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Freedom in My Bones
Freedom in My Bones © Jan L. Richardson Gospel reading, Proper 16/Ordinary 21/Pentecost +13, Year C (August 22): Luke 13.10-17 I’ve heard it said that every preacher has only one sermon, and that each...
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The Humble Seat
The Humble Seat © Jan L. Richardson Reading from the Gospels, Proper 17/Ordinary 22/Pentecost +14, Year C (August 29): Luke 14.1, 7-14 Ah, the endless wisdom of the table! Throughout Jesus’ ministry,...
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In the Presence of the Angels
In the Presence of the Angels © Jan L. Richardson Reading from the Gospels, Proper 19/Ordinary 24/Pentecost +16, Year C (September 12): Luke 15.1-10 In one of my earliest memories, I am perhaps five...
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Easter 3: Known
Emmaus © Jan L. Richardson Reading from the Gospels, Easter 3 (May 8): Luke 24.13-35 Then they told what had happened on the road, and how he had been made known to them in the breaking of the bread....
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Ascension/Easter 7: Blessing in the Leaving
Ascension II © Jan L. Richardson Reading from the Gospels, Ascension Day (June 2): Luke 24.44-53 Reading from the Gospels, Easter 7, Year A (June 5): John 17.1-11 Throughout this Easter season we have...
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Ascension/Easter 7: While He Was Blessing Them
While He Was Blessing Them © Jan L. Richardson Reading from the Gospels, Ascension Day/Ascension of the Lord (May 17; often celebrated the Sunday after): Luke 24.44-53 Reading from the Gospels,...
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Baptism of Jesus: Washed
Image: Washed © Jan L. Richardson Reading from the Gospels, Epiphany 1/Baptism of Jesus, Year C: Luke 3.15-17, 21-22 Blessing the Baptism As if we could call you anything other than beloved and...
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Epiphany 3: To Proclaim Release
Image: To Proclaim Release © Jan L. Richardson Reading from the Gospels, Epiphany 3, Year C: Luke 4.14-21 “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because God has anointed me to bring good news to the...
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Transfiguration Sunday: Dazzling
Image: They Saw His Glory © Jan L. Richardson Reading from the Gospels, Transfiguration Sunday, Year C: Luke 9:28-36 (37-43) And while he was praying, the appearance of his face changed, and his...
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Lent 1: A Return to the Wilderness
For my Ash Wednesday reflection, please see Ash Wednesday: Blessing the Dust. Reading from the Gospels, Lent 1, Year C: Luke 4.1-13 Almost Lent! As I shared in my previous post, during the coming...
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Only Speak the Word
Image: Only Speak the Word © Jan L. Richardson Reading from the Gospels, Pentecost +2, Year C: Luke 7.1-10 “Only speak the word, and let my servant be healed.” –Luke 7.7 Only Speak the Word A Blessing...
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Rise
Image: Rise © Jan L. Richardson Reading from the Gospels, Pentecost +3, Year C: Luke 7.11-17 And he said, “Young man, I say to you, rise!” – Luke 7.14b Blessing for the Raising of the Dead This...
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A Needful Extravagance
Image: Extravagance © Jan L. Richardson Reading from the Gospels, Pentecost +4, Year C: Luke 7.36-8.3 Therefore, I tell you, her sins, which were many, have been forgiven; hence she has shown great...
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Delivered
Image: Delivered © Jan L. Richardson Reading from the Gospels, Pentecost +5, Year C: Luke 8.26-39 Those who had seen it told them how the one who had been possessed by demons had been healed. – Luke...
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A Blessing in the Dust
Image: A Blessing in the Dust © Jan L. Richardson Reading from the Gospels, Pentecost +7, Year C: Luke 10.1-11, 16-20 But whenever you enter a town and they do not welcome you, go out into its streets...
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God of the Living
Image: Into This Living © Jan L. Richardson Reading from the Gospels, Pentecost +25, Year C: Luke 20.27-38 “Now he is God not of the dead, but of the living; for to him all of them are alive.” –Luke...
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Transfiguration Sunday: A Blessing Made for Coming Down the Mountain
Image: Transfiguration © Jan Richardson Reading from the Gospels, Transfiguration Sunday, Year C: Luke 9:28-36 (37-43) And while he was praying, the appearance of his face changed, and his clothes...
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Lent 1: Beloved Is Where We Begin
Image: Desert of the Beloved © Jan Richardson Reading from the Gospels, Lent 1, Year C: Luke 4.1-13 Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness,...
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Easter 3: Blessing That Does Not End
Image: And Open Our Eyes to Behold Love’s Face © Jan Richardson Reading from the Gospels, Easter 3: Luke 24.13-35 Then their eyes were opened, and they recognized him. —Luke 24.31 Following so close on...
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A Far Journey: Feast of the Epiphany, Baptism of Jesus, and a Decade at The...
Image: The Wise Ones © Jan Richardson Reading from the Gospels, Epiphany Day: Matthew 2.1-12 “We observed his star at its rising, and have come to pay him homage.” —Matthew 2.2 As I write this, it is...
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