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Monday Meditation: RCL Year C, The Reign of Christ/Proper 29(34), Luke 23:33-43

November 21, 2019 by Gary Neal Hansen 3 Comments

Luke 23:33-43

This is the last Sunday in the Western Church year — the celebration of “The Reign of Christ” or, as we used to call it, “Christ the King.” Thus ends our hopscotch sojourn through Luke. It’s been fun. I’ll be back with Monday Meditations Mostly on Matthew in the wink of an eye. Luke 23:33-43 […]

Filed Under: Bible, Church Year, Monday Meditation Tagged With: Christ the King, Luke 23:33-43, Proper 29(34), RCL Year C, Reign of Christ

Monday Meditation: RCL Year C, 23rd Sunday after Pentecost/Proper 28(33), Luke 21:5-19

November 14, 2019 by Gary Neal Hansen 5 Comments

Sunday’s Gospel reading from the Revised Common Lectionary jumps one step forward in Luke to chapter 21. We haven’t been there since the first Sunday of Advent. Almost the whole chapter is apocalyptic stuff. You know: “The End is Near!” — maybe. This week’s text, Luke 21:5-19, is the start of Jesus’ discourse on the coming […]

Filed Under: Bible, Monday Meditation Tagged With: 23rd Sunday after Pentecost, Luke 21:5-19, Proper 28(33), RCL Year C, The End of the World

Monday Meditation: RCL Year C, 22nd Sunday after Pentecost/Proper 27(32), Luke 20:27-38

November 8, 2019 by Gary Neal Hansen 1 Comment

Luke 20:27-38

This Sunday the lectionary Gospel continues our hopping and skipping journey through the later chapters of Luke. It is an interaction between Jesus and the Sadducees. They tell him a story of a woman forced to marry each of seven brothers, one by one. (Hopefully she got to start with the oldest.) I’ve always found […]

Filed Under: Bible, Monday Meditation Tagged With: 22nd Sunday after Pentecost, Luke 20:27-38, Proper 27(32), RCL Year C

Monday Meditation: RCL Year C, 20th Sunday after Pentecost/Proper 25(30), Luke 18:9-14

October 23, 2019 by Gary Neal Hansen Leave a Comment

This is a passage I’ve always loved, but today it seems I’ve always missed a crucial detail. I’ve always thought of this primarily as a passage about prayer. And it is: the whole story Jesus tells is about two people praying, only one of whom gets it right. Plus the fellow who did get it […]

Filed Under: Bible, books, Monday Meditation, Prayer, Theology Tagged With: 20th Sunday after Pentecost, Pharisee and Publican, Pharisee and Tax Collector, Proper 25(30), RCL Year C

Monday Meditation: RCL Year C, 19th Sunday after Pentecost/Proper 24(29), Luke 18:1-8

October 16, 2019 by Gary Neal Hansen 4 Comments

Luke 18:1-8

I’m back! It’s been a while since I posted. If you read my Monday Meditations regularly, I am sorry for not being there for you this past month or so, and I thank you for your patience. A few days in the hospital to finally resolve an infection (not my first trip there this year) […]

Filed Under: Bible, Monday Meditation, Prayer Tagged With: 19th Sunday after Pentecost, Luke 18:1-8, Proper 24(29), RCL Year C, The Importunate Widow, The Unjust Judge

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