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Blogging Towards Sunday | posts preparing for public worship, wrestling with scripture, culture, theology and daily life.

Blogging Towards Sunday, October 6, 2019

Jeremiah 29:1-14; Luke 10:1-12 Today’s two texts deal with hospitality and welcome. It’s also what’s…

Blogging Towards Sunday, September 29, 2019

Exodus 40:34-38; John 1:6-18 Where is God? It’s a question we ask today in the…

Blogging Towards Sunday, September 15, 2019

Hebrews 11-12:3   Today we begin a Fall Sunday Series on Exile & Diaspora. Those…

Blogging Towards Sundays in the Fall – Living in Exile

  This Sunday we’re beginning our Fall Series on Exile & Diaspora at @CAPCOakland. Those…

Blogging Towards Sunday, September 1, 2019

  Leviticus 25:1-17 & Luke 4:16-22 We talked last week about Sabbath as a tricky…

Blogging Towards Sunday, August 25, 2019

  Exodus 20:8-11, Deuteronomy 5:12-15 & Matthew 11:28-30   Sabbath is a tricky concept. We’ve…

Blogging Towards Sunday, August 18, 2018

Psalm 30 & Mark 5:21-43 There are 150 Psalms (poetic hymns) in the book we…

Blogging Towards Sunday, August 11, 2019

Psalm 13 & Genesis 22:1-14   “Nothing to be done.” That’s what some might say…

Blogging Towards Sunday, July 28, 2019

Psalm 103 & Genesis 12:1-4 We’re all learners at life, faith, and prayer. We have…

Blogging Towards Sunday, July 7, 2019

  Psalm 137 NRSV | The Message Translation   I’ve heard it said that the…