#proper 8a

And the expectation of blind faithProper 8A  |  Genesis 22:1-14, Matthew 10:40-42 There was an American rabbi in California who invited his students to go home and read this passage from Genesis, chapter 22. He said “Read it through. Sit with it. Then read it through again. Read it four times. Then come in tomorrow ready to talk about it.” When the rabbi walked in the next day, he asked one of…

For Sunday Proper 8A Collect Almighty God, you have built your Church upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief cornerstone: Grant us so to be joined together in unity of spirit by their teaching, that we may be made a holy temple acceptable to you; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever…

Photo by Priscilla Du Preez on Unsplash For SundayProper 8A Collect Almighty God, you have built your Church upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief cornerstone: Grant us so to be joined together in unity of spirit by their teaching, that we may be made a holy temple acceptable to you; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you…

As followers of Jesus, we are called into discipleship. But that doesn’t mean being more righteous than our neighbors but merely generous.

Proper 8A  |  Matthew 10:40-42

This short gospel reading doesn’t seem like much. But if you’ve been following along the last few weeks, then you know it is anything but simple. Not even close. The context is huge and even more so when we place it in an even…