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....
Realizing the Possible
Realizing the Possible Bob Stillerman Sixth Sunday After Pentecost, Proper 9, 7/4/2021 Mark 6:1-13 Realizing the Possible Mark 6.1-13 7-4-2021 More than four hundred years ago, the earliest Baptists that emerged in England and Holland,...
Her Name Was June
Her Name Was June Bob Stillerman Fifth Sunday After Pentecost, Proper 8, 6/27/2021 Mark 5:21-43 Her Name Was June Mark 5.21-43 6-27-2021 Jairus seems like a good fellow. He’s a town booster. He’s a faithful...
Not So Smooth Sailing
Not So Smooth Sailing Bob Stillerman Fourth Sunday After Pentecost, Proper 7, 6/20/2021 Mark 4:35-41 Not So Smooth Sailing Mark 4.35-41 6-20-2021 There’s a lake in Mark’s Gospel. Well actually, it’s in all four gospels...
All Tangled and Such
All Tangled and Such Bob Stillerman Third Sunday After Pentecost, Proper 6, 6/13/2021 Graduate Recognition Mark 4:26-34 All Tangled and Such Mark 4.26-34 6-13-2021 It’s a strange little anecdote. Jesus tells us the Kingdom of...
Choosing Our Authority
Choosing Our Authority Bob Stillerman Second Sunday After Pentecost, Proper 5, 6/6/2021 Mark 3:20-35 Choosing Our Authority Mark 3.20-35 6-6-2021 There are two main things happening in today’s text (well, actually, there’s a lot more...
Using Our Talents
Using Our Talents Bob Stillerman Proper 28, Twenty-Fourth Sunday after Pentecost, 11/15/2020 Matthew 25:14-30 Using Our Talents Matthew 25.14-30 11-15-2020 The allegory strikes again!!! Let’s start with the “man” who was about to take a...
It’s a Parable, Silly
It’s a Parable, Silly Bob Stillerman Proper 27. Pentecost 23, 11-8-2020 Matthew 25:1-13 Its a Parable Silly Matthew 25.1-13 11-8-2020 You know the story. There was gonna be a huge party: a wedding feast or...
Pocket Change
Pocket Change Bob Stillerman Proper 24. Pentecost 20, 10-18-2020 Matthew 22:15-22 Pocket Change Every morning, when I wake up, I gladly accept the breath that God has given me. I roll over, and see a...