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CategoryHoly Week – Palm Sunday
By Bruce G. Epperly
Philippians 2:5-11
Luke 19:28-40
We are at edge of adventure….palms are waving…crowds shouting “Hosanna”…. common folks anticipating global and personal transformation. But, at the edges of the crowd, lurk the powers and principalities, the presidents and kin..
From Self-Centeredness to World Loyalty
By Bruce G. Epperly
Date Delivered: March 8, 2009Lent 2, Year B
Mark 8:31-38
“The Son of Man must undergo great suffering, and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes and Pharisees, and be killed, and after three days rise again.” In just one paragraph, we have H..
Everyone Who Calls on the Name of God Shall be Saved
By Bruce G. Epperly
Lent 1, Year C
Deuteronomy 26:1-11
Romans 10:8-13
Luke 4:1-13
Lent is a time for reflection and discernment—holistic in nature, Lent embraces body, mind, spirit, and relationships. We are called to transformation in every aspect of our lives, so that we m..
An Empty Tomb and an Open Future
Contributed by Bruce G. Epperly
Easter 2009 (Year B)
I Corinthians 15:1-11
Mark 16;1-8
In one way or another, eventually all of us ask the question articulated by the weary and hopeless pilgrims that first Easter morning, “Who will roll the stone away for us from the entrance..
A Trick Question or Invitation to Immortality
By Bruce G. Epperly
Date Delivered: November 11, 200728th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Luke 20:27-38
It seemed like a trick question at the time. The Sadducees, a Jewish religious group, skeptical of survival after death, ask Jesus to ponder the nature of marital relationship..