The Earth is our Neighbor

September 10, 2023

Church of the Servant

15th Sunday after Pentecost
Proper 18 - Year A
Romans 13:8-14

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usopen semifinal

season of creation

love your neighbor

Eaarth Earthrise

romans-13 8-14

Sources:

Jesus Jiménez and Kurt Streeter, “Protest Stops U.S. Open Semifinal Match”, New York Times, Sept. 7, 2023. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/07/sports/tennis/protest-stops-us-open-semifinal-match.html Accessed Sept. 9, 2023.

Season of Creation: A Celebration Guide for Episcopal Parishes 2023, the Rev. John Elliott Lein and the Rev. Dr. Margaret Bullitt-Jonas assemblers, p. 10.

Bill McKibben, Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet. Henry Holt and Co., 2010. Kindle edition. Location 124.

Church of the Servant

14th Sunday after Pentecost
Proper 17 - Year A
Matthew 16:21-28

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keys to kingdom

stamped

            Meeks book

Sources:

Link to Coastline Replay:  https://www.whqr.org/show/coastline/2023-08-29/coastline-racial-healing-activists-of-all-races-need-to-interrogate-themselves-first-says-dr-catherine-meeks

Church of the Servant

8th Sunday after Pentecost
Proper 11 - Year A
Matthew 13:24-30,36-43

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MCI Chart and Decline

                 wheat and tares

Close up of ripe wheat ears

Sources:  

  1. Jody Greenwood’s Notes from “Making Our Memory Stick”, Len Lecci, Phd, Osher Lifetime Learning Institute, March 2021.

Sowing God-Stories

July 16, 2023

Church of the Servant

7th Sunday after Pentecost
Proper 10 - Year A
Matthew 13:1-9,18-23

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The Gospel according to Sam

sowers guide

You Lost Me

sowing

Sources:

  1. William Miller, The Gospel According to Sam: Animal Stories for the Soul, Seabury Books, (New York: 2005), p. xii.