Receiving the Cup of Others
Receiving the Cup of Others Bob Stillerman 18th Sunday After Pentecost, Proper 21, 9/26/2021 Mark 9:38-50 Receiving the Cup of Others Mark 9.38-50 9.26.2021 On the surface, and especially to the modern ear, this text...
A Lot Can Happen in a Moment
A Lot Can Happen in a Moment Bob Stillerman Sixteenth Sunday After Pentecost, Proper 19, 9/12/2021 Mark 8:27-38 A Lot Can Happen in a Moment Mark 8.27-38 9-12-2021 Twenty years ago, yesterday, I was making...
Relating to One Another
Relating to One Another Bob Stillerman Fourteenth Sunday After Pentecost, Proper 17, 8/29/2021 Psalm 45:1-2; 6-9 Relating to One Another Psalm 45 8-29-2021 This morning’s lectionary provides us with several texts that announce a sense...
Heart Highway
Heart Highway Bob Stillerman Thirteenth Sunday After Pentecost, Proper 16, 8/22/2021 Mata Family Dedication Psalm 84 Heart Highway Psalm 84 8.22.2021 In the 27th Psalm, the psalmist proclaims, “I am confident, I believe, I trust...
Bread for the Upright
Bread for the Upright Bob Stillerman Twelfth Sunday After Pentecost, Proper 15, 8/15/2021 Community Service with Grove Lane and Sardis Baptist Churches Psalm 111 Bread for the Upright Psalm 111 8.15.2021 I don’t know about...
Come and Believe
Come and Believe Bob Stillerman Eleventh Sunday After Pentecost, Proper 14, 8/8/2021 John 6:35, 41-51 Come and Believe John 6.35.41-51 8-8-2021 A push notification from a local news app stopped me in my tracks on...
Incarnating God
Incarnating God Bob Stillerman Tenth Sunday After Pentecost, Proper 13, 8/1/2021 John 6:24-35 Incarnating God John 6.24-35 8-1-2021 The idea of God is very pleasant for me. I suppose I am fortunate, privileged even, in...
The Joy of Enough
The Joy of Enough Bob Stillerman Ninth Sunday After Pentecost, Proper 12, 7/25/2021 John 6:1-21 The Joy of Enough John 6.1-21 7-25-2021 We’re reading John’s gospel this morning, but somehow, someway, today’s text helps me...
Building Walls
Building Walls Tillie Duncan Eighth Sunday After Pentecost, Proper 10, 7/18/2021 Ephesians 2:11-22 BUILDING WALLS Wait a minute, buddy! Don’t you see the signs? STOP! DO NOT ENTER. Herod’s Temple in first century CE Jerusalem...
Holy Ground
Holy Ground Bob Stillerman Seventh Sunday After Pentecost, Proper 9, 7/11/2021 Psalm 122 Holy Ground Psalm 122 7-11-2021 In 2012, I was fortunate enough to follow in the path of the pilgrims of our faith....