Textweek ATLAS - October 18, 2015, Proper 24/Ordinary 29/Pentecost+21

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Proper 24 / Ordinary 29 / Pentecost 21
October 18, 2015

Koyama, Kosuke, "A Holy Mystery: Welcoming a Little Child," The Living Pulpit, 2003.
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"The little child (paidion, young child), Jesus, and God are connected by the world 'welcome' (dechomai) in this utterance by Jesus. How simple and conclusive!"

Wadell, Paul J., "Living by the Word: Hebrews 5:1-10, Mark 10:35-45," The Christian Century, 2009.
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"Christianity is an inherently magnanimous life, a life of truly heroic ambition. But given what these readings disclose about greatness and glory, it's no wonder that a pusillanimous life is tempting."

 

Johnston, Scott Black, "'Where Were You When I Laid the Foundation of the Earth?'" Journal for Preachers, 2008. (Sermon)
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"When Job sat down in ash to try to figure out why tragedy had pounced on him and his loved ones, he wavered (he fudged) in his own mind on the goodness of God. He wondered if God even cared about his plight. It is at that moment that the whirlwind appears. It is at that moment that God starts firing questions at Job."

Dozeman, Thomas B., "The Priestly Vocation," Interpretation, 2005.
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"Biblical writers present a grand vision of the priestly vocation, in which the sacramental life of worship is translated into an ethical mission to the world. It is a vision in which the priestly vocation of the ordained in the sanctuary and the priestly vocation of the laity in the world work in concert to fulfill the divine vision of a transformed earth."