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Monday Meditation: RCL Year C, 7th Sunday after Epiphany, Luke 6:27-38

February 21, 2019 by Gary Neal Hansen Leave a Comment

Monday Meditation: RCL Year C, 7th Sunday after Epiphany, Luke 6:27-38

The Gospel for the 7th Sunday after Epiphany (Luke 6:27-38) continues Jesus’ “Sermon on the Plain.” It is the parallel to the “Sermon on the Mount” in Matthew but the two are different in content as well as in location. The one thing they have pretty much in common is that while a crowd, a multitude […]

Filed Under: Bible, Church Year, Monday Meditation Tagged With: 7th Sunday after Epiphany, Luke 6:27-38, Radical Generosity, RCL Year C, Sermon on the Plain

Monday Meditation: RCL Year C, 6th Sunday after Epiphany, Luke 6:17-26

February 12, 2019 by Gary Neal Hansen Leave a Comment

Monday Meditation: RCL Year C, 6th Sunday after Epiphany, Luke 6:17-26

The Gospel text for the 6th Sunday after Epiphany (Luke 6:17-26) is familiar and unfamiliar at the same time. The heart of it is the “Beatitudes,” the seemingly winsome but then difficult and paradoxical declarations by Jesus of what makes a person “blessed” or, in some translations, “happy.” Matthew’s version is much more prominent in […]

Filed Under: Bible, Church Year, Monday Meditation Tagged With: 6th Sunday after Epiphany, Beatitudes, Luke 6:17-26, RCL Year C

Monday Meditation: RCL Year C, 5th Sunday after Epiphany, Luke 5:1-11

February 4, 2019 by Gary Neal Hansen Leave a Comment

Monday Meditation: RCL Year C, 5th Sunday after Epiphany, Luke 5:1-11

On the 5th Sunday after Epiphany, the lectionary skips forward to a new chapter. Maybe they were aiming to keep Jesus from a tiny bit of embarrassment: Luke 4:31-44 recorded the wonders Jesus did in Capernaum, which back in 4:23 he seemed to say were already in the past. Luke 5:1-11 records the calling of […]

Filed Under: Bible, Monday Meditation Tagged With: 5th Sunday after Epiphany, Luke 1:1-11, RCL Year C, The Miraculous Draught of Fish

Monday Meditation: RCL Year C, 4th Sunday after Epiphany, Luke 4:21-30

January 31, 2019 by Gary Neal Hansen 2 Comments

Monday Meditation: RCL Year C, 4th Sunday after Epiphany, Luke 4:21-30

I told you last week that the lectionary gave us only half of a story: Jesus came to his hometown synagogue and proclaimed himself the Messiah. Everyone seemed happy about it. This week (the 4th Sunday after Epiphany) we get to see the the rest of the story, in which the mob tries to throw […]

Filed Under: Bible, Church Year, Monday Meditation Tagged With: Jesus Rejected at Nazareth, Luke 4:21-30

Letters to a Young Pastor: Gregory of Nazianzus and the Nature of Ministry

January 25, 2019 by Gary Neal Hansen 8 Comments

Letters to a Young Pastor: Gregory of Nazianzus and the Nature of Ministry

Dear ______: I don’t usually write to two days in a row. Basically I never write you except on Thursdays. But I decided to make an exception today. In the East today is the commemoration of one of my favorite saints, Gregory of Nazianzus. I thought it would be a good idea to recommend him […]

Filed Under: Ministry, Saints Tagged With: Gregory of Nazianzus, In Defense of His Flight to Pontus, The Pastor's vocation

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