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March 17
White Women Pr. Eileen Gebbie Matthew 20:1-16 Full text available here.
"We white Christians cannot afford to give any room or any sympathy to pouting cries of unfairness by people who have lost nothing just because others have gained a little something." |
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March 10
I Don't Know What Forgiveness Is Pr. Eileen Gebbie Matthew 18:15-22 Full text available here. "This Lenten season, let us practice metanoia, a change of self, by changing how we approach the divine in ourselves and the divine in each other." |
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Ash Wednesday, March 6
Pr. Eileen Gebbie Matthew 18:1-19 Watch the video at right. The scripture this evening seemed suddenly quite pointed because, the week before, the governing body of the international United Methodist Church had voted to be more strict in its position regarding queer marriage and clergy. So how should I, a gay married priest, respond in the pulpit? |
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February 10
We are All Going to Die Pr. Eileen Gebbie Matthew 7:1-14, 24-29 Full text available here.
"Jesus is offering wisdom ancient and universal on how to live well now, individually and together. Not for a prize at an end unknowable, but for the sweet and simple reward of living well now, individually and together." |
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February 3
Public Works and Private Workings Pr. Eileen Gebbie Matthew 6:1-15 Full text available here.
"I would be hard-pressed to be part of a church community that did not engage in public works of faith. That would feel too much like a private club, like a self-help system, rather than a living covenant with God and neighbor." |
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January 27
Are We Ready? Pr. Eileen Gebbie Matthew 5:1-20 Full text available here. "Even if we are not ourselves merciful or pure in heart, we want to be. In a world riven by destructive humanity, our steadfast, unwavering attention to the sermon on the mount may allow us to become a blessing: to become embodied vessels for our creative God." |
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January 20
Hang on to What is Possible Pr. Eileen Gebbie Matthew 4:1-11 Full text available here.
"Whatever power Jesus had to refuse the forces of non-being, even when his own hungry body was at stake, comes not from a divine apartness, but from his practice of taking time apart from the divine." |
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