Sunday, February 12, 2023Bethlehem Lutheran ChurchLos Alamos, NM Our Common Lectionary provides this Gospel Text for this Sunday in English, following the excellent translation found in the: New Revised Standard Version of the Bible. However, I find the following text in English (by Eugene H. Peterson of Blessed Memory) an incredible and insightful translation from … Continue reading Sixth Sunday of Epiphany

Sunday, 22 January 2023The United Church of Santa Fe The Greek Text and English translation may be found at the end of the Sermon. + In nomine Domini. Amen. If you happen to be in Israel and place your feet on the edge of the shore of the northern end of the Sea of Galilee, … Continue reading A New Kind of Fishing

Advent III Bethlehem Lutheran ChurchLos Alamos, NMSunday, 11 December 2022 Matthew 11.2-11 2Ὁ δὲ Ἰωάννης ἀκούσας ἐν τῷ δεσμωτηρίῳ τὰ ἔργα τοῦ Χριστοῦ πέμψας διὰ τῶν μαθητῶν αὐτοῦ 3εἶπεν αὐτῷ, Σὺ εἶ ὁ ἐρχόμενος ἢ ἕτερον προσδοκῶμεν; 4καὶ ἀποκριθεὶς ὁ Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν αὐτοῖς, Πορευθέντες ἀπαγγείλατε Ἰωάννῃ ἃ ἀκούετε καὶ βλέπετε: 5τυφλοὶ ἀναβλέπουσιν καὶ χωλοὶ περιπατοῦσιν, … Continue reading The Dorian Mode, John the Baptist,and Jesus

Seventh Sunday after PentecostSunday, July 24, 2022 St. Luke Lutheran ChurchAlbuquerque, NM Luke 11.1-13 1Καὶ ἐγένετο ἐν τῷ εἶναι αὐτὸν ἐν τόπῳ τινὶ προσευχόμενον, ὡς ἐπαύσατο, εἶπέν τις τῶν μαθητῶν αὐτοῦ πρὸς αὐτόν, Κύριε, δίδαξον ἡμᾶς προσεύχεσθαι, καθὼς καὶ Ἰωάννης ἐδίδαξεν τοὺς μαθητὰς αὐτοῦ. 2εἶπεν δὲ αὐτοῖς, Οταν προσεύχησθε, λέγετε, Πάτερ, ἁγιασθήτω τὸ ὄνομά σου: … Continue reading Our Father (Sermon for Pentecost VII)

Luke 10.38-42 38Ἐν δὲ τῷ πορεύεσθαι αὐτοὺς αὐτὸς εἰσῆλθεν εἰς κώμην τινά: γυνὴ δέ τις ὀνόματι Μάρθα ὑπεδέξατο αὐτόν. 39καὶ τῇδε ἦν ἀδελφὴ καλουμένη Μαριάμ, [ἣ] καὶ παρακαθεσθεῖσα πρὸς τοὺς πόδας τοῦ κυρίου ἤκουεν τὸν λόγον αὐτοῦ. 40ἡ δὲ Μάρθα περιεσπᾶτο περὶ πολλὴν διακονίαν: ἐπιστᾶσα δὲ εἶπεν, Κύριε, οὐ μέλει σοι ὅτι ἡ ἀδελφή μου … Continue reading Half a Century

​אַחֲרֵי מוֹת Friday, 29 April 2022 Temple Beth Shalom; Santa Fe, NM Leviticus 16.1 – 18.30 It was the conclusion of a Friday Night Service several weeks ago, as I went up to Cantor Lianna Mendelson to thank her for her particularly incisive and inclusive Sermon that evening. Cantor Lianna asked me, “So, would you … Continue reading Acharei Mot

Sunday, September 12, 2021St. Luke's Lutheran Church(Times Square, New York City) Who? Mark 8.27-38 27Καὶ ἐξῆλθεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς καὶ οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ εἰς τὰς κώμας Καισαρείας τῆς Φιλίππου: καὶ ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ ἐπηρώτα τοὺς μαθητὰς αὐτοῦ λέγων αὐτοῖς, Τίνα με λέγουσιν οἱ ἄνθρωποι εἶναι; 28οἱ δὲ εἶπαν αὐτῷ λέγοντες [ὅτι] Ἰωάννην τὸν βαπτιστήν, καὶ ἄλλοι, … Continue reading Sermon for the Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost

Sunday, February 7, 2021Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Los Alamos (Virtual Liturgy) Mark 1.29-39 [Parallel versions are found in Matthew 8.14-18 and Luke 4.38-44] 29Καὶ εὐθὺς ἐκ τῆς συναγωγῆς ἐξελθόντες ἦλθον εἰς τὴν οἰκίαν Σίμωνος καὶ Ἀνδρέου μετὰ Ἰακώβου καὶ Ἰωάννου. 30ἡ δὲ πενθερὰ Σίμωνος κατέκειτο πυρέσσουσα, καὶ εὐθὺς λέγουσιν αὐτῷ περὶ αὐτῆς. 31καὶ προσελθὼν ἤγειρεν αὐτὴν … Continue reading Sermon for the Fifth Sunday after Epiphany: “Mark, The Gospel of Healing”

To begin with, a little exegetical study, mingled with some understanding of the Greek text (insofar as I am able these Pandemic Days.) There are four versions of the story of John the Baptist appearing in the wilderness (desert) prior to the coming of Jesus of Nazareth. This year on the Second Sunday of Advent … Continue reading Meeting John the Baptist – 2020

“Then he [Jesus} said to them, ‘Give therefore to the emperor [Caesar] the things that are the emperor’s [Caesar’s], and to God the things that are God’s.’” [Matthew 22.21b] [The full reading, the appointed Gospel Reading for the Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost is: Matthew 22.15-22. Read the text either in the NRSV [New Revised Standard … Continue reading Another Word for Sunday, October 18, 2020