Proper 9 (Year A), Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30 Have you ever felt like you were trying so hard to relate to some people but no matter how you approached them, it just wasn’t good enough? No matter what you did, you were criticized for the way you didn’t meet someone else’s standards? We religious people can … Continue reading Dancing & Mourning
Proper 6 Year A, Matthew 9:35—10:8 [9-23] Have you ever started a job that you felt called to do because you wanted to help people? Something that you’ve done because your faith in Jesus Christ and your understanding of the Gospel compelled you to love your neighbor? Perhaps you wanted to do something that lifted … Continue reading The needs are great and the workers are few/Las necesidades son grandes y los trabajadores pocos
John 9: 1-41 When I was a little girl, I would put on a blindfold and pretend I was blind because I wanted to know what it was like to have to manage life without sight. I think many of us did that, curious about how one needed to use our other sense more when … Continue reading A story of a blind man/la historia de un ciego
Proper 16, Year C, Luke 13: 10-17 When I was growing up, my great, great aunt was a prominent figure in my family. “Aintee,” we all called her. She never married yet had helped raise my grandfather and his siblings when his mother (Aunty’s sister) died when he was three months old. She helped my … Continue reading The Lifting Up of Heads
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