Break Open the Word

The Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost - Proper 21, 29 September 2013 Jeremiah 32:1-3a, 6-15 Psalm 91:1-6, 14-16    Or Amos 6:1a, 4-7 Psalm 146 I Timothy 6:6-19 St. Luke 16:19-31                                                                                     Background: Timothy Timothy, whose name means “honored by” or “honoring God” was a companion of St. Paul.  He accompanied Paul throughout Asia Minor and in Eastern Europe, mainly Greece.  He was the son of a Greek man and his mother Eunice was a Jew, who was ...

The Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost - Proper 20, 22 September 2013 Jeremiah 8:18-9:1 Psalm 79:1-9    Or Amos 8:4-7 Psalm 113 I Timothy 2:1-7 St. Luke 16:1-13                                                                                     Background:  Amos Amos, a wealthy farmer (sheep and sycamore figs) served as a servant to the word of G-d, and did most of his work for a limited period of time around 760 BCE not in his native Judea, but north, in the Kingdom of Israel.  Unlike the prophets who came before him, his w...