So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom. [Psalm 90:12 King James Version] Here are the readings for the 24th Sunday after Pentecost. Zephaniah 1:7, 12-18 Psalm 90:1-12 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11 Matthew 25:14-30 This is the next-to-last Sunday before the end of the church year. We continue toContinueContinue reading “NOVEMBER 13, 2017”
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November 6, 2017
Keep awake therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour. [Matthew 5:13] As we enter the final three weeks of the church year, our readings are filled with images of the last days. At first glance, we read a lot about death and destruction. Believe me, these words are as tough to preachContinueContinue reading “November 6, 2017”
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“…but this one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the heavenly call of God in Christ Jesus.” [Philippians 3:13-14 NRSV] I recall a conversation I had with my mother when she first moved to Columbus, Ohio, fromContinueContinue reading “73”