All Saints’ Sunday November 3, 2013 Luke 6:20-31 “Beauty is as beauty does,” my Mom used to tell me. I remember it especially when I was a sophomore at Tucson High School. The really cool girls were cheerleaders and models for the local travel brochures. They usually had advantages that I did not – […]
The World Turned Upside-Down
For a study guide for next week, chapters 10-19, look after the sermon. Study Guide for The Gospel According to Luke Chapters 1-9 This Gospel is the first half of a two-volume work, the second half being “The Acts of the Apostles.” Luke seems to be a Gentile writer who may have converted to […]
Hungry and Thirsty
Study Guide for next week’s readings in Matthew (Chapts 8-16) follow the sermon. The Gospel According to Matthew: Chapts 5-7 Study Guide for Chapters 5-7 The Beatitudes: “Poetry and symmetry are not the least marks of Matthew’s nine Beatitudes, organized into two stanzas of four each, with the ninth in a somewhat different form […]
Yes
4th Sunday in Advent December 18, 2011 Luke 1:26-38 “My soul magnifies the Lord and my spirit rejoices in God my savior, for he has looked with favor on my lowliness…his mercy is for those who fear him…he has shown strength with his arm and scattered the proud in the thoughts of their […]