Pondering Prayer

December 25, 2025

Christmas Eve
Luke 2:1-20

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1 Irwin Keller, “Prayer for Reading the News,” Irwin Keller website, April 11, 2022, accessed
12/24/2025: https://www.irwinkeller.com/itzikswell/2022/4/11/prayer-for-reading-the-news.



All Saints’ Day (Transferred) – Year C
Luke 6:20-31

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Diocese of East Carolina – 2025 Bishop Candidates 

 


Right Relationships

October 26, 2025

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

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Amy-Jill Levine, “The Pharisee and the Tax Collector,” Short Stories by Jesus: The Enigmatic
Parables of a Controversial Rabbi, Harper One (New York: 2014), 189-194, 210.


7th Sunday after Pentecost, Proper 12 – Year C
Luke 11:1-13

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Sources:

1 Matthew L. Skinner, “Luke 11:1-13 Exegetical Perspective,” Editors: Bartlett, David L., and
Taylor, Barbara Brown. Feasting on the Word: Year C, Volume 3: Pentecost and Season after
Pentecost 1 (Propers 3-16)
. Presbyterian Publishing Corporation, 2010. Kindle edition. Page
728 · Location 9933.
2 James A. Wallace, C.SS.R., “Luke 11:1-13 Homiletic Perspective,” Editors: Bartlett, David
L., and Taylor, Barbara Brown. Feasting on the Word: Year C, Volume 3: Pentecost and
Season after Pentecost 1 (Propers 3-16)
. Presbyterian Publishing Corporation, 2010.
Kindle edition. Page 731 · Location 9972, 9977, 9978.
3 Douglas John Hall, “Luke 11:1-13 Theological Perspective,” Editors: Bartlett, David L., and
Taylor, Barbara Brown. Feasting on the Word: Year C, Volume 3: Pentecost and Season after
Pentecost 1 (Propers 3-16)
. Presbyterian Publishing Corporation, 2010. Kindle edition. Page
722 · Location 9855.