A pretend or equivocal allegiance, a “meh, ok,” is no allegiance.
Tuesday • 7/8/2025 •
A Tuesday in the Season After Pentecost (Proper 9)
This morning’s Scriptures are: Psalm 5; Psalm 6; 1 Samuel 15:24–35; Acts 9:32–43; Luke 23:56b–24:11
This morning’s Canticles are: following the OT reading, Canticle 13 (“A Song of Praise,” BCP, p. 90); following the Epistle reading, Canticle 18 (“A Song to the Lamb,” Revelation 4:11; 5:9–10, 13, BCP, p. 93)
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Sometimes it’s OK to take instructions as suggestions. Sometimes it’s not.
Monday • 7/7/2025 •
A Monday in the Season After Pentecost (Proper 9)
This morning’s Scriptures are: Psalm 1; Psalm 2; Psalm 3; 1 Samuel 15:1–3,7–23; Acts 9:19b–31; Luke 23:44–56a
This morning’s Canticles are: following the OT reading, Canticle 9 (“The First Song of Isaiah,” Isaiah 12:2–6, BCP, p. 86); following the Epistle reading, Canticle 19 (“The Song of the Redeemed,” Revelation 15:3–4, BCP, p. 94)
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“Jesus Christ, Our Worship Leader,” Part Five
Friday • 7/4/2025 •
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“Jesus Christ, Our Worship Leader,” Part Four
Thursday • 7/3/2025 •
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“Jesus Christ, Our Worship Leader,” Part Three
Wednesday • 7/2/2025 •
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“Jesus Christ, Our Worship Leader,” Part Two
Tuesday • 7/1/2025 •
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“Jesus Christ, Our Worship Leader,” Part One
Monday • 6/30/2025 •
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Jake and Elwood escaped the country bar when they realized the local language was the theme from “Rawhide.”
Friday • 6/27/2025 •
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He’s reluctant to believe…there’s a God with a plan.
Thursday • 6/26/2025 •
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He sees the infinite sadness in the man’s unguarded face.
Wednesday • 6/25/2025 •
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Back then my main goal was to pick songs that did not require changing the capo on my guitar.
Tuesday • 6/24/2025 •
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“Online church?”
“You mean ‘virtual’ church? ‘Almost’ church?”
Monday • 6/23/2025 •
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What redeems the grit and honesty of this psalm is the fact that it is, after all, a prayer.
Friday • 6/20/2025 •
Friday of the First Week After Pentecost (Proper 6)
This morning’s Scriptures are: Psalm 88; 1 Samuel 3:1–21; Acts 2:37–47; Luke 21:5–19
This morning’s Canticles are: following the OT reading, Canticle 10 (“The Second Song of Isaiah,” Isaiah 55:6–11; BCP, p. 86); following the Epistle reading, Canticle 18 (“A Song to the Lamb,” Revelation 4:11; 5:9–10, 13, BCP, p. 93)
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Jesus would rise and take his rightful place as Lord of heaven and earth.
Thursday • 6/19/2025 •
Thursday of the First Week After Pentecost (Proper 6)
This morning’s Scriptures are: Psalm 34; 1 Samuel 2:27–36; Acts 2:22–36; Luke 20:41–21:4
This morning’s Canticles are: following the OT reading, Canticle 8 (“The Song of Moses,” Exodus 15, BCP, p. 85); following the Epistle reading, Canticle 19 (“The Song of the Redeemed,” Revelation 15:3–4, BCP, p. 94)
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This extraordinary display in Jerusalem…depicts and symbolizes the power of the Spirit to unite people of all languages.
Wednesday • 6/18/2025 •
Wednesday of the First Week After Pentecost (Proper 6)
This morning’s Scriptures are: Psalm 119:97–120; 1 Samuel 2:12–26; Acts 2:1–21; Luke 20:27–40
This morning’s Canticles are: following the OT reading, Canticle 11 (“The Third Song of Isaiah,” Isaiah 60:1-3,11a,14c,18-19, BCP, p. 87); following the Epistle reading, Canticle 16 (“The Song of Zechariah,” Luke 1:68-79, BCP, p. 92)
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Let Caesar have his coins, Jesus asserts… Each one of us bears the image of the ruler of the universe.
Tuesday • 6/17/2025 •
Tuesday of the First Week After Pentecost (Proper 6)
This morning’s Scriptures are: Psalm 78; 1 Samuel 1:21–2:11; Acts 1:15–26; Luke 20:19–26
This morning’s Canticles are: following the OT reading, Canticle 13 (“A Song of Praise,” BCP, p. 90); following the Epistle reading, Canticle 18 (“A Song to the Lamb,” Revelation 4:11; 5:9–10, 13, BCP, p. 93)
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Still, in some…way, our earnest prayers play their own part.
Monday • 6/16/2025 •
Monday of the First Week After Pentecost (Proper 6)
This morning’s Scriptures are: Psalm 80; 1 Samuel 1:1–20; Acts 1:1–14; Luke 20:9–19
This morning’s Canticles are: following the OT reading, Canticle 9 (“The First Song of Isaiah,” Isaiah 12:2–6, BCP, p. 86); following the Epistle reading, Canticle 19 (“The Song of the Redeemed,” Revelation 15:3–4, BCP, p. 94)
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Paul challenges them: “Test yourselves”
Friday • 6/13/2025 •
Friday of the Week of Pentecost (Proper 5)
This morning’s Scriptures are: Psalm 69; Ecclesiasticus 45:6–16; 2 Corinthians 12:11–21; Luke 19:41–48
And Saturday’s epistle: 2 Corinthians 13:1–14
This morning’s Canticles are: following the OT reading, Canticle 10 (“The Second Song of Isaiah,” Isaiah 55:6–11; BCP, p. 86); following the Epistle reading, Canticle 18 (“A Song to the Lamb,” Revelation 4:11; 5:9–10, 13, BCP, p. 93)
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“Let us now sing the praises of famous men, our ancestors in their generations.”
Thursday • 6/12/2025 •
Thursday of the Week of Pentecost (Proper 5)
This morning’s Scriptures are: Psalm 70; Psalm 71; Ecclesiasticus 44:19–45:5; 2 Corinthians 12:1–10; Luke 19:28–40
This morning’s Canticles are: following the OT reading, Canticle 8 (“The Song of Moses,” Exodus 15, BCP, p. 85); following the Epistle reading, Canticle 19 (“The Song of the Redeemed,” Revelation 15:3–4, BCP, p. 94)
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Jesus wants us to play the long game.
Wednesday • 6/11/2025 •
Wednesday of the Week of Pentecost (Proper 5)
This morning’s Scriptures are: Psalm 72; Deuteronomy 31:30–32:14; 2 Corinthians 11:21b–33; Luke 19:11–27
This morning’s Canticles are: following the OT reading, Canticle 11 (“The Third Song of Isaiah,” Isaiah 60:1-3,11a,14c,18-19, BCP, p. 87); following the Epistle reading, Canticle 16 (“The Song of Zechariah,” Luke 1:68-79, BCP, p. 92)
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