The One I Feed, Easter 4 (A) – 2017
An Episcopal bishop who served many years ago in the upper Midwest of the United States used to love telling stories he had learned from the Native Americans of the area, many of whom were Episcopalians. Here is one of them. A wise man among the Indians – many Native Americans in the Midwest prefer…
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May 5, 2017
Pascua 2 (A) – 2017
¿Alguna vez has estado en la incertidumbre de si creer en algo o en alguien? Ciertamente la mayoría de nosotros nos hemos preguntado si creer o no creer en una cosa u otra. En 1983 se descubrió que un virus estaba afectando de modo devastador a gran número de personas. Pronto se aprendió que el…
EasterSermonsSermons That Work
Apr 22, 2017
Bible Study: Easter Day (A) – 2017
Acts 10:34-43 Imagine a science-fiction scenario for Easter 2017. All the pulpits of Christendom become ‘Time and Space portals.’ The preachers who step into all the pulpits around the world on this particular Easter morning are immediately shuffled to another pulpit in Christendom. A priest is Minneapolis suddenly finds herself in the pulpit of a…
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Apr 16, 2017
Alleluia! Christ is Risen!, Easter Day (A) – 2017
We, the faithful in Christ, gather this morning, not just with our friends and families, but also with Christians around the world and across time, joyfully proclaiming what is perhaps the most ancient creed in Christendom: Christ is risen! For the next fifty days, this great and powerful Easter proclamation will mark our liturgy, define our purpose,…
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Apr 15, 2017
Alleluia! Christ is Risen!, Easter Day (A) – 2017
We, the faithful in Christ, gather this morning, not just with our friends and families, but also with Christians around the world and across time, joyfully proclaiming what is perhaps the most ancient creed in Christendom: Christ is risen! For the next fifty days, this great and powerful Easter proclamation will mark our liturgy, define our purpose,…
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Apr 15, 2017
Cuaresma 5 (A) – 2017
Las lecturas para este quinto domingo en Cuaresma nos invitan a implorar perdón y a reconciliarnos con Dios para que Él con su gran misericordia nos dé aliento de vida, nos reviva y no nos veamos nunca más como los huesos secos de la visión del profeta Ezequiel. También el salmo nos invita a que…
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Apr 2, 2017
The Light Shines in the Darkness, Wednesday in Holy Week – 2017
You’ve probably heard the story of the two wolves. It’s often told as coming from one of the various First Peoples, usually Cherokee, but it’s one of those stories that is so pithy and true that it almost doesn’t matter what the real source is…it gets passed around and told and retold, over and over,…
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Apr 1, 2017
Cuaresma 4 (A) – 2017
“Despiértate, tú que duermes; levántate de entre los muertos, y Cristo te alumbrará.” Una niña que nació con problemas de visión, fue creciendo con su discapacidad y sus padres y demás familiares no lo habían notado, a pesar de que la niña tropezaba muy a menudo. A los tres años de edad la abuela habla…
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Mar 26, 2017
Bible Study: Lent 3 (A) – 2017
Exodus 17:1-7 The Israelites are weary and thirsty in the wilderness, and in their desperation, they demand divine providence in the form of water. Moses is, perhaps, a bit frustrated by their rancorousness, but God rushes forth to nourish the people with a stream from the rock at Horeb. What do we make of these…
Bible StudiesLentSermons That Work
Mar 19, 2017
Estudio Bíblico: Cuaresma 2 (A) – 2017
Génesis 12:1-4a La historia del llamado de Abram es una narrativa arquetípica que se repite una y otra vez a lo largo del relato bíblico. Artístico en su presentación, este texto también presenta verdades espirituales profundas. Nótese, por ejemplo, el uso de la autora en el versículo 1 de un recurso literario llamado endíadis: “Su…
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Mar 12, 2017