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UCC PK w/ #cincinnati & #pureMichigan roots. Fierce independent. #reformed / #PCA deacon. Love the Revised Common #Lectionary, music theory, Wikipedia, obscure decades. Richmond #RVA USA. Joined in Advent Year C. https://lectionary.library.vanderbilt.edu/
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First post! Who wants to skeet the Revised Common Lectionary for the next 3 years? #rcl #lectionary
Being ' #prophetic ' w/o #love is just banging a gong: "Perhaps we have the opportunity and stand in a tradition that has been at its best when it is critiquing all ideologies and powers in relation to the #gospel. Court #prophets don’t behave like this. They shill for only one party or ideology."
Inauguration prayers, Bishop Budde, Bill Maher, and the future of the mainline church
Mainline Christianity’s role in politics is shifting — can we be a prophetic voice of compassion and critique rather than a court prophet to power, asks Chris Currie?
Mainline Christianity’s role in politics is shifting — can we be a prophetic voice of compassion and critique rather than a court prophet to power, asks Chris Currie?
Bishop Budde, Bill Mayer, and the future of the mainline church - The Presbyterian Outlook
Mainline Christianity’s role in politics is shifting—can it be a prophetic voice with compassion rather than a court prophet to power?
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January 31, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Being ' #prophetic ' w/o #love is just banging a gong: "Perhaps we have the opportunity and stand in a tradition that has been at its best when it is critiquing all ideologies and powers in relation to the #gospel. Court #prophets don’t behave like this. They shill for only one party or ideology."
The church sometimes encourages congregants to speak truth to power (prophecy!) but you also have to remind them that every human heart has a lust for power and self-worship. If you're just prophetizing all over the place but are not rooted in God's #agapeLove then you're just a clanging cymbal.
January 28, 2025 at 3:15 AM
The church sometimes encourages congregants to speak truth to power (prophecy!) but you also have to remind them that every human heart has a lust for power and self-worship. If you're just prophetizing all over the place but are not rooted in God's #agapeLove then you're just a clanging cymbal.
One question I want to ask more is "what do this week's #lectionary readings have to do with The #Gospel ... It's one thing to give a history lesson or word study, and another thing to remind each other about sacrifice offered for our sin and rebellious hearts.
January 28, 2025 at 3:11 AM
One question I want to ask more is "what do this week's #lectionary readings have to do with The #Gospel ... It's one thing to give a history lesson or word study, and another thing to remind each other about sacrifice offered for our sin and rebellious hearts.
Reminder that if you miss a week (or a month!) of liveskeeting the #lectionary you can always just start again. The Lectionary offers a fresh start every week! #resilience #grace.
January 28, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Reminder that if you miss a week (or a month!) of liveskeeting the #lectionary you can always just start again. The Lectionary offers a fresh start every week! #resilience #grace.
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"O God, be our rock of refuge, a strong fortress to save us". Opening #prayers for #worship based on the #Lectionary for #Epiphany4 (Sunday 2 February).
#LectionaryPrayers
#LectionaryPrayers
Opening Prayers for the Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany, Year C (February 2 2025)
"O God, be our rock of refuge, a strong fortress to save us". Opening #Prayers based on the #Lectionary for 2 February 2025, #Epiphany4. #Worship #Christianity #LectionaryPrayers
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January 24, 2025 at 3:53 PM
"O God, be our rock of refuge, a strong fortress to save us". Opening #prayers for #worship based on the #Lectionary for #Epiphany4 (Sunday 2 February).
#LectionaryPrayers
#LectionaryPrayers
Interesting point that Jeremiah was #called to his prophetic before he was born. It's what he was made to do. Makes me think about #EffectualCalling as well
Heeding God's Call to #Ministry - #Lectionary reflection for Epiphany 4C (Jeremiah 1). Jeremiah receives his calling to be a mediator of divine revelation to the people of Israel.
www.bobcornwall.com/2025/01/heed... #bgbg2 #ccdoc #theosky
www.bobcornwall.com/2025/01/heed... #bgbg2 #ccdoc #theosky
Heeding God’s Call to Ministry—Epiphany 4C (Jeremiah 1:4-10)
A blog about Christianity, theology, religion and public life.
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January 28, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Interesting point that Jeremiah was #called to his prophetic before he was born. It's what he was made to do. Makes me think about #EffectualCalling as well
Like 4:21-30 ... Here's Jesus full of the Spirit after his wilderness experience doing " #prophet things " in his hometown. His words infuriated his people so much they tried to toss him off a cliff, but he just walked through the crowd to safety. www.biblegateway.com/passage/?sea... #lectionary
Bible Gateway passage: Luke 4:14-30 - New International Version
Jesus Rejected at Nazareth - Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and news about him spread through the whole countryside. He was teaching in their synagogues, and everyone praised hi...
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January 28, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Like 4:21-30 ... Here's Jesus full of the Spirit after his wilderness experience doing " #prophet things " in his hometown. His words infuriated his people so much they tried to toss him off a cliff, but he just walked through the crowd to safety. www.biblegateway.com/passage/?sea... #lectionary
1 Cor 13:1-13... It's one thing to have spiritual gifts, but if you don't speak with #love, preach with #love, teach in #love, it's a waste. Be mature, not childish! "And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is #love" www.biblegateway.com/passage/?sea...
Bible Gateway passage: 1 Corinthians 13 - New International Version
If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, an...
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January 28, 2025 at 2:16 AM
1 Cor 13:1-13... It's one thing to have spiritual gifts, but if you don't speak with #love, preach with #love, teach in #love, it's a waste. Be mature, not childish! "And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is #love" www.biblegateway.com/passage/?sea...
Psalm 71:1-6 ... God is your #refuge and #fortress even when your enemies #conspire against you. Sing praises to your #deliverer... "My tongue will tell of your #righteous acts all day long,
for those who wanted to harm me have been put to shame and #confusion" www.biblegateway.com/passage/?sea...
for those who wanted to harm me have been put to shame and #confusion" www.biblegateway.com/passage/?sea...
Bible Gateway passage: Psalm 71:1-6 - New International Version
In you, LORD, I have taken refuge; let me never be put to shame. In your righteousness, rescue me and deliver me; turn your ear to me and save me. Be my rock of refuge, to which I can always go; give ...
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January 28, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Psalm 71:1-6 ... God is your #refuge and #fortress even when your enemies #conspire against you. Sing praises to your #deliverer... "My tongue will tell of your #righteous acts all day long,
for those who wanted to harm me have been put to shame and #confusion" www.biblegateway.com/passage/?sea...
for those who wanted to harm me have been put to shame and #confusion" www.biblegateway.com/passage/?sea...
Jeremiah 1:4-10 ... It's easy to say, what do I know, I'm just a little boy; how am I supposed to stand up to people in authority? But God puts His #words into the mouths of His #prophets and gives them divine #authority ... www.biblegateway.com/passage/?sea...
Bible Gateway passage: Jeremiah 1:4-10 - New International Version
The Call of Jeremiah - The word of the LORD came to me, saying, “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.” “Alas, ...
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January 28, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Jeremiah 1:4-10 ... It's easy to say, what do I know, I'm just a little boy; how am I supposed to stand up to people in authority? But God puts His #words into the mouths of His #prophets and gives them divine #authority ... www.biblegateway.com/passage/?sea...
Here are the readings for Feb 2 ... Fourth Sunday after #epiphany ... lectionary.library.vanderbilt.edu/texts/?y=384... ... #lectionary
Year C - Epiphany - Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany - Revised Common LectionaryTexts – Revised Common Lectionary
Revised Common Lectionary – A service of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library
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January 28, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Here are the readings for Feb 2 ... Fourth Sunday after #epiphany ... lectionary.library.vanderbilt.edu/texts/?y=384... ... #lectionary
Matthew 16:24 "If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself and TAKE UP (Airo / nesa) his cross and follow me"... #LiftOff ... biblehub.com/text/matthew...
Matthew 16:24 Greek Text Analysis
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January 26, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Matthew 16:24 "If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself and TAKE UP (Airo / nesa) his cross and follow me"... #LiftOff ... biblehub.com/text/matthew...
And the Greek word for NASA (actually nesa but...) is siro (aero) ... Also means to carry or lift #liftOff... biblehub.com/greek/142.htm
Strong's Greek: 142. αἴρω (airó) -- To lift, to take up, to raise, to remove, to carry away.
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January 26, 2025 at 4:47 PM
And the Greek word for NASA (actually nesa but...) is siro (aero) ... Also means to carry or lift #liftOff... biblehub.com/greek/142.htm
Interestingly, NASA in Hebrew means "to lift or carry" (a burden) 👩🚀🚀 #liftOff... biblehub.com/hebrew/5376....
Strong's Hebrew: 5376. נְשָׂא (nesa) -- To lift, carry, bear, take, forgive
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January 26, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Interestingly, NASA in Hebrew means "to lift or carry" (a burden) 👩🚀🚀 #liftOff... biblehub.com/hebrew/5376....
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In John 3:3, the Greek is rendered as "born again" or "born from above." The expression "born-again" originates here, though the concept is Jewish, similarly echoed in the Talmud (Yevamot 58b, 62a) ... #intertextuality #bible #criticalbible
https://intertextual.bible/t/1056
https://intertextual.bible/t/1056
December 13, 2024 at 8:00 PM
In John 3:3, the Greek is rendered as "born again" or "born from above." The expression "born-again" originates here, though the concept is Jewish, similarly echoed in the Talmud (Yevamot 58b, 62a) ... #intertextuality #bible #criticalbible
https://intertextual.bible/t/1056
https://intertextual.bible/t/1056
Now Playing: #Gaudete , a 1500s era Christmas #carol whose text was originally published in #PiaeCantiones ... It is super syncopated. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaudete #np
Gaudete - Wikipedia
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December 13, 2024 at 12:50 PM
Now Playing: #Gaudete , a 1500s era Christmas #carol whose text was originally published in #PiaeCantiones ... It is super syncopated. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaudete #np
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The Lectionary this Sunday…
Philippians 4: Let your gentleness be known to everyone
Luke 3: You brood of vipers!
Me: uhhhh
Philippians 4: Let your gentleness be known to everyone
Luke 3: You brood of vipers!
Me: uhhhh
December 10, 2024 at 8:39 PM
The Lectionary this Sunday…
Philippians 4: Let your gentleness be known to everyone
Luke 3: You brood of vipers!
Me: uhhhh
Philippians 4: Let your gentleness be known to everyone
Luke 3: You brood of vipers!
Me: uhhhh
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What Should We Do? John the Baptist's Answer. #Lectionary reflection for #Advent 3C (Luke 3) - John defines the meaning of repentance in social justice terms, which parallel Jesus'.
www.bobcornwall.com/2024/12/what... #bgbg2 #ccdoc @religionprof.bsky.social
www.bobcornwall.com/2024/12/what... #bgbg2 #ccdoc @religionprof.bsky.social
What Should We Do? John the Baptist’s Answer—Lectionary Reflection for Advent 3C (Luke 3:7-18)
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December 11, 2024 at 3:17 PM
What Should We Do? John the Baptist's Answer. #Lectionary reflection for #Advent 3C (Luke 3) - John defines the meaning of repentance in social justice terms, which parallel Jesus'.
www.bobcornwall.com/2024/12/what... #bgbg2 #ccdoc @religionprof.bsky.social
www.bobcornwall.com/2024/12/what... #bgbg2 #ccdoc @religionprof.bsky.social
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So traditionally the third Advent candle is called Joy. It’s the pink one (well rose technically)…
The Revised Common Lectionary ALWAYS gives us John the Baptizer on the third Sunday🤦♀️.
This is why my sermon title for Sunday is “Joyful vipers?!?”
The Revised Common Lectionary ALWAYS gives us John the Baptizer on the third Sunday🤦♀️.
This is why my sermon title for Sunday is “Joyful vipers?!?”
December 11, 2024 at 5:22 PM
So traditionally the third Advent candle is called Joy. It’s the pink one (well rose technically)…
The Revised Common Lectionary ALWAYS gives us John the Baptizer on the third Sunday🤦♀️.
This is why my sermon title for Sunday is “Joyful vipers?!?”
The Revised Common Lectionary ALWAYS gives us John the Baptizer on the third Sunday🤦♀️.
This is why my sermon title for Sunday is “Joyful vipers?!?”
Luke 3:7-18 is not really about joy or singing... It's about John (#precursor to Jesus) telling ppl to truly #repent... He was the voice crying out in the wilderness, preaching a #baptism of #repentance and preparing a straight path for the Lord www.biblegateway.com/passage/?sea... #lectionary #rcl
Bible Gateway passage: Luke 3:7-18 - New International Version
John said to the crowds coming out to be baptized by him, “You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath? Produce fruit in keeping with repentance. And do not begin to say to yours...
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December 12, 2024 at 3:31 AM
Luke 3:7-18 is not really about joy or singing... It's about John (#precursor to Jesus) telling ppl to truly #repent... He was the voice crying out in the wilderness, preaching a #baptism of #repentance and preparing a straight path for the Lord www.biblegateway.com/passage/?sea... #lectionary #rcl
You could say Philippians 4 is about #joy, but it could just as easily be recommending being #mindfulness , #prayerfulnes , #thankfulness , #gentleness, and being #centered in Jesus Christ... And again I say #rejoice ... www.biblegateway.com/passage/?sea...
Bible Gateway passage: Philippians 4:4-7 - New International Version
Final Exhortations - Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by pra...
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December 12, 2024 at 3:21 AM
You could say Philippians 4 is about #joy, but it could just as easily be recommending being #mindfulness , #prayerfulnes , #thankfulness , #gentleness, and being #centered in Jesus Christ... And again I say #rejoice ... www.biblegateway.com/passage/?sea...
This week's Philippians 4 passage is technically about #Joy since it has the word #rejoice in it twice. And again I say #rejoice ... www.biblegateway.com/passage/?sea...
Bible Gateway passage: Philippians 4:4-7 - New International Version
Final Exhortations - Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by pra...
www.biblegateway.com
December 12, 2024 at 3:16 AM
This week's Philippians 4 passage is technically about #Joy since it has the word #rejoice in it twice. And again I say #rejoice ... www.biblegateway.com/passage/?sea...
Why are we singing loudly & joyfully? Because God has done #glorious things, and He is with us!
5 Sing to the Lord, for he has done glorious things;
let this be known to all the world.
6 Shout aloud and sing for joy, people of Zion,
for great is the Holy One of Israel among you. #lectionary
5 Sing to the Lord, for he has done glorious things;
let this be known to all the world.
6 Shout aloud and sing for joy, people of Zion,
for great is the Holy One of Israel among you. #lectionary
December 12, 2024 at 3:11 AM
Why are we singing loudly & joyfully? Because God has done #glorious things, and He is with us!
5 Sing to the Lord, for he has done glorious things;
let this be known to all the world.
6 Shout aloud and sing for joy, people of Zion,
for great is the Holy One of Israel among you. #lectionary
5 Sing to the Lord, for he has done glorious things;
let this be known to all the world.
6 Shout aloud and sing for joy, people of Zion,
for great is the Holy One of Israel among you. #lectionary
Interesting that this week's "Psalm" reading is actually Isaiah 22
Also, it's a psalm about singing... www.biblegateway.com/passage/?sea... #lectionary #rcl
Also, it's a psalm about singing... www.biblegateway.com/passage/?sea... #lectionary #rcl
Bible Gateway passage: Isaiah 12:2-6 - New International Version
Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. The LORD, the LORD himself, is my strength and my defense; he has become my salvation.” With joy you will draw water from the wells of salva...
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December 12, 2024 at 3:08 AM
Interesting that this week's "Psalm" reading is actually Isaiah 22
Also, it's a psalm about singing... www.biblegateway.com/passage/?sea... #lectionary #rcl
Also, it's a psalm about singing... www.biblegateway.com/passage/?sea... #lectionary #rcl