Servants Song
January 11, 2026
1st Sunday after Epiphany
Isaiah 42:1-9
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(The second link below includes both the scripture reading and the Sermon.)
Celebrating Servants Sunday – “This little light of mine”
1 Richard F. Ward, “Isaiah 42:1-9; Homiletic Perspective,” Feasting on the Word: Year A,
Volume 1: Advent through Transfiguration (Feasting on the Word: Year A volume). Editors:
David L. Bartlett and Barbara Brown Taylor, Presbyterian Publishing Corporation, 2010. Kindle
edition. Page 527, Location 7526.
Pondering Prayer
December 25, 2025
Christmas Eve
Luke 2:1-20
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(The second link below includes both the scripture reading and the Sermon.)
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.
The Grateful Samaritan
October 12, 2025
18th Sunday after Pentecost, Proper 23 – Year C
Luke 17:11-19
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(The second link below includes both the scripture reading and the Sermon.)
1 Amy-Jill Levine and Ben Witherington III, “Ten Healed from Leprosy,” The Gospel of Luke,
Cambridge University Press (Cambridge: 2018), 472.
2 Brene Brown, “On Relationship between Joy and Gratitude,” Well Being Series, Earl E.
Bakken Center for Spirituality & Healing.
https://youtu.be/2IjSHUc7TXM?si=OG_xebVccU3aF8iW Accessed 10/10/2025.
3 Brother David Steindl-Rast, “Quotes” on Goodreads: Book Reviews, goodreads.com,
accessed 10/11/2025.
NeighborGood
September 28, 2025
16th Sunday after Pentecost, Proper 21 – Year C
Luke 16:19-31
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(The second link below includes both the scripture reading and the Sermon.)
1 “Unlike National Pretzel Day, National Miniature Golf Day, or even April Fools Day, National
Good Neighbor Day is an actual holiday.” National Good Neighbor Day website. Accessed
09/27/2025: https://www.nationalgoodneighborday.org/history/
2 Helen Montgomery Debevoise, “Luke 16:19-31, Pastoral Perspective”, editors David L.
Bartlett and Barbara Brown Taylor, Feasting on the Word— Year C, Volume 4: Season after
Pentecost 2 (Propers 17-Reign of Christ) (Feasting on the Word: Year C). Presbyterian
Publishing Corporation, 2010. Kindle edition. Page 315 · Location 4289.
3 David Burton, “’Good Fences Make Good Neighbors’” Misses the Point,” The Hopeful
Neighbor Project, Accessed 09/27/2025: https://www.hopefulneighborhood.org/blog/good-
fences-make-good-neighbors-misses-the-point/
4 National Good Neighbor Day website – History page.
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