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Aug 2023
Who Do You Say I Am? Bob Stillerman 13th Sunday After Pentecost, 8/27/2023 Matthew 16:13-20 Who Do You Say That I Am The August lectionary passages have been eventful. Week one: In the wilderness, Jesus breaks bread, and feeds the multitudes. Week two: Early one morning, Jesus ghost-walks across the sea, going out to meet the disciples. And Jesus even lets Peter in on the action. Saves him from drowning, too. Week three: In the Region of Sidon and Tyre, Canaanite Country, Jesus meets a woman who challenges and ultimately redefines his......
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Aug 2020
Resourceful People Bob Stillerman Proper 16, Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost, 8-23-2020 Matthew 16:13-20 Resourceful People Matthew 16.13-20 8-23-2020 Last week, we read a Psalm that mentioned Mt. Hermon, a large peak that rises above the border of modern-day Syria and Israel. At the time, I just thought it was a nice footnote. But footnotes have a funny way of reappearing. Maybe they are like those tiny, pesky mustard seeds that start growing, and intertwining, and tangling themselves with everything else in the garden. The setting of today’s text is Caesarea Philippi, also......
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