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The Text This Week
For Nov 29. Some of my favoirte ATLAS articles on the Jeremiah text. Any thoughts?
Evans, Craig A., "Jesus and Justice," Ex Auditu, 2006.
Lee, Max J., "Response to Evans," Ex Auditu, 2006.
Although these two articles about “Jesus and Justice” only reference the Jeremiah text by example, they are helpful for thinking thro...ugh issues of “justice” as they are found in the Hebrew Bible and in the New Testament – a key theme to the Jeremiah text and perhaps to Luke’s understanding of eschatology. “Jesus' understanding of justice and of how it someday will encompass the earth is something that I do not think the church today grasps. It is an important topic, one that lies at the heart of Jesus' proclamation of God's rule, and therefore at the heart of the church's mission in a troubled world that seeks and often does not find justice. Accordingly, it is a topic that must be studied, understood, and put into practice.”
Hug, James E., S.J., "Birthing the Peace of Justice," The Living Pulpit, 1997.
An outline for preaching the lectionary texts for Year C, from 1997, with emphasis on poverty, justice and peace. “The signs are all around us - as they were for Jeremiah - that a serious reckoning is coming.” What did this mean to us in 1997? What does it mean today?
Siciliano, Jude, O.P., "Advent: The Coming of Christ and His Justice," The Living Pulpit, 1997.
Another article on preaching the texts in Advent C which has focus on peace and justice issues. “Thomas Merton warned that we must not strive to keep an atmosphere of optimism during Advent by the "mere suppression of tragic realities" (cf. Seasons of Celebration). There is, he says, an ‘anguished seriousness in Advent.’ We are anticipating the birth of one, Jeremiah says, who will be a ‘just shoot’, who will ‘do what is right and just in the land.’ Baruch, another prophetic voice of the season, (heard on the second Sunday of Advent), tells us this one who is coming will call Jerusalem to wrap herself ‘in the cloak of justice from God.’ Our voices need to speak against sentimentality this Advent and for justice.”
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(These and other articles at this link.) You may have free access to these ATLAS articles if you are a graduate of an accredited theological school. Check at: http://www.atla.com/products/catalogs/atlas_access.html
John Wilks Is anyone using Google Wave to share ideas about lectionary texts communally in real time? I'd like to connect to other preachers via Wave.
The Text This Week For Nov 29, Luke 21, John Petty: "The vicissitudes of life play no favorites. At one time or another, for every person on earth, everything that used to feel solid and sure will start to come apart...Therefore, again, 'watch in all times.' Furthermore, pray 'that you might have strength to escape these things, all th...e things coming to be, and to be stood--stathenai--before the son of man.' Stathenai is an aorist passive infinitive. You don't do the standing. You will be stood."
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Progressive Involvement Lectionary Blogging, Luke 21:25-36, John Petty, 2009.
The Text This Week For Nov 29, Jan Richardson, The Advent Door: "As we enter the season of Advent, and spiral yet again around the landscape that this first Sunday gives to us, how might Christ be inviting you to practice the apocalypse?"
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"Practicing the Apocalypse," Jan Richardson, The Advent Door, 2009. (Use of images: http://www.janrichardson.com/ )
Pat Snyder Textweek is the best sermon prep resource on the Internet.
"Enter the Bible," Luke, Luther Seminary. http://www.enterthebible.org/Bible.aspx?rid=4 If you'd not seen these introductions to biblical books, check them out! They feature commentary, pictures, some great videos about different topics in each book, maps, etc ...
The Text This Week
Basic updates have been completed for links to resources for Advent 1C: http://www.textweek.com/yearc/adventc1.h
Linda Hale I was just introduced to this today -wonderful to learn what you all are saying and thinking. Kingship is an interesting concept, isn't it? full of power and responsibility. full of opportunity for good and evil, and the world has seen much of both. How to talk about this to a people who have never lived under kings or queens except as a biblical concept?
The Text This Week How was worship today? What did you teach, preach, here? Stories? Anything that you perceived to go particularly well or particularly poorly? I'd love to hear!
Jan McGilliard What about children's sermon?
Roy James Murray Henderson Good morning to TTTW....
Joan Jespersen I am reading Constantine's Sword by J. Carroll. As all Christians know we have been oppressing the Jews since the 4th Century. It has been murderous and horrible finally bringing in the Holocaust. I have noticed that Jesus was condemned by the powers that be--secular Romans and Temple authorities--and then the mob a...uthorized and participated in his murder. It strikes me that the Christian oppression of the Jews begins in the leadership and that then the anger of the mob is activated. Carroll records very few incidents of the mob acting without leadership from on high. In other words, nearly every occasion of Christians murdering Jews is a re-play of what happened to Jesus. Any thoughts?
Joseph LaGuardia
Some food for thought for Christ the King Sunday: http://www.rockdalecitizen.com/religion/
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As one who loves liturgy, I am excited that tomorrow is Christ the King Sunday. It is a time to celebrate God’s reign, the incarnation and lordship of Jesus. It is so holy, I can’t help but to sing: “All hail the power of Jesus’ name ... bring forth the royal diadem, and crown him Lord of all!”
