Hope Lutheran Church, Saint Paul (in person and live on Zoom)
First Sunday of Advent, Revised Common Lectionary Year C
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Hope Lutheran Church, Saint Paul (in person and live on Zoom)
Feast of the Reign of Christ, Revised Common Lectionary Year B
The eternal cosmic Christ, angels and thrones and fire and the battle between good and evil is all part of the story the church tells this time of year. We can also remember that all these grand narratives come down to the actual lives of actual people whom God loves.
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Hope Lutheran Church, Saint Paul (in person and live on Zoom)
25th Sunday after Pentecost / Lectionary 33, Revised Common Lectionary Year B
With our final Mark reading of the lectionary year, we find the disciples still failing to follow Jesus faithfully, and Jesus still making promises that God will reward our faith even as the sky seems to be falling around us.
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Hope Lutheran Church, Saint Paul (in person and live on Zoom)
All Saints Sunday, Revised Common Lectionary Year B
At the end of our Bible, God promises to make all things new. Death and mourning and crying and pain remain with us, even as God promises they will be no more. We trust in God's promise.
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Hope Lutheran Church, Saint Paul (in person and live on Zoom)
Twenty-Second Sunday after Pentecost / Lectionary 30, Revised Common Lectionary Year B
Mark 10:46-52
When Jesus restores sight to Bartimaeus, we learn both about Jesus and about an unlikely paragon of faith and prayer.
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