Blogging Towards Sunday, September 15, 2019
Hebrews 11-12:3 Today we begin a Fall Sunday Series on Exile & Diaspora. Those are the terms that we give to the great change that underwent the nation, people … Continue reading
Blogging Towards the Fall: Living in Exile
This Sunday we’re beginning our Fall Series on Exile & Diaspora at @CAPCOakland. Those are the terms that we give to the great change that underwent the nation, people … Continue reading
Blogging Towards Sunday, September 1, 2019
Leviticus 25:1-17 & Luke 4:16-22 We talked last week about Sabbath as a tricky concept. The commandment to rest harkens back to other key Biblical stories. It points … Continue reading
Blogging towards Sunday, August 25, 2019
Exodus 20:8-11, Deuteronomy 5:12-15 & Matthew 11:28-30 Sabbath is a tricky concept. We’ve tended to see it as a Jewish thing, not really applicable to us, … Continue reading
Blogging Towards Sunday, August 18, 2019
Psalm 30 & Mark 5:21-43 There are 150 Psalms (poetic hymns) in the book we call the Psalms. Today’s reading – Psalm 30 – is a good example … Continue reading
Blogging Towards Sunday, August 11, 2019
Psalm 13 & Genesis 22:1-14 “Nothing to be done.” That’s what some might say when faced with evil, darkness, or the seeming silence of God. This week in the … Continue reading
Blogging Towards Sunday, July 28, 2019
Psalm 103 & Genesis 12:1-4 We’re all learners at life, faith, and prayer. We have to figure out how prayer becomes more than something that the preacher talks about … Continue reading
Blogging Towards Sunday, July 7, 2019
Psalm 137 NRSV | The Message Translation I’ve heard it said that the stories of the Bible aren’t realistic. If anything, today’s Psalm contradicts that view, showing the … Continue reading
Blogging Towards Sunday, June 16, 2019
1 Samuel 21:1-9 & Matthew 12:1-8 Today’s two texts are related. For in the selection from Matthew’s gospel retelling of the life of Jesus, he refers back to the … Continue reading
Blogging Towards Sunday, June 9, 2019
Acts 2:1-21 The Book of Acts (of the Acts of the Apostle Paul) is written by the same author as the gospel story told by Luke. Many today think that … Continue reading
