A Song For Our Time

May 24, 2026

Pentecost Sunday – Year A
Acts 2:1-21

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The three men killed during Monday’s shooting at a San Diego mosque have been identified as Mansour Kaziha, from left, Amin Abdullah, and Nadir Awad. (Courtesy photos)
C. Herbert Woolston

Sources: 1) Juliana Kim and Emma Bowman, “The San Diego mosque shooting victims remembered as heroes for protecting children,” NPR National News, May 20, 2026. Accessed May 23, 2026: https://www.npr.org/2026/05/20/nx-s1-5827053/san-diego-mosque-shooting-victims
2) Richard Winton and Paige St. John, “Social media, manifesto of San Diego mosque shooters rooted in white nationalism,” Los Angeles Times, May 20, 2026. Accessed May 23, 2026: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-05-20/san-diego-attack-manifesto
3) “History of Hymns: ‘Jesus Loves the Little Children,’” Discipleship Ministries, The United Methodist Church, Oct. 20, 2021. Accessed May 23, 2026: https://www.umcdiscipleship.org/articles/history-of-hymns-jesus-loves-the-little-children

Enough-ness

November 10, 2024

Church of the Servant

25th Sunday after Pentecost
Proper 27, Year B
1 Kings 17:8-16


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      widow of zarephath

turquoise table movement

What flour and oil

slider-hope

Source: Kristin Schell, The Turquoise Table, Accessed 11/9/2024, https://theturquoisetable.com/book/

Take Heart

October 27, 2024

Church of the Servant

23rd Sunday after Pentecost
Proper 25, Year B
Mark 10:46-52


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      bartimaeus

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We Lack One Thing…

October 13, 2024

Church of the Servant

21st Sunday after Pentecost
Proper 23, Year B
Mark 10:17-31


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what must i do

agape hands

Decentering+Whiteness

Team Corporate Teamwork Collaboration Assistance Concept

Sources:

[1] Charles L. Campbell, “Mark 10:17-31 Homiletic Perspective,” Feasting on the Word: Year B, Volume 4: Season after Pentecost 2 (Propers 17-Reign of Christ) (Feasting on the Word: Year B volume), editors: Bartlett, David L., and Taylor, Barbara Brown, Presbyterian Publishing Corporation, 2009. Kindle edition. Page 412 · Location 5679.

[2] Kelly Niccolls, Rebecca Midles, Susan Enfield, “Decentering Whiteness from Our American Schools,” Getting Smart.com, Nov 11, 2021, accessed: 10/12/2024, https://www.gettingsmart.com/2021/11/11/decentering-whiteness-from-our-american-schools/

[3] Campbell, Page 413 · Location 5690.