Recent Paraphrase

• The Akedah - The Binding of Isaac

  Every three years these verse come up in the lectionary, and every time they do, I am feel drawn to them.  The power of this passage cannot be denied, and I am sure that it has occupied and troubled the minds of those who heard it ever since it was first told around campfires at [...]

  June 22nd, 2008

• How Do You Worship a Consuming Fire - A Sermon for Proper 16C, Ordinary 21C, Pentecost 13C, August 26, 2007

  This sermon is based on the following scriptures.  Thanks to my colleagues on the Preaching the Revised Common Lectionary email discussion group for their input and discussion on these passages, especially Anne Le Bas.
  Isaiah 58:9-14
  Hebrews 12:18-29
  Luke 13:10-17
  My paraphrase of the Luke passage is as follows:
  Now Jesus was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath. [...]

  August 27th, 2007

• Luke 7:11-17 - My Paraphrase

  Luke 7:11-17
  On the nest day, Jesus journeyed to a town called Nain, and many of his disciples and a large crowd of people went with him.  Now when Jesus approached the gate of the town, a man who was dead was being carried out for burial.  The dead man was the only son of his [...]

  June 21st, 2007

• Lectionary Readings for Epiphany 5C: My Paraphrase

  Isaiah 6:1-12
  In the year King Uzziah died, I had a vision of the Lord sitting on a throne, exalted and high; the hem of his garment filled the temple. Above all this the Seraphs were in attendance: each one had six wings: with two they covered their faces, with two they covered their bodies, and [...]

  February 2nd, 2007