RCL Reflection, Proper 18, Year B, Sept. 8, 2024. Do you have the audacious, and persistent faith of the woman in this week’s Gospel ? Have your ears been opened and your tongue set free like the man in Sidon? How is your faith? The Rev. Sharron R. Blezard explores. (Photo: Brett Streuker, Creative Commons)
Lectionary reflection, Proper 18, Year B.
September 5, 2021
Income inequality is getting worse by the year, so this week’s lesson from James is timely. In it, he talks about human tendency to treat rich people deferentially while ignoring the poor. Shameful behavior then and now. What can we do about this? (Photo: James Cridland, Creative Commons)
RCL Reflection, 16th Sunday after Pentecost, Proper 18, Year B, Sept. 9, 2018. Do you have the audacious, and persistent faith of the Gentile woman in this week’s gospel lesson? Have your ears been opened and your tongue set free like the man in Sidon? Is your faith limp and lifeless, or is yours a life of wide-open discipleship? This week’s lessons invite us to wrestle with these and other questions. (Photo: Brett Streuker, Creative Commons)
15th Sunday after Pentecost, Year B, Lectionary Reflection
September 6, 2015
Luther may have called the book of James an “epistle of straw,” but this week’s lessons complement each other, compelling us to action after having been “opened” to the amazing grace of Jesus. (Photo: Daniel Holt, Creative Commons)
