Preaching text: Numbers 21:4-9 Hi, my name is Victoria, and I listen to podcasts about disease for fun. Today, I want you to come with me on an epidemiological journey. Our way shall be fraught with both joy and disgust as we nerd out about how this story about poisonous snakes might actually be aboutContinue reading “Lent 4: Fiery Serpents”
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Lent 3: The 10 Best Ways
Preaching text: Exodus 20:1-17 My mother informs me that one of the very first words I learned as a tot was “NO.” Having mastered it, I delighted in using it to comment on everything from the food on my dinner plate to the idea of going to bed at a reasonable hour. There’s a specialContinue reading “Lent 3: The 10 Best Ways”
Lent 2: Ancestors of nations
Preaching text: Genesis 17:1-7, 15-16 Last summer when Pastor Emily led our review of this year’s Lent texts, she brought along an illustration from children’s bible. In it, a gray-haired Sarah and Isaac are smiling down at a swaddled Abraham. The text on this page read, “God told Sarah she would have a baby anyway!Continue reading “Lent 2: Ancestors of nations”
Lent 1: A Bow in the Clouds
Preaching text: Genesis 9:8-17 When I was a little girl, I would read the story of Noah’s Ark in my children’s Bible without any sense of perturbation. I liked the pictures of the animals going into the ark two by two. We had a wooden model of the ark that could be taken apart andContinue reading “Lent 1: A Bow in the Clouds”
Ash Wednesday: to dust you shall return
Preaching text: Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21 OK, you know how I labelled this as a lectionary-based series? Well, for Ash Wednesday, I’m going to suggest that you preach about the liturgy rather than the texts, thus breaking that premise. As the start of a series about promises, the irony of this is not lost on me.Continue reading “Ash Wednesday: to dust you shall return”
Promise Us: a series for Lent 2021
Based on the texts of the Revised Common Lectionary, Lent Year B Have you ever been changed by a promise? Sure you have. We all have. Maybe it was a girl whose pinky-sworn friendship strengthened you to slay the dragons of childhood. Maybe it was a partner whose promise of faithfulness gave you the courageContinue reading “Promise Us: a series for Lent 2021”