tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34043725889408348982024-03-13T08:46:09.575-04:00Summit to ShoreSUMMIT TO SHORE: Theologically and philosophically informed eclectic ruminations on everything between summit to shore, especially cycling, hiking and backpacking, kayaking, religion, spirituality, philosophy, theology, politics, culture, travel, poetry, and creative writing by John Edward Harris, a progressive Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Minister of the Word and Sacrament.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger900125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404372588940834898.post-76340501730430304982023-03-18T10:44:00.001-04:002023-03-18T10:44:35.727-04:00Dali Haiku 1<p> I recently vacationed in central Florida and was able to attend a Haiku workshop led by <span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Ani Crane and Tim Huff at the Dali Museum in St. Petersburg. This was the first of my creations while I was at the workshop. It reflects that before the workshop I had been riding my </span>bicycle<span style="font-size: 12pt;"> early in the moirnings.</span></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Early<br /></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Morning<br /></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Ride<br /></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Spring<br /> </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Unfolding<br /></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Before<br /></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Me<br /></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Cycling<br /></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Bliss<br /></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">This<br /></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Day</span></div><p>
<br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404372588940834898.post-73314262856899373432022-10-13T08:20:00.003-04:002022-10-13T08:20:45.462-04:00"Fall Equinox" Haiku<p> </p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Imagining a small fire in a backyard fire pit under a dark sky the first night of fall.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Fall Equinox<br /></span></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Creating<br /></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">New<br /></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Stars<br /></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Rising<br /></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Into<br /></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">The<br /></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Dark<br /></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Sky<br /></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Fall<br /></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Constellations</span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404372588940834898.post-46286094691744325162022-10-12T16:37:00.003-04:002022-10-12T16:38:33.911-04:00"Chrysalis" Haiku<p> </p><div style="text-align: left;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6iCqXvx-pCysyUBap-N07szPG91Ok_ZDR0xLxq1WGJvXYc38D19UUkZfin6AcjasRO7_5UMjYzanxQyxTBECliIRUuO7XAQ9QdwHNg1rdU3xapWL8x6HkPjqHciG1LpQZOVzHzqRDlAS_MKJoJIrTO_b-cfBOjbgpK59R20vvk_rBvERkCnMaJOGT/s3095/DSCF1405%20(2).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3095" data-original-width="2734" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6iCqXvx-pCysyUBap-N07szPG91Ok_ZDR0xLxq1WGJvXYc38D19UUkZfin6AcjasRO7_5UMjYzanxQyxTBECliIRUuO7XAQ9QdwHNg1rdU3xapWL8x6HkPjqHciG1LpQZOVzHzqRDlAS_MKJoJIrTO_b-cfBOjbgpK59R20vvk_rBvERkCnMaJOGT/w354-h400/DSCF1405%20(2).JPG" width="354" /></a></div><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Chrysalis<br /></span></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Tall<br /></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Thistles<br /></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Invite<br /></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Fluttering<br /></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Monarch<br /></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Wings<br /></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">And<br /></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Summer<br /></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Courting<br /></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Dances</span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404372588940834898.post-50766192985153831772022-10-11T10:23:00.009-04:002022-10-12T16:46:08.318-04:00"Sunset" Haiku<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbUNpS9ysN_plznc9yfFpFZK3nMJs-awUuG2J4GrlC65GHVbfeB7W67OM-yKHkMI21Gar2ABi7me9-FrbpEf7DSzyAWFip1UxTiRRcAXYpW-qAfsN551jP3L7xi7eeFWbhUmchN847iNFbKvB-z_gVQ1SznOKRQnu75lwAGG3NnsVH_MmjHzsya7qM/s853/evening%20sunset%20cropped.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="531" data-original-width="853" height="249" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbUNpS9ysN_plznc9yfFpFZK3nMJs-awUuG2J4GrlC65GHVbfeB7W67OM-yKHkMI21Gar2ABi7me9-FrbpEf7DSzyAWFip1UxTiRRcAXYpW-qAfsN551jP3L7xi7eeFWbhUmchN847iNFbKvB-z_gVQ1SznOKRQnu75lwAGG3NnsVH_MmjHzsya7qM/w400-h249/evening%20sunset%20cropped.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Sunset<br /></span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Warm<br /></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Golden<br /></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Sunlight<br /></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Red<br /></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Pines<br /></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Glow<br /></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Bright<br /></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Tonight<br /></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">July<br /></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Twenty-ninth</span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404372588940834898.post-23263593956755691492022-06-22T09:13:00.012-04:002022-10-12T16:46:53.953-04:00"Summer Solstice" Haiku<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: medium;">"Summer Solstice"</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Marked</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium; white-space: pre-wrap;">By</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium; white-space: pre-wrap;">The</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium; white-space: pre-wrap;">Firelight</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium; white-space: pre-wrap;">A</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium; white-space: pre-wrap;">Summer</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium; white-space: pre-wrap;">Solstice</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium; white-space: pre-wrap;">Delight</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; white-space: pre-wrap;">Embers</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; white-space: pre-wrap;">Rise</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #050505; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;">To</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; white-space: pre-wrap;">Night</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404372588940834898.post-58980170012127863012022-06-20T09:55:00.002-04:002022-06-20T11:00:59.193-04:00A Prayer for West Virginia Day<div style="animation-name: none; background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left; transition-property: none; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;">West Virginia became a state on June 20, 1863. I composed this original prayer for the 2022 celebration of West Virginia's birthday. I used it in worship at the Bethlehem United Presbyterian Church, Wheeling, WV on Sunday, June 19, 2022.</span></div><div style="animation-name: none; background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left; transition-property: none; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div style="animation-name: none; background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left; transition-property: none; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;">Shine, O Lord, upon our Mountain State,<br /></span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;">from the rocky summit of Spruce Knob <br /></span>to the waters of the Potomac and Shenandoah at Harpers Ferry,<br />from Chester to Bluefield,<br />and from Cabell County to Jefferson County,<br />and all places in between.<br />Shine, O Lord, upon all Mountaineers,<br />that armed with only our freedom,<br />and with a single purpose,<br />we may live, work, and worship<br />among your West Virginia Hills. Amen.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404372588940834898.post-78622302032180420072022-06-14T14:06:00.005-04:002022-06-14T14:07:38.909-04:00 Unofficial Haiku of the 2022 West Virginia Writers Conference<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Writers<br /></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Writing<br /></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Words<br /></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Co-creating<br /></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">With<br /></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">I<br /></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Am<br /></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Spring<br /></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Has<br /></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Sprung<br /></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Anew</span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404372588940834898.post-17782162999266160922022-06-13T10:53:00.001-04:002022-06-13T10:56:52.861-04:00Words of Grace and Inspiration<p><span style="font-size: medium;">I was asked if I would be willing to say a few words of grace before the West Virginia Writers 2022 Conference Banquet. I appreciate all those who thanked me for them afterward. Here are the words.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I invite you to focus your heart and mind<br />on The Transcendent around and among us.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Wonderful Weaver of ageless mysteries,<br />who centuries ago, inspired
writers of sacred texts<br />and today still fills authors with amazing words;<br /><o:p> <br /></o:p>We give thanks for the bounty
of the earth<br />and for the those who have labored
to prepare and serve this evening’s banquet,<br />farmers and migrant
workers,<br />truck drivers and
distributors,<br />cooks, servers, and
those who will clean up after us.<br /><o:p> <br /></o:p>We are grateful for the
opportunity to assemble here this evening<br />to celebrate our craft,<br />to hear our keynote speaker,<br />to honor award winners,<br />and to renew old friendships
and make new acquaintances.<br /><o:p> <br /></o:p>Bless this meal,<br />from our food and drink to
our table conversations.<br />And let all those so moved say, Amen.</span></div><p>
<br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404372588940834898.post-1518557486751395742022-06-06T09:17:00.023-04:002022-06-06T17:26:31.066-04:00Lectionary Ruminations 2.5 Links to Trinity Sunday through Christ the King/Reign of Christ (Year C)<p><a href="http://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2019/05/lectionaryruminations-2.html" target="_blank"> Trinity Sunday</a></p><p><a href="http://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2019/05/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-12th.html" target="_blank">2nd Sunday after Pentecost/Proper 7</a></p><p><a href="http://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2019/06/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-13th.html" target="_blank">3rd Sunday after Pentecost/Proper 8</a></p><p><a href="http://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2019/06/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-14th.html" target="_blank">4th Sunday after Pentecost/Proper 9</a></p><p><a href="http://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2019/06/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-15th.html" target="_blank">5th Sunday after Pentecost/Proper 10</a></p><p><a href="http://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2019/07/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-16th.html" target="_blank">6th Sunday after Pentecost/Proper 11</a></p><p><a href="http://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2019/07/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-17th.html" target="_blank">7th Sunday after Pentecost/Proper 12</a></p><p><a href="http://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2019/07/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-18th.html" target="_blank">8th Sunday after Pentecost/Proper 13</a></p><p><a href="http://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2019/07/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-19th.html" target="_blank">9th Sunday after Pentecost/Proper 14</a></p><p><a href="http://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2019/07/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-20th.html" target="_blank">10th Sunday after Pentecost/Proper 15</a></p><p><a href="http://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2019/08/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-21st.html" target="_blank">11th Sunday after Pentecost/Proper 16</a></p><p><a href="http://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2019/08/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-22nd.html" target="_blank">12th Sunday after Pentecost/Proper 17</a></p><p><a href="http://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2019/08/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-23rd.html" target="_blank">13th Sunday after Pentecost/Proper 18</a></p><p><a href="http://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2019/08/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-24th.html" target="_blank">14th Sunday after Pentecost/Proper 19</a></p><p><a href="http://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2019/09/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-25th.html" target="_blank">15th Sunday after Pentecost/Proper 20</a></p><p><a href="http://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2019/09/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-26-sunday.html" target="_blank">16th Sunday after Pentecost/Proper 21</a></p><p><a href="http://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2019/09/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-27th.html" target="_blank">17th Sunday after Pentecost/Proper 22</a></p><p><a href="http://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2019/09/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-28th.html" target="_blank">18th Sunday after Pentecost/Proper 23</a></p><p><a href="http://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2019/09/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-29th.html" target="_blank">19th Sunday after Pentecost/Proper 24</a></p><p><a href="http://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2019/10/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-30th.html" target="_blank">20th Sunday after Pentecost/Proper 25</a></p><p><a href="http://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2019/10/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-31st.html" target="_blank">21st Sunday after Pentecost/Proper 26</a></p><p><a href="http://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2019/10/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-32nd.html" target="_blank">22nd Sunday after Pentecost/Proper 27</a></p><p><a href="http://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2019/10/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-33rd.html" target="_blank">23rd Sunday after Pentecost/Proper 28</a></p><p><a href="http://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2019/11/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-christ.html" target="_blank">Christ the King/Reign of Christ</a></p><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; margin: 0in;"><b>ADDENDUM</b><o:p></o:p></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; margin: 0in;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: black;">I am a Minister Member of Upper Ohio Valley Presbytery of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and am now serving as the Pastor of the <a href="http://bethlehempresbyterian.org/" target="_blank">Bethlehem United Presbyterian Church</a>, Wheeling (Bethlehem), WV. Sunday Worship at Bethlehem begins at 10:45 AM. Some of my other blog posts have appeared on<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://pcusablog.blogspot.com/" style="color: #2288bb; text-decoration-line: none;"><i>PRESBYTERIAN BLOGGERS</i></a> and <a href="https://thetrek.co/" style="color: #2288bb; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><i>The Trek</i></a><i>.</i></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404372588940834898.post-90100413081914238092022-05-30T20:06:00.010-04:002022-05-30T20:14:04.103-04:0015th Annual Wheeling Heritage Trail Bicycle Tour Opening Prayer<p>Clergy are sometimes asked to pray at non-religious community events. I composed and prayed this o<span>pening Prayer at the </span><span>15</span><sup>th</sup><span> Annual
Wheeling Heritage Trail Bicycle Tour, Wheeling, WV, </span><span>May 30, 2022</span><span> </span></p>
<h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span>Great God, by whatever name
we call upon you,<br /></span><span>however we know you,<br /></span><span>we thank you for the
opportunity to cycle on our local rail trails, streets, and roads.<br /></span><span>As we cycle this Memorial
Day,<br /></span><span>in the 15<sup>th</sup> Annual
Wheeling Heritage Trail Bicycle Tour,<br /></span><span>keep our rims true, our tires
strong,<br /></span><span>our chains lubed, our gears
aligned,<br /></span><span>and the wind always out our
backs.<br /></span><span>Keep us safe from accident or
incident,<br /></span><span>and without any of us
suffering harm,<br /></span><span>return us back here to
Heritage Port later today<br /></span><span>with 100 kilometers, 30
miles, 10 miles, or whatever<br /> </span><span>under our wheels.<br /></span><span>As we cycle this Memorial Day
holiday,<br /></span><span>may we remember those who
made the ultimate sacrifice for our nation,<br /></span><span>and with their lives paid the
price for our freedom,<br /></span><span>including the freedom to
gather here today<br /></span><span>to cycle for fun, for exercise,<br /></span><span>and to support local trails
and the Ohio Valley Trail Partners.<br /></span><span>And let all the cyclists and
people say, Amen.</span></span></h4>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"><span>The Reverend Dr. John Edward
Harris,<br /></span></span><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"><span>Pastor, Bethlehem United
Presbyterian Church, <br /></span></span><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"><span>Wheeling (Bethlehem), WV</span></span></p>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404372588940834898.post-59453573875158498332022-05-25T12:45:00.001-04:002022-05-25T12:45:22.572-04:00Reinterpreting the Second Amendment<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">The Second Amendment to the United
States Constitution, part of the Bill of Rights, reads:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #202122; font-size: 12.0pt;">“A
well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the
right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed</span>.”</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #202122; font-size: 12.0pt;">The
mass shooter who took the lives of so many in Uvalde, Texas, like most other
mass shooters and other perpetrators of gun violence in the United States, was
not part of any sort of well regulated Militia. Members of well regulated
Militias generally do not kill innocent people, especially with military style
guns designed primarily for use by well regulated Militias such as the United
States Armed Forces, including the National Guard, and Law Enforcement.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #202122; font-size: 12.0pt;">I
favor common sense gun safety legislation, including limiting sale and
ownership of most guns, other than those used for hunting, to current members and
retired and honorably discharged members of the United States Armed Forces and Law
Enforcement agencies. Let anyone who wants to purchase a gun, other than a gun
used primarily for hunting, present proof of service or former service in the Military
or in Law Enforcement.</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404372588940834898.post-19832226770777703822022-02-28T15:57:00.001-05:002022-02-28T15:57:05.000-05:00Lectionary Ruminations 2.5 Links to 1st Sunday in Lent through Day of Pentecost (Year C)<p> <i style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Lectionary Ruminations 2.5</span></i><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;"> is a further revision and refinement of my <i>Lectionary Ruminations</i> and <i>Lectionary Ruminations 2.0</i>. Focusing on The Revised Common Lectionary Readings for the upcoming Sunday from New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) of the Bible, <i>Lectionary Ruminations 2.5</i> draws on over thirty years of pastoral experience. Believing that the questions we ask are often more important than any answers we find, without over reliance on commentaries, I intend with sometimes pointed and sometimes snarky comments and Socratic like questions, to encourage reflection and rumination for readers preparing to lead a Bible study, draft liturgy, preach, or hear the Word. Reader comments are invited and encouraged.</span></p><p><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;"><a href="http://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2019/02/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-1st.html" target="_blank">1st Sunday in Lent - Year C</a></span></p><p><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;"><a href="http://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2019/03/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-2nd.html" target="_blank">2nd Sunday in Lent - Year C</a></span></p><p><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><a href="http://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2019/03/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-3rd.html" target="_blank">3rd Sunday in Lent - Year C</a></span></p><p><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><a href="http://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2019/03/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-4th.html" target="_blank">4th Sunday in Lent - Year C</a></span></p><p><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><a href="http://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2019/03/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-5th.html" target="_blank">5th Sunday in Lent - Year C</a></span></p><p><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><a href="http://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2019/03/lectionary-ruminations-25-for.html" target="_blank">Palm/Passion Sunday - Year C</a></span></p><p><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><a href="http://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2019/04/lectionary-ruminations-25-for.html" target="_blank">Resurrection of the Lord/Easter Day - Year C</a></span></p><p><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><a href="http://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2019/04/lectionaryruminations-2.html" target="_blank">2nd Sunday of Easter - Year C</a></span></p><p><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><a href="http://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2019/04/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-3rd.html" target="_blank">3rd Sunday of Easter - Year C</a></span></p><p><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><a href="http://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2019/04/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-4th.html" target="_blank">4th Sunday of Easter - Year C</a></span></p><p><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><a href="http://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2019/04/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-5th.html" target="_blank">5th Sunday of Easter - Year C</a></span></p><p><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><a href="http://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2019/05/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-6th.html" target="_blank">6th Sunday of Easter - Year C</a></span></p><p><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><a href="http://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2019/05/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-7th.html" target="_blank">7th Sunday of Easter - Year C</a></span></p><p><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><a href="http://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2019/05/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-day-of.html" target="_blank">Day of Pentecost - Year C</a></span></p><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-1740913124507364819" itemprop="description articleBody" style="font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 520px;"><div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404372588940834898.post-55731700870305604822021-11-22T10:17:00.019-05:002021-11-22T10:33:32.608-05:00<p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #444444;"> </span><a href="http://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2020/11/lectionary-ruminations-25-links-to-1st.html" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #444444;">Lectionary Ruminations 2.5 Links to 1st Sunday of Advent through Transfiguration of the Lord (Year C)</span></a></span></p><div class="post-header" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em;"><div class="post-header-line-1"></div></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-5430963294805736445" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 520px;"><p><span style="color: #444444;"><i style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Lectionary Ruminations 2.5</span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; text-align: justify;"> is a further revision and refinement of my <i>Lectionary Ruminations</i> and <i>Lectionary Ruminations 2.0</i>. Focusing on The Revised Common Lectionary Readings for the upcoming Sunday from New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) of the Bible, <i>Lectionary Ruminations 2.5</i> draws on over thirty years of pastoral experience. Believing that the questions we ask are often more important than any answers we find, without over reliance on commentaries, I intend with sometimes pointed and sometimes snarky comments and Socratic like questions, to encourage reflection and rumination for readers preparing to lead a Bible study, draft liturgy, preach, or hear the Word. Reader comments are invited and encouraged.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">We will soon be celebrating the First Sunday of Advent, followed by Christmas – Year C, the year of Luke. Here are links to the various Lectionary Ruminations 2.5 covering the period from the First Sunday of Advent through Transfiguration of the Lord.</span></p><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px; position: relative;"><a href="http://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2018/11/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-1st.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #444444; font-size: small;">Lectionary Ruminations 2.5 for the 1st Sunday of Advent (Year C)</span></a></h3><div><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px; position: relative;"><a href="http://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2018/11/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-2nd.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #444444; font-size: small;">Lectionary Ruminations 2.5 for the 2nd Sunday of Advent Time (Year C)</span></a></h3></div><div><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px; position: relative;"><a href="http://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2018/12/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-3rd.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #444444; font-size: small;">Lectionary Ruminations 2.5 for the 3rd Sunday of Advent Time (Year C)</span></a></h3></div><div><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px; position: relative;"><a href="http://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2018/12/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-4th.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #444444; font-size: small;">Lectionary Ruminations 2.5 for the 4th Sunday of Advent Time (Year C)</span></a></h3></div><div><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px; position: relative;"><a href="http://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2018/12/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-1st.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #444444; font-size: small;">Lectionary Ruminations 2.5 for the 1st Sunday After Christmas (Year C)</span></a></h3></div><div><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px; position: relative;"><a href="http://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2015/12/lectionary-ruminations-20-for-sunday_22.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #444444; font-size: small;">Lectionary Ruminations 2.0 for the Second Sunday after Christmas Years ABC</span></a></h3></div><div><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></div><div><a href="http://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2018/12/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-baptism.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #444444;">Lectionary Ruminations 2.5 for the Baptism of the Lord (Year C)</span></a></div><div><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px; position: relative;"><a href="http://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2019/01/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-2nd.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #444444; font-size: small;">Lectionary Ruminations 2.5 for the 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C)</span></a></h3><div><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px; position: relative;"><a href="http://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2019/01/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-3rd.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #444444; font-size: small;">Lectionary Ruminations 2.5 for the 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C)</span></a></h3></div><div><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px; position: relative;"><a href="http://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2019/01/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-4th.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #444444; font-size: small;">Lectionary Ruminations 2.5 for the 4th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C)</span></a></h3></div><div><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px; position: relative;"><a href="http://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2019/01/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-5th.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #444444; font-size: small;">Lectionary Ruminations 2.5 for the 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C)</span></a></h3></div><div><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px; position: relative;"><span style="color: #444444; font-size: small;"><a href="http://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2019/02/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-6th.html" target="_blank">Lectionary Ruminations 2.5 for the 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C)</a></span></h3></div><div><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px; position: relative;"><a href="http://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2019/02/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-7th.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #444444; font-size: small;">Lectionary Ruminations 2.5 for the 7th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C)</span></a></h3></div><div><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px; position: relative;"><a href="http://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2019/02/lectionary-ruminations-25-for.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #444444; font-size: small;">Lectionary Ruminations 2.5 for Transfiguration of the Lord (Year C)</span></a></h3></div></div><div style="font-size: 13.2px;"><br /></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404372588940834898.post-22411239595051809652021-05-19T16:33:00.012-04:002021-05-20T10:09:23.549-04:00Lectionary Ruminations 2.5 Links to Trinity Sunday through Christ the King/Reign of Christ (Year B)<p><i style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Lectionary Ruminations 2.5</span></i><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;"> is a further revision and refinement of my <i>Lectionary Ruminations</i> and <i>Lectionary Ruminations 2.0</i>. Focusing on The Revised Common Lectionary Readings for the upcoming Sunday from the New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) of the Bible, <i>Lectionary Ruminations 2.5</i> draws on over thirty years of pastoral experience. Believing that the questions we ask are often more important than any answers we find, without over reliance on commentaries, I intend with sometimes pointed and sometimes snarky comments and Socratic like questions, to encourage reflection and rumination for readers preparing to lead a Bible study, draft liturgy, preach, or hear the Word. Reader comments are invited and encouraged.</span></p><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-1740913124507364819" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 520px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;"><a href="http://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2018/05/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-trinity.html">Trinity Sunday</a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2018/05/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-10th.html">2nd Sunday after Pentecost/Proper 5</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2018/06/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-11th.html">3rd Sunday after Pentecost/Proper 6</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2018/06/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-12th.html">4th Sunday after Pentecost/Proper 7</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2018/06/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-13th.html">5th Sunday after Pentecost/Proper 8</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2018/06/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-14th.html">6th Sunday after Pentecost/Proper 9</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2018/07/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-15th.html">7th Sunday after Pentecost/Proper 10</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2018/07/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-16th.html">8th Sunday after Pentecost/Proper 11</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2018/07/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-17th.html">9th Sunday after Pentecost/Proper 12</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2018/07/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-18th.html">10th Sunday after Pentecost/Proper 13</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2018/07/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-19th.html">11th Sunday after Pentecost/Proper 14</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2018/08/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-20th.html">12th Sunday after Pentecost/Proper 15</a><br /><a href="http://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2018/08/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-21st_13.html">13th Sunday after Pentecost/Proper 16</a><br /><a href="http://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2018/08/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-22nd.html">14th Sunday after Pentecost/Proper 17</a><br /><a href="http://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2018/08/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-23rd.html">15th Sunday after Pentecost/Proper 18</a><br /><a href="http://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2018/09/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-24th.html">16th Sunday after Pentecost/Proper 19</a><br /><a href="http://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2018/09/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-25th.html">17th Sunday after Pentecost/Proper 20</a><br /><a href="http://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2018/09/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-26th.html">18th Sunday after Pentecost/Proper 21</a><br /><a href="http://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2018/09/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-27th.html">19th Sunday after Pentecost/Proper 22</a><br /><a href="http://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2018/09/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-28th.html">20th Sunday after Pentecost/Proper 23</a><br /><a href="http://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2018/10/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-29th.html">21st Sunday after Pentecost/Proper 24</a><br /><a href="http://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2018/10/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-30th.html">22nd Sunday after Pentecost/Proper 25</a><br /><a href="http://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2018/10/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-31st.html">23rd Sunday after Pentecost/Proper 26</a><br /><a href="http://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2018/10/lectionaryruminations-2.html">24th Sunday after Pentecost/Proper 27</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2018/11/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-33rd.html">25th Sunday after Pentecost/Proper 28</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2018/11/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-christ.html">Christ the King/Reign of Christ</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><br /></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404372588940834898.post-17409131245073648192021-02-08T13:57:00.003-05:002021-03-09T09:39:14.536-05:00Lectionary Ruminations 2.5 Links to 1st Sunday in Lent through Day of Pentecost (Year B)<p><i style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Lectionary Ruminations 2.5</span></i><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;"> is a further revision and refinement of my <i>Lectionary Ruminations</i> and <i>Lectionary Ruminations 2.0</i>. Focusing on The Revised Common Lectionary Readings for the upcoming Sunday from New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) of the Bible, <i>Lectionary Ruminations 2.5</i> draws on over thirty years of pastoral experience. Believing that the questions we ask are often more important than any answers we find, without over reliance on commentaries, I intend with sometimes pointed and sometimes snarky comments and Socratic like questions, to encourage reflection and rumination for readers preparing to lead a Bible study, draft liturgy, preach, or hear the Word. Reader comments are invited and encouraged.</span></p><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;"><a href="http://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2018/02/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-1st.html" target="_blank">1st Sunday in Lent</a></span></div><div><a href="http://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2018/02/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-1st.html">Summit to Shore: Lectionary Ruminations 2.5 for the 1st Sunday in Lent (Year B)</a></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;"><a href="http://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2018/02/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-2nd.html" target="_blank"><br /></a></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;"><a href="http://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2018/02/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-2nd.html" target="_blank">2nd Sunday in Lent</a></span></div><div><a href="http://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2018/02/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-2nd.html">Summit to Shore: Lectionary Ruminations 2.5 for The 2nd Sunday in Lent (Year B)</a></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;"><a href="http://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2018/02/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-3rd.html" target="_blank">3rd Sunday in Lent</a></span></div><div><a href="http://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2018/02/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-3rd.html">Summit to Shore: Lectionary Ruminations 2.5 for The 3rd Sunday in Lent (Year B)</a></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;"><a href="Summit to Shore: Lectionary Ruminations 2.5 for The 4th Sunday in Lent (Year B)" target="_blank"><br /></a></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;"><a href="http://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2018/02/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-4th.html" target="_blank">4th Sunday in Lent</a></span></div><div><a href="http://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2018/02/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-4th.html">Summit to Shore: Lectionary Ruminations 2.5 for The 4th Sunday in Lent (Year B)</a></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;"><a href="http://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2018/03/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-5th.html" target="_blank">5th Sunday in Len</a>t</span></div><div><a href="http://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2018/03/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-5th.html">Summit to Shore: Lectionary Ruminations 2.5 for The 5th Sunday in Lent (Year B)</a></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;"><a href="http://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2018/03/lectionaryruminations-2.html" target="_blank">Palm/Passion Sunday</a></span></div><div><a href="http://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2018/03/lectionaryruminations-2.html">Summit to Shore: Lectionary Ruminations 2.5 for Palm/Passion Sunday (Year B)</a></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;"><a href="http://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2018/03/lectionary-ruminations-25-for.html" target="_blank">Resurrection of the Lord/Easter</a></span></div><div><a href="http://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2018/03/lectionary-ruminations-25-for.html">Summit to Shore: Lectionary Ruminations 2.5 for The Resurrection of the Lord/Easter (Year B)</a></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;"><a href="http://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2018/03/lectionaryruminations-2_26.html" target="_blank">2nd Sunday of Easter</a></span></div><div><a href="http://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2018/03/lectionaryruminations-2_26.html">Summit to Shore: Lectionary Ruminations 2.5 for The 2nd Sunday of Easter (Year B)</a></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;"><a href="http://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2018/04/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-3rd.html" target="_blank">3rd Sunday of Easter</a></span></div><div><a href="http://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2018/04/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-3rd.html">Summit to Shore: Lectionary Ruminations 2.5 for The 3rd Sunday of Easter (Year B)</a></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;"><a href="http://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2018/04/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-4th.html" target="_blank"><br /></a></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;"><a href="http://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2018/04/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-4th.html" target="_blank">4th Sunday of Easter</a></span></div><div><a href="http://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2018/04/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-4th.html">Summit to Shore: Lectionary Ruminations 2.5 for The 4th Sunday of Easter (Year B)</a></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;"><a href="http://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2018/04/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-5th.html" target="_blank">5th Sunday of Easter</a></span></div><div><a href="http://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2018/04/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-5th.html">http://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2018/04/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-5th.html</a></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;"><a href="http://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2018/04/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-6th.html" target="_blank">6th Sunday of Easter</a></span></div><div><a href="http://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2018/04/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-6th.html">Summit to Shore: Lectionary Ruminations 2.5 for The 6th Sunday of Easter (Year B)</a></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;"><a href="http://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2018/04/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-7th.html" target="_blank"><br /></a></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;"><a href="http://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2018/04/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-7th.html" target="_blank">7th Sunday of Easter</a></span></div><div><a href="http://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2018/04/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-7th.html">Summit to Shore: Lectionary Ruminations 2.5 for The 7th Sunday of Easter (Year B)</a></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;"><a href="http://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2018/05/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-day-of.html" target="_blank"><br /></a></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;"><a href="http://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2018/05/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-day-of.html" target="_blank">Day of Pentecost</a></span></div><div><a href="http://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2018/05/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-day-of.html">Summit to Shore: Lectionary Ruminations 2.5 for The Day of Pentecost (Year B)</a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404372588940834898.post-70152831045901162802021-01-11T10:43:00.001-05:002021-01-11T10:45:21.934-05:00A Prayer for National Unity During a Pandemic on Baptism of the Lord Sunday<p> </p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Composed by the Reverend Dr. John
Edward Harris © 2021<br /></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">See Genesis 1:1-5 and Mark
1:4-11<br /></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">God of creation,<br /></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">you began your creating by
separating,<br /></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">separating light from
darkness,<br /></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">and separating the water
under the expanse from the water above it,<br /></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">and calling it good.<br /></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">But we, your children,<br /></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">especially your children in the
United States of America,<br /></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">are now also separated, too
separated, and that separation is not good.<br /></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">We pledge to be “One Nation
under God,”<br /></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">but we act like many nations.<br /></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">We call ourselves “The United
States of America,”<br /></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">but we label ourselves as
blue, and red, and purple states.<br /></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">We aspire to be “out of many,
one,”<br /></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">but we are fractured, and we
are hurting, and some of us are scared.<br /></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">We have separated ourselves
into fortified political camps we call<br /></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Republican, Democrat, and
Independent.<br /></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Racism and a history of
slavery and segregation<br /></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">divides us between black and
white.<br /></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Xenophobia splits us into an
America of European heritage verses<br /></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Americans of Asian, Hispanic,
and even Native American descent.<br /></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">The growing inequality
between rich and poor<br /></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">divides us into the 1% of
obscenely rich and the 99% of the rest of us.<br /></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">God of the Incarnation,<br /></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">you came among us as light
and to show us the light,<br /></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">as truth to show us the way,
the truth, and the life,<br /></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">and through your Apostle Paul<br /></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">you called us to break down
barriers,<br /></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">and to live as one body with
many parts.<br /></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Centuries after John the
Baptizer proclaimed a baptism of repentance,<br /></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">may we hear and answer his
call,<br /></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">remembering our own Baptism
as just the beginning of a life of repentance.<br /></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">May your Spirit once again
sweep over the earth,<br /></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">not to separate,<br /></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">but to unite,<br /></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">not to create,<br /></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">but to re-create,<br /></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">to lead us to our true
selves,<br /></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">created in the image of God.<br /></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">During political uncertainty
and deep soul searching,<br /></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">we pray for both President
Trump and President-Elect Biden.<br /></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">We pray for a peaceful
inauguration and transition of power on January 20<sup>th</sup>.<br /></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">We pray for Democratic,
Republican, and Independent Members of Congress,<br /></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">and all federal, state, and
local elected office holders,<br /> </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">that they will uphold their
oaths to defend the constitution.<br /></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">We give thanks for,<br /></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">and pray for,<br /></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">the Judicial branch of our
Government,<br /></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">and the Judges who defended
not only the Constitution but the truth.<br /></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">In the middle of a pandemic that
is stretching our healthcare system to the breaking point,<br /></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">and testing the stamina of
health care workers,<br /></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">we pray not only that
vaccines can quickly be produced for all who want them,<br /></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">but also swiftly distributed
to all who want them,<br /></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">so that we can put Covid-19
behind us and regain some semblance of normalcy sooner than later.<br /></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">We pray this,<br /> </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">and numerous unspoken but
heartfelt prayers,<br /></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">in the name of Jesus Christ
or risen Lord.<br /></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">And let all the people say …
Amen.</span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404372588940834898.post-54309632948057364452020-11-19T15:52:00.001-05:002021-01-04T10:29:49.753-05:00Lectionary Ruminations 2.5 Links to 1st Sunday of Advent through Transfiguration of the Lord (Year B)<p><i style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Lectionary Ruminations
2.5</span></i><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;"> is a further
revision and refinement of my <i>Lectionary Ruminations</i> and <i>Lectionary
Ruminations 2.0</i>. Focusing on The Revised Common Lectionary Readings
for the upcoming Sunday from New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) of the
Bible, <i>Lectionary Ruminations 2.5</i> draws on over thirty years
of pastoral experience. Believing that the questions we ask are often
more important than any answers we find, without over reliance on commentaries,
I intend with sometimes pointed and sometimes snarky comments and Socratic like
questions, to encourage reflection and rumination for readers preparing to lead
a Bible study, draft liturgy, preach, or hear the Word. Reader comments are
invited and encouraged.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We will soon be
celebrating the First Sunday of Advent, followed by Christmas – Year B, the
year of Mark. Here are links to the various Lectionary Ruminations 2.5
covering the period from the First Sunday of Advent through Transfiguration of
the Lord.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2017/11/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-1st.html">Lectionary Ruminations 2.5 for 1st Sunday of Advent (Year B)</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px;"><a href="http://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2017/11/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-2nd.html">Lectionary Ruminations 2.5 for 2nd Sunday of Advent (Year B)</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px;"><a href="http://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2017/12/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-3rd.html">Lectionary Ruminations 2.5 for 3rd Sunday of Advent (Year B</a>)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px;"><a href="http://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2017/12/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-4th.html">Lectionary Ruminations 2.5 for 4th Sunday of Advent (Year B)</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px;"><a href="http://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2017/12/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-1st.html">Lectionary Ruminations 2.5 for 1st Sunday of Christmas (Year B)</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px;"><a href="http://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2015/12/lectionary-ruminations-20-for-sunday_22.html">Lectionary Ruminations 2.5 for 2nd Sunday of Christmas (Year B)</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px;"><a href="http://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2017/12/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-baptism.html">Lectionary Ruminations 2.5 for The Baptism of the Lord (Year B)</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><a href="http://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2018/01/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-2nd.html" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px;">Lectionary Ruminations 2.5 for 2nd Sunday after Epiphany (Year B)</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px;"><a href="http://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2018/01/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-3rd.html">Lectionary Ruminations 2.5 for 3rd Sunday after Epiphany (Year B)</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px;"><a href="http://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2018/01/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-4th.html">Lectionary Ruminations 2.5 for 4th Sunday after Epiphany (Year B)</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px;"><a href="http://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2018/01/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-5th.html">Lectionary Ruminations 2.5 for 5th Sunday after Epiphany (Year B)</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px;"><a href="http://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2018/01/lectionary-ruminations-25-for.html">Lectionary Ruminations 2.5 for Transfiguration of the Lord (Year B)</a></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404372588940834898.post-87734718565595114532020-10-26T10:10:00.002-04:002020-10-26T10:10:13.948-04:00Lectionary Ruminations 2.5 for All Saints Day (Year A)<p><i style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: justify;">Lectionary Ruminations 2.5</i><span class="apple-converted-space" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: justify;">is a further revision and refinement of my</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: justify;"> </span><i style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: justify;">Lectionary Ruminations</i><span class="apple-converted-space" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: justify;">and</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: justify;"> </span><i style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: justify;">Lectionary Ruminations 2.0</i><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: justify;">. Focusing on The Revised Common Lectionary Readings for the upcoming Sunday from New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) of the Bible,</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: justify;"> </span><i style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: justify;">Lectionary Ruminations 2.5</i><span class="apple-converted-space" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: justify;">draws on over thirty years of pastoral experience. Believing that the questions we ask are often more important than any answers we find, without over reliance on commentaries, I intend with sometimes pointed and sometimes snarky comments and Socratic like questions, to encourage reflection and rumination for readers preparing to lead a Bible study, draft liturgy, preach, or hear the Word. Reader comments are invited and encouraged.</span></p><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-5429671554746233007" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.52px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 520px;"><div style="font-size: 13.2px; margin: 0in;"><b>REVELATION 7:9-17</b><b><o:p></o:p></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">17:9</span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> After what? How many is a great multitude? Was anyone left out? Whose throne? Who or what is the Lamb? Why were they robed in white? Why were they holding palm branches?</span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">17:10</span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> What does it mean to proclaim hat salvation belongs to God and the the Lamb?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">17:11</span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> How many angels? We no angels missing? Who are the elders and how many were there? What or who are the four living creatures? What does it mean to fall on one's face and what does it symbolize?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">17:12</span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: 13.2px;"> How many attributes are ascribed to God? What does the number symbolize?</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">17:13</span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> I wonder which elder. Maybe their name was Petros! Okay, where did they come from?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">17:14</span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> Why ask a question if you already know the answer? What is the great ordeal? How can washing any clothing in blood make the clothing white?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">17:15</span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: 13.2px;"> I thought God did not need a temple. Were the elders constantly worshiping?</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">17:16</span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> When did they hunger and thirst? When did the sun and scorching heat strike them?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">17:17</span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> How can the Lam be at the center of the throne if God is sitting on the throne? What is the water of life? Why and when were the elders crying?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 13.2px; margin: 0in;"><b>PSALM 34:1-10, 22</b><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><b>34:1</b> Does "all times" mean all day and night? See Revelation 17:15. Is it possible to eat and drink while praising the Lord?</span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">34:2</b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">I sense a juxtaposition of boasting and humbleness. What was the Psalmist's soul boasting about? Who are the humble?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">34:3</b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">How can we exalt the Lord's name when we are not to pronounce the Lord's name?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">34:4</b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">What are your fear? What are you afraid of?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">34:5</b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> Do those who worship in the sanctuary where you worship look like they have radiant faces?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">34:6</b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">When has your soul cried? What troubles have you been saved from?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">34:7</b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Which angel would this be? What does mean for an angel to encamp around someone?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">34:8</b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">How can we taste that the Lord is good? What does the Lord taste like?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">34:9</b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">What does it mean to fear the Lord. Are you familiar with Rudolph Otto's "mysterium tremendum et fascinans" and concept of the numinous?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">34:10</b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Who are the young lions? What does it mean to seek the Lord?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">34:22</b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">What does it mean to redeem a life? Who are the Lord's servants? WHat does it mean to take refuge in the Lord?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 13.2px; margin: 0in;"><b>1 John 3:1-3</b><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">3:1</span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> How do we see love? Are we just called the children of God or are we really the children of God? What does it mean to be a child of God. Whom is the writer calling children of God?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">3:2</span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> What were we before we were the children of God? Who will be revealed?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">3:3</span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> Is it hope that purifies? What does it mean to be pure?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 13.2px; margin: 0in;"><b>MATTHEW 5:1-12</b><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><b>5:1</b> Why the plural crowds and not singular crowd? Why might have Jesus gone up the mountain? Would the disciples not come to him until after he sat?</span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">5:2</b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> What other ways are there to teach other than by speaking?</span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">5:3</b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> What are other ways to translate the Greek other than "Blessed?" Might "Happy" be an option? How do you pronounce "blessed?" What does it mean to be poor in spirit and who are they that are poor in spirit? Is it possible to be rich in spirit?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">5:4</b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> For what, do people mourn?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">5:5</b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> Who are the meek? How could they inherit the earth?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">5:6</b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> What does it mean to hunger and thirst for righteousness? What is righteousness?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">5:7</b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> What does it mean to be merciful?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">5:8</b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> What does it mean to be pure in heart?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">5:9</b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> What is a peacemaker and how does one make peace. Presbyterians in the PCUSA might wish to recall the 1980 report "Peacemaking: The Believer's Calling."</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">5:10</b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> Who today are being persecuted for righteousness?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.2px;">5:11</b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: 13.2px;"> Have you ever been falsely reviled, persecuted, and/or been the object of evil talk because of Jesus? </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">5:12</b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> What prophets were persecuted?</span></div><div style="font-size: 13.2px; margin: 0in;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 13.2px; margin: 0in;"><b>ADDENDUM</b></div><div style="font-size: 13.2px; margin: 0in;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">I am a Minister Member of Upper Ohio Valley Presbytery of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and am serving as the Pastor of the Bethlehem United Presbyterian Church, Wheeling, WV. Sunday Worship at Bethlehem begins at 10:45 AM. Here is Bethlehem United's Facebook address: </span>https://www.facebook.com/Bethlehem-United-Presbyterian-Church-102482088303980</div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404372588940834898.post-89364588004783535772020-05-30T09:32:00.022-04:002020-11-02T09:42:24.974-05:00Lectionary Ruminations 2.5 Links to Trinity Sunday through Christ the King/Reign of Christ (Year A)<h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 22px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px; position: relative;">
<i style="background-color: white; font-size: 110%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Lectionary Ruminations 2.5</span></i><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;"> is a further revision and refinement of my <i>Lectionary
Ruminations</i> and <i>Lectionary Ruminations 2.0</i>. Focusing
on The Revised Common Lectionary Readings for the upcoming Sunday from the New
Revised Standard Version (NRSV) of the Bible, <i>Lectionary Ruminations
2.5</i> draws on over thirty-five years of pastoral experience.
Believing that the questions we ask are often more important than any answers
we find, without over reliance on commentaries, and with sometimes pointed and
snarky comments and Socratic like questions, I attempt to encourage reflection
and rumination for readers preparing to lead a Bible study, draft liturgy,
preach, or hear the Word. Reader comments are invited and encouraged.</span></h3>
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<a href="https://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2017/05/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-trinity.html" target="_blank">Trinity Sunday</a><br />
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<a href="https://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2017/06/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-2nd.html" target="_blank">11th Sunday in Ordinary Time/Proper 6</a><br />
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<a href="https://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2017/06/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-3rd.html" target="_blank">12th Sunday in Ordinary Time/Proper 7</a><br />
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<a href="https://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2017/06/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-fourth.html" target="_blank">13th Sunday in Ordinary Time/Proper 8</a><br />
https://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2017/06/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-fourth.html<br />
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<a href="https://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2017/07/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-5th.html" target="_blank">14th Sunday in Ordinary Time/Proper 9</a><br />
https://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2017/07/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-5th.html<br />
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<a href="https://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2017/07/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-6th.html" target="_blank">15th Sunday in Ordinary Time/Proper 10</a><br />
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<a href="https://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2017/07/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-7th.html" target="_blank">16th Sunday in Ordinary Time/Proper 11</a><br />
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<a href="https://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2017/07/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-17th.html" target="_blank">17th Sunday in Ordinary Time/Proper 12</a><br />
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<a href="https://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2017/07/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-18th.html" target="_blank">18th Sunday in Ordinary Time/Proper 13</a><br />
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<a href="https://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2017/07/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-19th.html" target="_blank">19th Sunday in Ordinary Time/Proper 14</a><br />
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<a href="https://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2017/08/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-20th.html" target="_blank">20th Sunday in Ordinary Time/Proper 15</a><br />
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<a href="https://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2017/08/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-21st.html" target="_blank">21st Sunday in Ordinary Time/Proper 16</a><br />
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<a href="https://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2017/08/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-22nd.html" target="_blank">22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time/Proper 17</a><br />
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<a href="https://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2017/08/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-23rd.html" target="_blank">23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time/Proper 18</a><br />
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<a href="https://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2017/08/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-24th.html" target="_blank">24th Sunday in Ordinary Time/Proper 19</a><br />
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<a href="https://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2017/09/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-25th.html" target="_blank">25th Sunday in Ordinary Time/Proper 20</a><br />
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<a href="https://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2017/09/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-26th.html" target="_blank">26th Sunday in Ordinary Time/Proper 21</a><br />
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<a href="https://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2017/09/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-27th.html" target="_blank">27th Sunday in Ordinary Time/Proper 22</a><br />
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<a href="https://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2017/10/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-28th.html" target="_blank">28th Sunday in Ordinary Time/Proper 23</a><br />
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<a href="https://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2017/10/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-29th.html" target="_blank">29th Sunday in Ordinary Time/Proper 24</a><br />
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<a href="https://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2017/10/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-30th.html" target="_blank">30th Sunday in Ordinary Time/Proper 25</a><br />
https://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2017/10/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-30th.html<br />
<br /><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/3404372588940834898/8773471856559511453">All Saints' Day</a><br />https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/3404372588940834898/8773471856559511453<div><br /></div><div><a href="http://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2017/10/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-32nd.html" target="_blank">32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time / Proper 27</a></div><div>http://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2017/10/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-32nd.html</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2017/11/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-33rd.html" target="_blank">33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time / Proper 28</a></div><div>http://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2017/11/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-33rd.html</div><div><br /></div><div><div>
<a href="https://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2017/11/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-christ.html" target="_blank">Christ the King/Reign of Christ</a><br />
https://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2017/11/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-christ.html<br />
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<br /></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404372588940834898.post-85375130650276514902020-03-17T14:24:00.001-04:002022-08-22T12:55:14.238-04:00Five Key Concepts of Ministry – My Cannon<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">I listened to Natalie
Angier’s book </span><i style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">The Canon: A Whirligig Tour of the Beautiful Basics of Science</i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">
on CD while driving to and from visiting family over the most recent Thanksgiving
holiday. Early in the work, Angier asked something like “What would you
identify as the five key concepts from your field? What is your field’s
cannon?”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">The question first forced
me to think about what my field is. I hold a Master of Divinity degree,
generally recognized as the basic requirement for ordained ministry in main
line churches. I and many of my seminary alums would agree, however, that our
seminary education prepared us more to be theologians, and even biblical
scholars, than pastors engaged in parish ministry.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">After over ten years of
parish ministry I earned a Doctor of Ministry, generally recognized as the
highest level of professional education relevant to pastoral ministry short of
the more academic Ph.D. While some Doctor of Ministry programs focus on
preaching, counseling, or spirituality, mine focused on Reformed Theology,
perhaps the most academic of the various Doctor of Ministry programs offered by
the seminary where I worked on and earned it. Working on that degree reinforced
my self-identification as a theologian.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">In addition to having
served in both full time and part time pastoral ministry for over thirty years,
during those part time years I also served six years as part time staff for a
church regional governing body. I also taught as an Adjunct two semesters at a
small Roman Catholic Liberal Arts College where I taught courses in Theology
and ten semesters at a Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) related Liberal Arts
College where I taught courses in Religion and Philosophy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My adjunct teaching experiences reinforced my
self-understanding as a theologian.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">This leaves me still
pondering the question - what is my field? Is my field theology or ministry? I
find it hard to separate one from the other. My theology informs my practice of
ministry and my practice of ministry informs my theology in a cyclical
dialectic. That is the perspective from which I answer Angier’s question about
what I identify as the five key concepts from my field, or my field’s cannon.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">The first key concept I
think is essential to both theology and ministry and that I want worshipers in
the pew as well as spiritual but not religious people and those who shun
Christianity to know and understand is that the Bible is not one book dictated
by God or written by a single author in one place at one time. The Bible is
like a little library bound together. It is a collection of sixty-six writings
(or more if you are a Roman Catholic) written by dozens of authors from various
places and over nearly two thousand years whose original work was later edited
by others and assembled together in one collection, a process that took
centuries. These writings were assembled first by Jews and later adopted and added
to by Christians because many found these writings to be theologically
informative and spiritually meaningful.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Related to the above
concept is understanding that The Bible was not originally written in the
King James English, or any form of English. Most of the writings Christians
consider the Old Testament were originally written in ancient Hebrew and <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aramaic and later translated into the ancient
common Koine Greek. The Hebrew and Aramaic writings that were later translated into Greek were later translated into Latin. The Greek and Latin were eventually
translated in English. That means that when we read the Bible in English that
we are sometimes reading a translation of a translation of a translation.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">A third key concept is
the recognition that while there are certainly unique beliefs that separate
Christians from Jews and from other people of faith, beliefs such as the
affirmation that the mystery of God is best experienced, understood, and experienced
as a Trinity, and that<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jesus is God in
the flesh, Christianity is one of many world religions. As a religion or system
of belief, Christianity shares many ideas and concepts with other world systems
of belief or religions. Christians share with Jews and Moslems the core belief
that there is only one God, and we believe in the same God, the God of Abraham and Sarah,
although we have different understandings of what the God of Abraham and Sarah calls us
to do and be. Some Christians have found affinity with Buddhism, although some
would consider Buddhism more of a philosophy than a religion. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">A fourth key concept is
the interdisciplinary approach to ministry. Parish ministry is certainly
informed by the Bible, but it is also informed by the history and tradition of
theology and the church as well as the disciplines of philosophy, psychology,
and sociology. The Apostle Paul often drew upon Greek philosophy in his
writings. Augustine and other early Christian writers relied so heavily upon
Plato that they can be said to have baptized Plato. Thomas Aquinas was influenced
by Aristotle. Most parish pastors would probably agree that their counseling
practice is as informed as much by Psychology as the Bible and Theology.
Sociology has helped me understand the human dimensions of the Church and how congregations and even denominations have been influenced by the
economic, educational, political, and racial ethnic background of their
members.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Finally, even though Christians
believe that the church is the body of Christ, that body often seems to be torn
asunder by various expressions we call denominations. While some consider our
plethora of denominations an affront, I think it is a gift. If we think of the
church as the place we come to be spiritually fed and nurtured, then we might
consider the universal church as a spiritual restaurant. I prefer Wendy’s, but
when there is no Wendy’s around, I will satiate my appetite at McDonalds, Taco
Bell, Arby’s, Chick-fil-A, or any other number of franchises or independent
establishments. Even though I prefer Wendy’s, sometimes I tire of a single with
fries and want to eat something else. It is all food. It is all nourishing. But
I also trust that wherever I eat that the kitchen is observing sanitary
practices and has passed its health inspection. Just like there are some eating
establishments I would not eat in because of health inspection violations and
unsanitary conditions, some congregations can be unhealthy and even dangerous.
Stay away from them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Find one that
serves a varied menu of spiritually satisfying <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and religiously healthy entrees. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404372588940834898.post-65076214414880838592020-03-16T11:21:00.007-04:002022-03-09T14:41:03.406-05:00Wild Encounter with a Cooper's Hawk<br />
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<span style="background: white; color: #292929; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;">The wildest encounter I have ever had with an
animal in the outdoors occurred during a canoe trip down the Delaware River in the
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area back in the summer of 1983. My
co-leader Margaret and I were guiding adolescent summer campers on a combined
canoe/backpacking that was taking us down the Delaware River and then north on the Appalachian Trail in New Jersey.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #292929; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;">One day Margaret and I were in the same canoe. I do not recall
who was in the bow and who was in the stern. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As we paddled downstream, one of us noticed what
appeared to be a bird flapping its wings midair several feet over the water and
a few yards from shore but going nowhere. Paddling closer, we realized the
bird, a <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Cooper's Hawk, had become
entangled on a fishing hook suspended from a fishing line hanging from a tree
branch out over the river.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #292929;">Margaret
steadied the canoe as I stood up in it. I reached up as high as I could and grabbed
the line. I then pulled it down as low as I could, passing over the tangled
bird until I could reach the line above it. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Using my Swiss Army knife, I cut the line
about a foot above the hawk and sat back down in the canoe while I was holding
the fowl by the line. Margaret paddled over to shore where we both climbed out
onto the New Jersey bank with me still holding the hawk, suspended by its wing,
the fishing line still in my hand.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hawk after we removed the hook</td></tr>
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<span style="color: #292929;">While I held the hawk by the
line, Margaret emptied a small nylon stuff sack and put the sack over the
hawk's head, covering the beak. She then cradled the creature in her hands while
softly singing to it. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I used my knife to
carefully cut the three barbed hook, line attached, from out of the crook of
the animal’s wing.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #292929;">After I removed the hook,
Margaret sat the hawk down on the bank and removed the stuff sack. The Hawk
stood up straight, puffed out its chest, and pulled back its wings as if
enjoying its freedom, and stared straight at us. I grabbed my <span style="box-sizing: border-box;">camera and snapped the attached photo. I don't recall
how long all this took, but it seemed like a half hour or so.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #292929;">Margaret and I had no idea how
long the hawk had been suspended mid-air over the river by its wing, nor do we
know what eventually happened to this beautiful creature, but we both felt
intense satisfaction for having freed it from its predicament. The experience
was the highlight of a very memorable trip. Thirty-seven years later, I still
recall it as one of the most intense, transcendental wilderness encounters with
an animal I have ever experienced.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404372588940834898.post-26724901344845300042020-02-24T10:16:00.000-05:002020-02-24T10:16:49.424-05:00Lectionary Ruminations 2.5 Links to 1st Sunday in Lent through Day of Pentecost (Year A)<br />
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<i style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Lectionary Ruminations 2.5</span></i><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;"> is a further revision and refinement of my <i>Lectionary
Ruminations</i> and <i>Lectionary Ruminations 2.0</i>. Focusing
on The Revised Common Lectionary Readings for the upcoming Sunday from New
Revised Standard Version (NRSV) of the Bible, <i>Lectionary Ruminations
2.5</i> draws on over thirty-five years of pastoral experience.
Believing that the questions we ask are often more important than any answers
we find, without over reliance on commentaries, and with sometimes pointed and
snarky comments and Socratic like questions, I attempt to encourage reflection
and rumination for readers preparing to lead a Bible study, draft liturgy,
preach, or hear the Word. Reader comments are invited and encouraged.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">We will soon be celebrating the First Sunday in Lent, followed
by Easter, the Easter Season, and the Day of Pentecost – Year A, the year of
Matthew. Here are links to the various <i>Lectionary Ruminations 2.5</i>
covering the period from the First Sunday in Lent through the Day of Pentecost
(Year A).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2018/02/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-1st.html">https://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2018/02/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-1st.html</a></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="https://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2017/02/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-2nd.html" target="_blank">2<sup>nd</sup> Sunday in Lent</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2017/02/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-2nd.html">https://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2017/02/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-2nd.html</a></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="https://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2017/03/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-3rd.html" target="_blank">3<sup>rd</sup> Sunday in Lent</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2017/03/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-3rd.html">https://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2017/03/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-3rd.html</a></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="https://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2017/03/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-4th.html" target="_blank">4<sup>th</sup> Sunday in Lent</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2017/03/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-4th.html">https://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2017/03/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-4th.html</a></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="https://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2017/03/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-5th.html" target="_blank">5<sup>th</sup> Sunday in Lent</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2017/03/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-5th.html">https://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2017/03/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-5th.html</a></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="https://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2017/03/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-palm.html" target="_blank">Palm/Passion Sunday<o:p></o:p></a></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2017/03/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-palm.html">https://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2017/03/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-palm.html</a></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404372588940834898.post-45325527375028894752020-01-03T09:32:00.000-05:002020-01-03T16:42:07.805-05:00Review of the Elton John autobiography "ME"<br />
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the <i>Elton John</i> album captured my interest in the early 1970s when I was
but a young teenager. Then came <i>Tumbleweed Connection, 17-11-70,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Madman Across the Water, Honkey Château,
Don’t Shoot Me I’m Only the Piano Player, </i>the quintessential<i> Goodbye
Yellow Brick Road, </i>followed by <i>Caribou, and Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy. </i>I owned<i> </i>some
on cassette and some on vinyl.<i> </i>Sometime during those teenage years, I pilfered
a vinyl copy of the <i>Friends </i>soundtrack from my sister’s record
collection and eventually found a copy of the original vinyl <i>Empty Sky</i>
in a discount record bin. Elton John’s<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>music
formed a major part of the soundtrack to my adolescence and I have been a fan
ever since.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I have seen Elton John in concert only once. It was a
rainy night in an outdoor venue in the late 1990’s somewhere near DC. The rain
never stopped. The ground we were sitting on turned into a muddy mess. It
seemed like he played a longer set than I imagined he usually did,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>perhaps to reward his fans for sitting
through and enjoying the show in such miserable conditions. I was wet, soaked
to the bone, but not disappointed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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opened in a theater near where I live. It was not the movie I was expecting to
see but I liked it. I wish, however, that it had taken the story further along Elton’s career path
and life.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I received Elton’s autobiography <i>ME</i> for
Christmas and started reading it a few days later. I have now finished it. I
loved it. It is a clearly written 354 page “Tell All” overview of his life and
career filled with drugs, rock stars, celebrities, a little sex, and some introspection boarding on the spiritual. I could not put it down. I laughed while reading some sections and nearly
cried while reading others. I tried to remember where I was and what I was
doing when he narrated specific incidents and periods, so it invited me to
reflect on my own life and work.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I might be an Elton John fan, but I am not obsessive
about him. I have never joined an Elton John fan club or read about him in the
tabloids, but I still listen to his music, especially his early work. I read a lot in <i>ME</i> that I did not know about even though I was
familiar with the rough outline of his stardom. <i>ME</i> filled in the blanks I
was unaware of in an enjoyable way.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The 354 pages of <i>ME</i> include twenty-four pages
of mostly color photographs, many of which include other famous rock stars and
personalities. Perhaps best of all, there is a seventeen-page index which I
think I will use to go back to read his comments about his early recordings.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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personalities, especially rock stars, or have been a fan of Elton John, <i>ME</i>
is a must read.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404372588940834898.post-88468977423139047482019-12-18T10:17:00.000-05:002019-12-19T08:12:38.401-05:00Review of Return to Mount Kennedy<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Return to Mount Kennedy</i> is not about Mountaineering.
Yes, there are stills and video from the historic 1965 First Ascent by Bobby
Kennedy and Jim Whitaker as well as the 50<sup>th</sup> Anniversary attempt by
Whitaker’s two sons Leif and Bobby and Kennedy’s son Christopher. There are
snow fields, crevasses, snowshoes, crampons, ice axes and various shots of
Mount Kennedy, but this film is not a mountaineering film. Rather, it is about
how a mountain in the Canadian St. Elias Range served to introduce and
eventually bond two generations of families, the families of Bobby Kennedy and Jim Whitaker.</span></div>
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<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sxz9i_CFnCY/XfpCzkoYIiI/AAAAAAAAUik/ZmVkSPc0bOISfPShadEAUF1FBeB8UmOuACLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/P1010002.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sxz9i_CFnCY/XfpCzkoYIiI/AAAAAAAAUik/ZmVkSPc0bOISfPShadEAUF1FBeB8UmOuACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/P1010002.JPG" width="240" /></a><span style="font-family: inherit;">I remember reading about the first ascent of Mount Kennedy
in my Dad’s old July, 1965 <i>National Geographic</i> when I was still a
teenager. I read Jim Whitaker’s memoir <i>A Life on the Edge</i> when it was
first published. I recently reread those three <i>National Geographic</i> articles
as well as an article in the April 9, 1965 issue <i>Life</i> as I awaited the
delivery of <i>Return to Mount Kennedy</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Watching <i>Return to Mount Kennedy</i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>rekindled memories and feelings associated
with the assassination of JFK in 1963 and RFK in 1968. It reminded me of some
of what I had read in Whitaker’s memoir but had forgotten about. It served as a
testament to how mountains and mountaineering can forge lifelong friendships
that transcend generations. It served to reignite my own desire to venture
forth into the mountains. It made me proud to be a member of REI since 1974.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I loaned an old copy
of <i>National Geographic</i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and my <i>Return
to Mount Kennedy</i> DVD to a co-worker with some Mountaineering experience.
After watching the video, she agreed that this was not the film she was
expecting to see, but she still liked it. A little younger than I, she was also glad
she read the three articles in <i>National Geographic</i> before watching the
film as it gave her some historical background to the film.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404372588940834898.post-59802402875174195822019-11-18T11:35:00.002-05:002020-01-13T12:25:36.021-05:00Lectionary Ruminations 2.5 Links to 1st Sunday of Advent through Transfiguration of the Lord (Year A)<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">
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<i><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">Lectionary Ruminations 2.5</span></i><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"> is a further revision
and refinement of my <i>Lectionary Ruminations</i> and <i>Lectionary
Ruminations 2.0</i>. Focusing on The Revised Common Lectionary Readings
for the upcoming Sunday from New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) of the
Bible, <i>Lectionary Ruminations 2.5</i> draws on over thirty years
of pastoral experience. Believing that the questions we ask are often
more important than any answers we find, without over reliance on commentaries,
I intend with sometimes pointed and sometimes snarky comments and Socratic like
questions, to encourage reflection and rumination for readers preparing to lead
a Bible study, draft liturgy, preach, or hear the Word. Reader comments are
invited and encouraged.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">We will soon be celebrating the First Sunday of Advent, followed
by Christmas – Year A, the year of Matthew. Here are links to the various
Lectionary Ruminations 2.5 covering the period from the First Sunday of Advent
through Transfiguration of the Lord.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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1st Sunday of Advent (Year A)</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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2nd Sunday of Advent (Year A)</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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3rd Sunday of Advent (Year A)</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="http://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2016/12/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-4th.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #888888;">Lectionary Ruminations 2.5 for The
4th Sunday of Advent (Year A)</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="http://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2016/12/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-1st-s.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #888888;">Lectionary Ruminations 2.5 for The
1st Sunday after Christmas (Year A)</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="https://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2015/12/lectionary-ruminations-20-for-sunday_22.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #888888;">Lectionary Ruminations 2.0 for the
Second Sunday after Christmas (Years ABC</span></a>)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Baptism of the Lord (Year A</span></a>)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="https://summittoshore.blogspot.com/2016/12/lectionary-ruminations-25-for-second.html" target="_blank">Lectionary Ruminations 2.5 for 2nd Sunday after Epiphany (Year A)</a></span></div>
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3rd Sunday after Epiphany (Year A)</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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