Colin Mathewson
Colin Mathewson and his wife, Laurel, are seminarians at Sewanee: University of the South, and postulants in the Diocese of San Diego.
Sermons and Bible Studies
Bible Study: Proper 15 (C) – 2013
Isaiah 5:1-7 First Isaiah Chapters 1-39 are generally attributed to the mid eighth-century prophet Isaiah, who witnessed a rise in Assyrian aggression toward Syria, Israel and Judah that resulted in military invasions through the end of the century and the downfall of Israel (the northern kingdom). In this text, Isaiah is asserting that Israel’s disobedience […]
Bible Study: Trinity Sunday (C) – 2013
Proverbs 8:1-4, 22-31 Wisdom, personified as a woman, is portrayed as the first of the Lord’s creation before the beginning of the world. While Proverbs emphasized the accessibility of Wisdom (in contrast to Job!) for righteous living, later Jewish writers understood Wisdom as the Torah (see Sirach 24) and as an “emanation of the glory […]
Bible Study: Proper 25 (B) – 2012
Jeremiah 31:7-9 Slowly the lectionary is making a turn toward the final days. The Season after Pentecost ends with the vision of Christ the King, who comes to render judgment and restore God’s kingdom in its ultimate fullness on earth. Appropriately, Advent begins with a similar sense, for we wait in joyful anticipation for Jesus’ […]
Bible Study: Proper 11 (B) – 2012
Jeremiah 23:1-6 The prophet Jeremiah may have witnessed the destruction of Jerusalem at the hands of the Babylonians in the early sixth century B.C.E. Likely his words were preserved, edited and expanded upon during the exile as a testament to the pain sustained by the people of Judah, an exploration of the reasons behind the […]
Bible Study: Proper 5 (B) – 2012
Genesis 3:8-15 Imagine that Adam and Eve have kindly invited you to Eden and you arrive (clad in a loincloth, as they had asked) around suppertime. After the meal, you three hear the sound of the LORD God walking in the garden by the evening breeze. Could you find God in the garden by this […]
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