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royal<p>For St. Thomas Sunday.<br><a href="https://mattroyal.micro.blog/2025/04/23/peace-in-the-presence-of.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mattroyal.micro.blog/2025/04/2</span><span class="invisible">3/peace-in-the-presence-of.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://theres.life/tags/Bible" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bible</span></a> <a href="https://theres.life/tags/Jesus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jesus</span></a> <a href="https://theres.life/tags/goodNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>goodNews</span></a> <a href="https://theres.life/tags/lectionary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lectionary</span></a> <a href="https://theres.life/tags/rcl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rcl</span></a> <a href="https://theres.life/tags/Easter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Easter</span></a></p>
Peter Nimmo<p>It's strange to many people that the horrific death by <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/crucifixion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crucifixion</span></a> of <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Jesus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jesus</span></a> is so important to <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Christian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Christian</span></a> belief. Here are some of my thoughts on this, in a <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/sermon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sermon</span></a> for Palm/Passion Sunday in 2019. It's based on the <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/lectionary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lectionary</span></a> texts for this coming Sunday<br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/PalmSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PalmSunday</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/PassionSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PassionSunday</span></a><br><a href="https://peterwnimmo.co.uk/2022/04/07/the-strange-power-of-the-cross-a-sermon-for-palm-passion-sunday/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">peterwnimmo.co.uk/2022/04/07/t</span><span class="invisible">he-strange-power-of-the-cross-a-sermon-for-palm-passion-sunday/</span></a></p>
Peter Nimmo<p>Last minute inspiration if you're leading <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/worship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>worship</span></a> tomorrow: opening <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/prayers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>prayers</span></a> based on the <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/lectionary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lectionary</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/LectionaryPrayers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LectionaryPrayers</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Lent3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lent3</span></a><br><a href="https://peterwnimmo.co.uk/2025/03/14/opening-prayers-for-the-third-sunday-in-lent-year-c-march-23-2025/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">peterwnimmo.co.uk/2025/03/14/o</span><span class="invisible">pening-prayers-for-the-third-sunday-in-lent-year-c-march-23-2025/</span></a></p>
Peter Nimmo<p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Praying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Praying</span></a> for colleagues preaching this weekend, when <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Psalm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Psalm</span></a> reminds us "Do not fret because of the wicked; do not be envious of wrongdoers" and <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Jesus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jesus</span></a> says "Love your enemies; do good to those who hate you; bless those who curse you; pray for those who mistreat you" <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/lectionary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lectionary</span></a></p>
Peter Nimmo<p>"In your light, our limitations are revealed. In your justice, our sins become clear. In the brightness of your gaze we can only bow down in awe".<br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/LectionaryPrayers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LectionaryPrayers</span></a> for <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Transfiguration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Transfiguration</span></a>. Sunday 2 March 2025<br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Lectionary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lectionary</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/liturgy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>liturgy</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/prayers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>prayers</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/worship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>worship</span></a></p><p><a href="http://peterwnimmo.co.uk/2025/02/21/opening-prayers-for-transfiguration-sunday-year-c-march-2-2025/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">peterwnimmo.co.uk/2025/02/21/o</span><span class="invisible">pening-prayers-for-transfiguration-sunday-year-c-march-2-2025/</span></a></p>
Peter Nimmo<p>"Help us believe that that the arc of history tends towards justice, so that even in unsettling times we may continue to trust in you, and wait patiently for you".<br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/LectionaryPrayers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LectionaryPrayers</span></a> for <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Epiphany7" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Epiphany7</span></a> (February 23)<br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/liturgy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>liturgy</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Christianity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Christianity</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/worship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>worship</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/lectionary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lectionary</span></a><br><a href="https://peterwnimmo.co.uk/2025/02/12/opening-prayers-for-the-seventh-sunday-after-the-epiphany-year-c-february-23-2025/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">peterwnimmo.co.uk/2025/02/12/o</span><span class="invisible">pening-prayers-for-the-seventh-sunday-after-the-epiphany-year-c-february-23-2025/</span></a></p>
Peter Nimmo<p>"God of surprises, you work your purposes despite the twists and turns of history and through the most unexpected people"<br>Opening prayers for <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Epiphany7" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Epiphany7</span></a>, 23 February 2025<br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/LectionaryPrayers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LectionaryPrayers</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Liturgy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Liturgy</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/worship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>worship</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/lectionary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lectionary</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Christianity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Christianity</span></a></p><p><a href="http://peterwnimmo.co.uk/2025/02/12/opening-prayers-for-the-seventh-sunday-after-the-epiphany-year-c-february-23-2025/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">peterwnimmo.co.uk/2025/02/12/o</span><span class="invisible">pening-prayers-for-the-seventh-sunday-after-the-epiphany-year-c-february-23-2025/</span></a></p>
Peter Nimmo<p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/LectionaryPrayers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LectionaryPrayers</span></a> for the next two <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Sundays" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sundays</span></a> are now available on my website. These are opening prayers for public <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/worship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>worship</span></a> based on the Revised Common <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Lectionary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lectionary</span></a>. You'll find <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/prayers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>prayers</span></a> for February 9 <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Epiphany5" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Epiphany5</span></a> and February 16 <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Epiphany6" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Epiphany6</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Liturgy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Liturgy</span></a> <br><a href="https://peterwnimmo.co.uk/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">peterwnimmo.co.uk/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Peter Nimmo<p>"Fresh flowing water,<br>fruitful plants,<br>the greenness of grass<br>and the nourishing soil-<br>these are all you gifts to us<br>from your immense generosity"<br>Opening prayers for <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Epiphany6" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Epiphany6</span></a>, 16 February<br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/LectionaryPrayers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LectionaryPrayers</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/worship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>worship</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/liturgy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>liturgy</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/lectionary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lectionary</span></a></p><p><a href="http://peterwnimmo.co.uk/2025/02/05/opening-prayers-for-the-sixth-sunday-after-the-epiphany-year-c-february-16-2025/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">peterwnimmo.co.uk/2025/02/05/o</span><span class="invisible">pening-prayers-for-the-sixth-sunday-after-the-epiphany-year-c-february-16-2025/</span></a></p>
Peter Nimmo<p>"Holy, holy, holy,<br>Lord God of hosts-<br>you are the only holy God".<br>Opening <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Prayers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Prayers</span></a> based on the <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Lectionary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lectionary</span></a> for 9 February 2025, <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Epiphany5" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Epiphany5</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Worship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Worship</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Christianity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Christianity</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/LectionaryPrayers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LectionaryPrayers</span></a></p><p><a href="http://peterwnimmo.co.uk/2025/01/31/opening-prayers-for-the-fifth-sunday-after-the-epiphany-year-c-february-9-2025/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">peterwnimmo.co.uk/2025/01/31/o</span><span class="invisible">pening-prayers-for-the-fifth-sunday-after-the-epiphany-year-c-february-9-2025/</span></a></p>
Peter Nimmo<p>"O God, be our rock of refuge, a strong fortress to save us". Opening <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/prayers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>prayers</span></a> for <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/worship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>worship</span></a> based on the <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Lectionary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lectionary</span></a> for <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Epiphany4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Epiphany4</span></a> (Sunday 2 February).<br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/LectionaryPrayers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LectionaryPrayers</span></a></p><p><a href="http://peterwnimmo.co.uk/2025/01/24/opening-prayers-for-the-fourth-sunday-after-the-epiphany-year-c-february-2-2025/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">peterwnimmo.co.uk/2025/01/24/o</span><span class="invisible">pening-prayers-for-the-fourth-sunday-after-the-epiphany-year-c-february-2-2025/</span></a></p>
Peter Nimmo<p>I've had a <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/prayer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>prayer</span></a> writing project for a few years, which was in abeyance due to illness but which I'm returning to now. It's prayers for the opening of <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/worship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>worship</span></a>, based on the <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/lectionary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lectionary</span></a> readings for the <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Sunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sunday</span></a>. Here's this Sunday's. Feel free to use- and comment is welcome!<br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/liturgy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>liturgy</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Christianity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Christianity</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/BaptismOfTheLord" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BaptismOfTheLord</span></a><br><a href="https://peterwnimmo.co.uk/2025/01/07/opening-prayers-for-baptism-of-the-lord-year-c-january-12-2025/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">peterwnimmo.co.uk/2025/01/07/o</span><span class="invisible">pening-prayers-for-baptism-of-the-lord-year-c-january-12-2025/</span></a></p>
Peter Nimmo<p>Opening <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Prayers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Prayers</span></a> for <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Epiphany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Epiphany</span></a> of the Lord or Sunday 5 January 2024.<br>This is part of my <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/lectionary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lectionary</span></a> prayers project, which I hope to restart when health permits. Sign up for email updates on my website <br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/liturgy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>liturgy</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Christianity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Christianity</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/WiseMen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WiseMen</span></a> <br><a href="https://peterwnimmo.co.uk/2025/01/03/opening-prayers-for-epiphany-of-the-lord-or-5-january-2024/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">peterwnimmo.co.uk/2025/01/03/o</span><span class="invisible">pening-prayers-for-epiphany-of-the-lord-or-5-january-2024/</span></a></p>
Scott Williams 🐧<p>Happy New Year to my fellow lectionary nerds! Happy Year C! </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/lectionary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lectionary</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Christian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Christian</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Advent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Advent</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/calendar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>calendar</span></a></p>
Rivikah<p>I'm planning out my next set of lectionary inspired paintings. This seems to be a set of 6 small living things. So far I have:<br>Psalm 19:10 - honey, honeybee.<br>Psalm 1:3 - leaf, sapling<br>Psalm 124:7 - bird<br>Psalm 22:6 - worm.</p><p>Two are missing:<br>Psalm 125 (<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%20125&amp;version=NIV" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">biblegateway.com/passage/?sear</span><span class="invisible">ch=Psalm%20125&amp;version=NIV</span></a> )<br>Psalm 26 (<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2026&amp;version=NIV" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">biblegateway.com/passage/?sear</span><span class="invisible">ch=Psalm%2026&amp;version=NIV</span></a> )</p><p>Do you have any ideas for small living things associated with mountains/unshakableness? Or with prairies/level ground?</p><p>Or another idea?</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WaterColor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterColor</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/brainstorming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>brainstorming</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/lectionary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lectionary</span></a></p>
Peter Nimmo<p>Today's <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Lectionary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lectionary</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Psalm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Psalm</span></a> included one of my favourite biblical texts:<br>The fear of the LORD is the beginning of <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/wisdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wisdom</span></a> (Psalm 111.10)<br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Bible" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bible</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Christianity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Christianity</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/MicroSermon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MicroSermon</span></a></p>
Peter Nimmo<p>This Sunday's <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Hebrew" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hebrew</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Bible" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bible</span></a> reading, tells of a rebellion by <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Absalom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Absalom</span></a>. He had rebelled against his king and father, yet <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/KingDavid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KingDavid</span></a> had given instructions that he's not to be harmed. Absalom is captured when he head gets stuck in tree branches, and is killed by order the king's commander, Joab, despite the king's wishes. Hearing the news, <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/David" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>David</span></a> is grief-stricken: "O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! Would I had died instead of you, O Absalom, my son, my son!"/...<br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Lectionary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lectionary</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/MicroSermon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MicroSermon</span></a></p>
Peter Nimmo<p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Paul" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Paul</span></a> to the <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Ephesians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ephesians</span></a> this <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Sunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sunday</span></a> calls on them "to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love". When <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/church" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>church</span></a> people aren't humble enough to admit they might be wrong; when instead of showing patience and love, they are <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/intolerant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>intolerant</span></a> of others, they lose the right to be considered followers of <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Christ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Christ</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Lectionary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lectionary</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/bible" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bible</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/microsermon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>microsermon</span></a><br><a href="https://lectionary.library.vanderbilt.edu/texts/?y=382&amp;z=p&amp;d=67#" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lectionary.library.vanderbilt.</span><span class="invisible">edu/texts/?y=382&amp;z=p&amp;d=67#</span></a></p>
Peter Nimmo<p>In today's epistle, <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Paul" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Paul</span></a> to the Church at Ephesus makes incredible claims about people who have faith in <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Christ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Christ</span></a>: "Blessed be the <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/God" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>God</span></a> and Father of our Lord <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Jesus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jesus</span></a> Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places". This to a tiny, persecuted minority, who were to be witnesses to peace and love in a Roman <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Empire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Empire</span></a> built on fear and <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/violence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>violence</span></a>. Utterly nuts, but utterly hopeful, too!<br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/MiniSermon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MiniSermon</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Lectionary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lectionary</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Bible" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bible</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Christianity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Christianity</span></a><br><a href="https://lectionary.library.vanderbilt.edu/texts.php?id=210#epistle_reading" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lectionary.library.vanderbilt.</span><span class="invisible">edu/texts.php?id=210#epistle_reading</span></a></p>
Peter Nimmo<p>For me, the miracle of mainstream <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Christian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Christian</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/doctrine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>doctrine</span></a> isn't that <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/God" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>God</span></a> became <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/human" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>human</span></a>, but that God became human in a particular human- <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Jesus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jesus</span></a>, son of <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Joseph" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Joseph</span></a> the carpenter and of <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Mary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mary</span></a>, who was so human he couldn't do anything with the contempt of the people who knew him best<br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/bible" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bible</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/lectionary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lectionary</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/minisermon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>minisermon</span></a><br><a href="https://lectionary.library.vanderbilt.edu/texts.php?id=209#gospel_reading" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lectionary.library.vanderbilt.</span><span class="invisible">edu/texts.php?id=209#gospel_reading</span></a></p>
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