So, Matthew sits at his telōnion, a tollbooth at which taxes were collected on goods passing through – likely fish, given the Galilean context. The tax rate was set by the Roman occupiers, with the collector’s wage coming from whatever he added to the bill. We can only imagine how…...
You shall bring from your settlements two loaves of bread as an elevation offering, each made of two-tenths of an ephah; they shall be of choice flour, baked with leaven, as first fruits to the Lord. You shall present with the bread seven lambs a year old without blemish, one bull of…...
Transition is, by definition, the end or conclusion of something and the movement towards something new. In the ELCA, the word is most often used to describe the time between one pastorate and another. This can be a painful time for those who were spiritually close to the outgoing pastor.…...
After a series of lengthy Gospel texts this Easter season, this week’s passage seems remarkably (even shockingly) brief! There is a danger in this brevity – the loss of context. So, it is worth spending a few moments reminding ourselves of the story thus far: 13:1 tells the disciples that…...
Do you recall the Gospel text from a few weeks ago, in which Jesus healed a man who had been blind from birth, leading to the man and his parents being dragged before the Pharisees and interrogated over Jesus having thereby broken the Sabbath? Well, that was pretty much the…...
Holy Saturday without an observance of the Easter Vigil, has an odd feeling. The worship journey through Maundy Thursday and Good Friday on the way to Easter Sunday hits an emotional roadblock on Holy Saturday – a feeling of “all dressed up and nothing to do.” (The few who observe…...
Maundy Thursday (from the Middle English mandé and the Latin mandatum, meaning commandment, from which comes the modern English mandate/mandatory). ...
Apparently, being brought back to life by the one who is the resurrection and the life can get a person killed (Dr. Audrey West) Such is the situation at this turning point in John’s Gospel, as Jesus’ public ministry draws to a close, and the Passover and Passion story begins. …...
Apparently, being brought back to life by the one who is the resurrection and the life can get a person killed (Dr. Audrey West) Such is the situation at this turning point in John’s Gospel, as Jesus’ public ministry draws to a close, and the Passover and Passion story begins. …...
“Night and day, you are the one, Only you beneath the moon, Under the sun…” The lyrics of the great Cole Porter song are appropriate to this week’s Gospel text in so many ways. “Night and day,” can describe the contrast between Nicodemus and the Woman at the Well:...
Eighth-Day Discipleship: A New Vision for Faith, Work & Economics
Richard H. Bliese in his book, and in this class, “draws on the historic architecture of eight-sided churches to call attention to an important but often overlooked emphasis on the eighth day of creation. Early Christians were focused on God’s new creation that began in Christ’s resurrection on Sunday, the first day of the week. But these Christians understood resurrection as the continuation of God’s creative and redemptive activity. So the first day of the week became the eighth day of creation, and therefore the day of resurrection work and time to join with Christ in transforming the world. Christian disciples do this work by living out their baptismal vocations, especially in their daily work and through their ethical economic choices.”
Taught By Richard H. Bliese
“An accomplished leader, teacher, innovator, and visionary with extensive ministerial experience on three continents, forty years of church leadership, nonprofit and entrepreneurial experience in over fifteen different organizations, and deep teaching and consulting expertise nationally and internationally in theological education and congregational ministry. He is the editor, with Craig Van Gelder, of The Evangelizing Church: A Lutheran Contribution.”
When: For six weeks on Tuesdays, February 21-March 28, 2-3:30pm.
Preparation: Purchase and begin to read Richard’s book, ISBN 978-1506478838, available on Amazon.
Sign Up: Please click here to sign up as an attendee for these classes. Sign-ups are appreciated.
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Join us at the Church on the Circle St Armands Key Lutheran Church.
Sunday Morning
9am and 11am
Fellowship Hour Sunday
10am
The Parking Lot is on North Adams Drive behind the Church
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