The Last Straw
Matthew 2: 1-12
Epiphany, Common Lectionary Year A
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Introduction, scripture and story
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Let me begin with a question for you:
Which are you, one of those who sees the world, and likes to order your own part of life
in simple contrasts; right/wrong, good/bad, in/out, yes/no, highway or byway….?
Or, are you more likely to see the world, and your own living of it as “It’s complicated..”?
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Scholarship has shown that the Magnificat is a song with a long history within and beyond the Scriptures of the Older Testament.
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Grafted & Pruned
I know that for me, whenever I hear the opening verse of this text, “I AM the True Vine,
and God, my Father is the Vineyard Keeper” I am immediately transported sensually to the vineyards of Alsace!
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That’s a bit like flicking through your TV channels, or a YouTube feed, and landing in the middle of something you’ve no idea what. What happened before, or what’s going to happen next?
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Sensing Resurrection..
The trouble with taking the Sunday after Easter off, as I’ve done more often than not, is that I often feel like I’m playing catch up when I step back to the lectern, or in this year, hop back on the kitchen stool.
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See! (Don’t) Touch! Tell!
I confess that I’ve been sitting on this lectionary conundrum for days now.
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Welcome to this time of worship for Good Friday, called Good, for the goodness of love that silently conquers fear and hate, even at the ultimate price of life itself.
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What’s with the Donkey?
Stripped of our regular pageantry,
the story’s oddnesses poke out like toes from a sock, don’t they?
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Let me begin with a question for you:
Which are you, one of those who sees the world, and likes to order your own part of life
in simple contrasts; right/wrong, good/bad, in/out, yes/no, highway or byway….?
Or, are you more likely to see the world, and your own living of it as “It’s complicated..”? -
Scholarship has shown that the Magnificat is a song with a long history within and beyond the Scriptures of the Older Testament.
-
Grafted & Pruned
I know that for me, whenever I hear the opening verse of this text, “I AM the True Vine,
and God, my Father is the Vineyard Keeper” I am immediately transported sensually to the vineyards of Alsace! -
That’s a bit like flicking through your TV channels, or a YouTube feed, and landing in the middle of something you’ve no idea what. What happened before, or what’s going to happen next?
-
Sensing Resurrection..
The trouble with taking the Sunday after Easter off, as I’ve done more often than not, is that I often feel like I’m playing catch up when I step back to the lectern, or in this year, hop back on the kitchen stool.
-
See! (Don’t) Touch! Tell!
I confess that I’ve been sitting on this lectionary conundrum for days now. -
Welcome to this time of worship for Good Friday, called Good, for the goodness of love that silently conquers fear and hate, even at the ultimate price of life itself.
-
What’s with the Donkey?
Stripped of our regular pageantry,
the story’s oddnesses poke out like toes from a sock, don’t they?