It’s Like THIS y’all…
June 29, 2025
3rd Sunday after Pentecost, Proper 8 – Year C
Luke 9:51-62; 1 Kings 19:15-16, 19-21
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(The second link below includes both the scripture reading and the Sermon.)
Sources:
1 Shinoda, Mike. “Remember the Name.” Fort Minor’s “The Rising Tied” Album, track 2,
Warner Records, 2005.
2 Oluo, Ijeoma. So You Want to Talk About Race. Basic Books, 2019. Kindle edition, Page 51,
Location 734 and Page 52, Location 745.
The King of Truth
November 24, 2024
Church of the Servant
Last Sunday after Pentecost
Christ the King Sunday
Proper 29, Year B
John 18:33-37
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(The second link below includes both the scripture reading and the Sermon.)
Source: Emilie Townes, “John 18:33-37 Theological Reflection,” Feasting on the Word: Year B, Volume 4: Season after Pentecost 2 (Propers 17-Reign of Christ) Editors: David L. Bartlett and Barbara Brown Taylor. Presbyterian Publishing Corporation, 2009. Kindle edition. Page 806 · Location 11113 and Page 807 · Location 11129.
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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(The second link below includes both the scripture reading and the Sermon.)
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.
God Made Them in God’s Image
October 6, 2024
Church of the Servant
20th Sunday after Pentecost
Proper 22, Year B
Mark 10:2-16
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(The second link below includes both the scripture reading and the Sermon.)
Sources:
[1] Notes taken by me during online lecture series through University of the South School of Theology, October 2, 2024, lecturer: Dr. Donyelle McCray.
[2] mick atencio, “a little reflection on Genesis 1,” Jun 01, 2021, Words from mick, accessed Oct 4, 2024, https://mickatencio.substack.com/p/a-little-reflection-on-genesis-1-21-06-01
[3] “Pauli Murray From TV Series “On The Road”, 1985,” The Church Awakens: African Americans and the Struggle for Justice, accessed October 4, 2024, https://www.episcopalarchives.org/church-awakens/items/show/57.
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