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Proper 20B / Ordinary 25B / Pentecost 17
September 20, 2015
Mitchell, Glenn, "Living by the Word: Mark 9:30-37," The Christian Century, 2009.
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“Scooping up a child requires letting go of whatever we’re holding.”
Lundblad, Barbara K., "A Few More Hopeful Fanatics," The Christian Century, 1991.
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“Who is being put in our midst today? Our graphs, surveys and workshops do not give the complete picture. Perhaps congregational and denominational strength will enable us to welcome and cherish those who will never help us be self-sustaining in the usual sense, but our longing for strength, success and solvency may also tempt us to turn our eyes away from the little ones, the disruptive, those who have no status. We have few rubrics for dealing with those who seem strange.”
Koyama, Kosuke, "A Holy Mystery: Welcoming a Little Child," The Living Pulpit, 2003.
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“When we welcome a little child, we are engaged in thanksgiving for all the gifts that make life precious. The welcoming of the child is the holy act that will bring "wholesomeness" (shalom) to humanity upon this earth. It is the ecumenical holy mystery to which the whole of humanity is invited.”
O'Connor, Kathleen M., "Lamenting Back to Life," Interpretation, 2008.
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“The confessions of Jeremiah are prayers for people mired in loss and play a major role in the theological and spiritual process of healing. They keep communication with God alive in the midst of destruction and despair.”
Culpepper, R. Alan, "The Power of Words and the Tests of Two Wisdoms," Review and Expositor, 1986.
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“Verse 16 pushes the argument one step further: if counterfeit wisdom is exposed by jealousy and selfish ambition, these in turn give rise to disorder and every kind of evil. Integrity, humility, and truthfulness are essential to harmony in the Christian community. Where these are destroyed by jealousy and ambition, the church will suffer the consequences in dissension and disunity.”
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