The Unexpected Musical

December 22, 2024

First Sunday of Advent
Advent 4 – Year C
Luke 1:39-45 (46-55)

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Audra Gypsy

Photo by Marc J Franklin

 

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Windsock Visitation by Br. Mickey McGrath

Sources:

1 Jeff Lunden, “How casting makes this ‘Gypsy’ hit different,” NPR Weekend Edition Saturday,
Dec. 21, 2024. Accessed 12/21/24: Audra McDonald is starring in ‘Gypsy’ and it changes
everything : NPR
2 Robert Redman, “Luke21:39-45 (46-55) Theological Perspective”, Feasting on the Word: Year
C, Volume 1: Advent through Transfiguration, Editors: David L. Bartlett and Barbara Brown
Taylor, Presbyterian Publishing Corporation, 2009. Kindle edition, Location 3133.
3 Charles Campbell, “Luke21:39-45 (46-55) Homiletic Perspective”, Feasting on the Word: Year
C, Volume 1: Advent through Transfiguration, Editors: David L. Bartlett and Barbara Brown
Taylor, Presbyterian Publishing Corporation, 2009. Kindle edition, Location 3260.
4 Ibid. Location 3269.

Walking the Way of Peace

April 14, 2024

Church of the Servant

3rd Sunday of Easter - Year B
Luke 24:36b-48, Acts 3:12-19

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Walking foot

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Source: Luke Timothy Johnson, The Acts of the Apostles, Sacra Pagina Vol. 5, Daniel Harrington, ed., The Liturgical Press, Collegeville, MN (1992), p. 69.

Showing Up for God

March 31, 2024

Church of the Servant

Easter Sunday - Year B
Mark 16:1-8

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its that simple

 

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.