Break Open the Word

The Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost - Proper 17, 1 September 2013 Jeremiah 2:4-13 Psalm 81:1, 10-16    Or Sirach 10:12-18 or Proverbs 25:6-7 Psalm 112 Hebrews 13:1-8, 15-16 St. Luke 14:1, 7-14                                                                                     Background:  Sirach One of the advantages of the Revised Common Lectionary (RCL) is its increased inclusion of texts from the Apocrypha.  Although accepted as proper for reading and devotion by both Anglicans and Lutherans, the lectionary itse...

The Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost - Proper 16, 25 August 2013 Jeremiah 1:4-10 Psalm 71: 1-6    Or Isaiah 58:9b-14 Psalm 103:1-8 Hebrews 12:18-29 St. Luke 13:10-17                                                                                     Background:  The Theology of Jeremiah When we begin to talk about the theology of a prophet, we are constrained to speak about it as the product and thought of an individual.  The Prophet Jeremiah presents us with some problems in that regard.  Here is a prophet wh...