Report Says,” New York Times, Aug. 14, 2018.
[1] Richard Williams, “Aretha Franklin Obituary,” The Guardian, August 16, 2018, https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/aug/16/aretha-franklin-obituary.
Purposeful Planting
June 17, 2018
Church of the Servant, Wilmington, NC
Proper 6, Year B
Ezekiel 17:22-24; Mark 4:26-34
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Gospel Text:
Jesus said, “The kingdom of God is as if someone would scatter seed on the ground, and would sleep and rise night and day, and the seed would sprout and grow, he does not know how. The earth produces of itself, first the stalk, then the head, then the full grain in the head. But when the grain is ripe, at once he goes in with his sickle, because the harvest has come.”
He also said, “With what can we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable will we use for it? It is like a mustard seed, which, when sown upon the ground, is the smallest of all the seeds on earth; yet when it is sown it grows up and becomes the greatest of all shrubs, and puts forth large branches, so that the birds of the air can make nests in its shade.”
With many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear it; he did not speak to them except in parables, but he explained everything in private to his disciples.
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