Who’s Missing?

March 27, 2022

Church of the Servant

Fourth Sunday in Lent
Luke 15:1-32
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                   seeking the lost

          Amy-Jill-Levine short stories

Sources: Amy-Jill Levine and Ben Witherington III, The Gospel of Luke, New Cambridge Bible Commentary, 2018, p. 410.
Amy-Jill Levine, Short Stories by Jesus: The Enigmatic Parables of a Controversial Rabbi, Harper Collins, New York, 2014, pp 27-76.

Church of the Servant

Second Sunday in Lent
Psalm 27; Luke 13:31-35
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journey of lent

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                Jesus to Jerusalem

Welcoming all - hen

 

Source: Richard Stern, Homiletic Commentary on Psalm 27, in Feasting on the Word: Year C, Volume 2: Lent through Eastertide, editors: Bartlett, David L., and Taylor, Barbara Brown. Presbyterian Publishing Corporation, 2009. Kindle edition, Location 2165.

Yes, Even Them

February 20, 2022

Church of the Servant

Seventh Sunday after Epiphany
Luke 6:27-38
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Original Organ

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Refurbished Organ

New Organ

Luke-6_27-38 on brick

Source: Amanda Gorman, excerpt from “& So”, within her book Call Us What We Carry, Penguin Random House (New York: 2021).

Intentionally Simple

January 23, 2022

Church of the Servant, Wilmington, NC

3rd Sunday after Epiphany – Year C
Luke 4:14-21; Nehemiah 8:1-3, 5-6, 8-10 

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its that simple

Source: Daniel Victor, “Wordle is a Love Story,” New York Times, January 3, 2022.