Tina Francis
Tina Francis is a seminarian at the Seminary of the Southwest.
Sermons and Bible Studies
Bible Study: Advent 3 (A) – December 14, 2025
RCL: Isaiah 35:1-10; Psalm 146:5-10; James 5:7-10; Matthew 11:2-11 Opening Prayer Stir up your power, O Lord, and with great might come among us; and, because we are sorely hindered by our sins, let your bountiful grace and mercy speedily help and deliver us; through Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom, with you and the […]
Bible Study: Easter 7 (C) – 2025
RCL: Acts 16:16-34; Psalm 97; Revelation 22:12-14, 16-17, 20-21; John 17:20-26 Love In a Waiting Room They stood in the hollow of time. In the ache between what had been and what had not yet begun. Jesus was gone. The Spirit—that wild, uncatchable thing—had not yet whispered their names. They were between stories, between breaths. […]
Bible Study: Easter 5 (C) – 2025
RCL: Acts 11:1-18; Psalm 148; Revelation 21:1-6; John 13:31-35 Another Impossible Commandment They sat around the table, not yet knowing it was the last time. The bread was still warm, the air still full of ordinary things, but something in the room had shifted. The water had barely dried from their feet when he spoke—“Love […]
Bible Study: Palm Sunday (C) – 2025
RCL: Isaiah 50:4-9a; Psalm 31:9-16; Philippians 2:5-11; Luke 23:1-49 or Luke 22:14-23:56 The Descent of Love Here we are again, at the threshold of Holy Week, poised between the hosannas and the shadows. We clutch palm branches like spiritual tourists, reenacting the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem. But Palm Sunday is a study in […]
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