October 15: 20th Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 23) Note: even if your practice isn’t to have weekly communion, you might want to make an exception today! ;-) Isaiah…
October 8: 19th Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 22) Isaiah 5:1-7 (Love song about beloved vineyard turns to lament over its wild grapes) Psalm 80:7-19 (Come to the aid…
October 1: 18th Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 21) Ezekiel 18:1-4, 25-32 (you are responsible for your own sins; turn from them and live!) Psalm 25:1-10 (Lead me in…
September 24: 17th Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 20) Isaiah 55:6-9 (Seek the Lord; he will abundantly pardon, for his ways are not our ways) ELW/RCL, Jonah 3:10-4:11…
September 17: 16th Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 19) Genesis 50:15-21 (Joseph forgives his brothers) Psalm 103:1-13 (Bless the Lord, O my soul; he has not dealt with…
September 10, 15th Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 18) Ezekiel 33:7-11 (You are a sentinel, so warn those who sin. I do not desire the death of sinners, but that they…
“Here is the perseverance of the saints who keep the commandments of God and their faith in Jesus” (Revelation 14:12). How simple and sweet this idea is. Keep the commandments…
“And the smoke of their torment ascends forever and ever; they have no rest day and night, those who worship the beast and his image, and whoever receives the mark…
“Then another angel, a third one, followed them, saying with a loud voice, “If anyone worships the beast and his image, and receives a mark on his forehead or on…
“And another angel, a second one, followed, saying, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, she who has made all the nations drink of the wine of the passion of her…