Break Open the Word

The Twenty-Forth Sunday after Pentecost - Proper 26, 27 October 2013 Habakkuk 1:1-4; 2:1-4 Psalm 119:137-144    Or Isaiah 1:10-18 Psalm 32:1-8 II Thessalonians 1:1-4, 11-12 St. Luke 19:1-10                                                                                     Background: Habakkuk The Prophet Habakkuk, although sporting an exotic name (the name is based on an Akkadian word for a plant – unlike the theocentric names of Isaiah and Jeremiah which were more common) shares the pattern of the prophets that flourished from the ...

All Saints' Day, 1 November 2013 Daniel 7:1-3, 15-18 Psalm 149 Ephesians 1:11-23 St. Luke 6:20-31                                                                                    Background:  Daniel In speaking about Daniel, some care needs to be exercised in distinguishing the character from the book.  The character of Daniel is much more ancient than the book.  Modeled on a judge that appears in the literature of Canaan, the Biblical character is active at a much later time than the character of legend.  Daniel makes a brief appeara...