Browsing Archive: January, 2014
Posted by Emily Sanderson on Friday, January 31, 2014,
Readings Micah 6:1-8, Psalm 15, 1 Corinthians 1: 18-31, Matthew 5:1- 12Thanks to: Feasting On The Word Year A Volume 1 pgs. 290- 313A strong theme in the readings for this week is our moral behavior as weseek to do God's will. For example the Psalm declares that the people who donot slander, do not to do evil to their friends, do not take bribes againstthe innocent and stand by their oaths even till it hurts are the ones whomay and will abide in the Lord's tent. How we live is a very worthy... Continue reading ...
Posted by Emily Sanderson on Thursday, January 23, 2014,
Readings Isaiah 9:1-4, Psalm 27: 1, 4-9, 1 Corinthians 1: 10-18, Matthew 4 :12- 23 Thanks to Feasting on The Word for its insights.Because it is St. Philip's Annual meeting on Sunday and St. John's nextweek , I will be looking at the readings from this angle which means I maylook at 1 Corinthians because it is a letter to a church and sort of a peptalk to a congregation ( pep talk might be too kind a description as Paulwas addressing some serious issues in the church ).Or perhaps it would b... Continue reading ...
Posted by Emily Sanderson on Friday, January 17, 2014,
This Sunday I am going to be working on my diocesan job preaching inBancroft and doing an NCD survey for them. So I will be approaching theScriptures with Natural Church Development in mind.Hence my first thoughts for this week will be through the lens of the NCDquestions and the 9 quality characteristics. Perhaps this will remind us ofour own NCD plan and ministry.I think you have to stretch the imagination a bit to find all of thequality characteristics in the Sunday's readings but you wo... Continue reading ...
Posted by Emily Sanderson on Friday, January 10, 2014,
Hi everyone,Trust that you are all well and warming up a bit. From the forecast we mightbe able to wear shorts to church on Sunday.Here are my first thoughts on this week's readings. To stimulate my thinkingI have read and made use of the commentary from Feasting on the Word Year AVolume 1 pages 218- 241 , David Bartlett and Barbara Brown Taylor , EditorsWe continue to read from Isaiah, Isaiah 42:1-9 . Our reading is probably setin a time when the people of Judah are in exile in Babylon just ... Continue reading ...
Posted by Emily Sanderson on Friday, January 3, 2014,
Hi everyone and a Happy and Blessed New Year to you all. It was a great joyto worship with you this Christmas season. Here are my first thoughts on theBible readings for Epiphany which we will be celebrating this Sunday.As we are beginning a new year I come to our readings wondering what God iscalling us to do in the Parish Of Marysburgh in 2014. Although our readingsfor Epiphany may not tell us specifically what we should do I think they doshed a bright light on what we are called to be abou... Continue reading ...