July 27: 7th Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 12) Genesis 18:17-33 (Abraham pleads with God: don’t destroy Sodom and Gomorrah if ten righteous people are found) ELW/RCL: Genesis 18:20-32…
July 20: 6th Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 11) Genesis 18:1-14 (Abraham and Sarah entertain 3 divine visitors; they’re promised a son) ELW/RCL: Genesis 18:1-10 (Eliminates Sarah laughing) …
July 13: 5th Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 10) Leviticus 18:17-19; 19:9-18 (you shall not be sexually impure, nor lie, cheat, or show partiality; you SHALL reprove your neighbor; love…
July 6: 4th Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 9; closest Sunday to Independence Day) Isaiah 66:10-14 (All who love Jerusalem, rejoice; as mother comforts children, so God will comfort you)…
June 29: 3rd Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 8) 1 Kings 19:9b-21 (Elijah encounters God in the still small voice; 7000 have not bent knee to Baal; anoints Elisha) …
“Then the kingdom of heaven will be comparable to ten virgins, who took their lamps and went out to meet the groom. Five of them were foolish, and five were…