Tuesday, August 10, 2021

Commemoration of Lawrence, Deacon and Martyr

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  Today we remember and give thanks for Lawrence, Deacon and Martyr.   Early in the third century A.D., Lawrence, most likely born in Spain,...
Tuesday, August 3, 2021

Commemoration of Joanna, Mary, and Salome, Myrrhbearers

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  Today we remember and give thanks for Joanna, Mary and Salome, Myrrhbearers .   Known in some traditions as “the faithful women,” the visi...
Sunday, August 1, 2021

Sermon for the Ninth Sunday after Trinity - 1 Cor 10:6-13

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  Trinity 9                                                                                         1 Cor 10:6-13                       ...
Friday, July 30, 2021

Mark's thoughts: The Preface and Proper Preface of the Service of the Sacrament - Why are we saying this?

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  The second half of the Divine Service, the Service of the Sacrament, begins with the Preface.   This is a series of three exchanges betwee...

Commemoration of Robert Barnes, Confessor and Martyr

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  Today we remember and give thanks for Robert Barnes, Confessor and Martyr.   Remembered as a devoted disciple of Martin Luther, Robert Bar...
Sunday, July 25, 2021

Sermon for the Feast of St. James the Elder - Mk 10:35-45

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                                                                                            St. James, the Elder                            ...
Monday, July 19, 2021

Mark's thoughts: The life of faith on the road between two ditches - Paul on Justification and Living as Christians

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  Christian theology and life is lived on a road between two ditches.   On the one side is the ditch that says we must do something in order...