Lavender Love

June 11, 2023

Church of the Servant

2nd Sunday after Pentecost
Proper 5 - Year A
Matthew 9:9-13, 18-26

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Lavender Nights

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Mercy not sacrifie

Pride Houston Chorus singing “Love Don’t Need a Reason” https://www.facebook.com/nancy.greenwood.773/videos/215547967975595

Sources:

  1. “The Lavender Song”, 1920 Music by Mischa Spoliansky. English lyrics by Jeremy Lawrence based on the original German lyrics by Kurt Schwabach.
  2. John Broich, “How the Nazis destroyed the first gay rights movement,” July 4, 2017, The Conversation, https://theconversation.com/how-the-nazis-destroyed-the-first-gay-rights-movement-80354, Accessed: June 8, 2023.
  3. Terry Gross & Robert Beachy, “Between World Wars, Gay Culture Flourished In Berlin,” December 17, 2014, Fresh Air on NPR. https://www.npr.org/2014/12/17/371424790/between-world-wars-gay-culture-flourished-in-berlin, Accessed: June 8, 2023.
  4. Charles M. Blow, “Yes, We’re in an L.G.B.T.Q. State of Emergency”, New York Times, June 7, 2023. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/07/opinion/pride-lgbtq-laws.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare. Accessed June 8, 2023.

Faithful Strategies

October 23, 2022

Church of the Servant

20th Sunday after Pentecost
Proper 25, Year C
Luke 18:9-14

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exaltation and humility

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A Faithful Response

October 9, 2022

Church of the Servant

18th Sunday after Pentecost
Proper 22, Year C
Luke 17:11-19, 2 Kings 5:1-15c

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gving thanks

Bearing fruit

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Church of the Servant

16th Sunday after Pentecost
Proper 21, Year C
Luke 16:19-31; 1 Timothy 6:6-19

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Lazarus and OUR Gate

Sources:

Amy Jill Levine, Short Stores by Jesus: The Enigmatic Parables of a Controversial Rabbi, Harper Collins Publishers, (New York: 2014), p. 280.