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Send us Fan Mail Each weekday we will meditate on a prayer or a reading for the upcoming Sunday as assigned in the ELCA's hymnal. Psalm 50:1-6 The mighty one, God the Lord,     speaks and summons the earth     from the rising of the sun to its setting. Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty,     God shines forth. Our God comes and does not keep silence,     before him is a devouring fire,    ...

Send us Fan Mail Each weekday we will meditate on a prayer or a reading for the upcoming Sunday as assigned in the ELCA's hymnal. 2 Kings 2:1-12 Now when the Lord was about to take Elijah up to heaven by a whirlwind, Elijah and Elisha were on their way from Gilgal. Elijah said to Elisha, “Stay here; for the Lord has sent me as far as Bethel.” But Elisha said, “As the Lord lives, and as you yo...

Send us Fan Mail Each weekday we will meditate on a prayer or a reading for the upcoming Sunday as assigned in the ELCA's hymnal. Almighty God, the resplendent light of your truth shines from the mountaintop into our hearts. Transfigure us by your beloved Son, and illumine the world with your image, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,...

Send us Fan Mail Sermon for the 5th Sunday after the Epiphany - (Psalm 147; Isaiah 40; Mark 1:29-39)

Send us Fan Mail Each weekday we will meditate on a prayer or a reading for the upcoming Sunday as assigned in the ELCA's hymnal. Mark 1:29-39 As soon as they left the synagogue, they entered the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John. Now Simon’s mother-in-law was in bed with a fever, and they told him about her at once. He came and took her by the hand and lifted her up. Then the fe...

Send us Fan Mail Each weekday we will meditate on a prayer or a reading for the upcoming Sunday as assigned in the ELCA's hymnal. 1 Corinthians 9:16-23 If I proclaim the gospel, this gives me no ground for boasting, for an obligation is laid on me, and woe to me if I do not proclaim the gospel! For if I do this of my own will, I have a reward; but if not of my own will, I am entrusted with a...

Send us Fan Mail Each weekday we will meditate on a prayer or a reading for the upcoming Sunday as assigned in the ELCA's hymnal. Psalm 147:1-11 Praise the Lord! How good it is to sing praises to our God;     for he is gracious, and a song of praise is fitting. The Lord builds up Jerusalem;     he gathers the outcasts of Israel. He heals the brokenhearted,     and binds up their wounds. He de...

Send us Fan Mail Each weekday we will meditate on a prayer or a reading for the upcoming Sunday as assigned in the ELCA's hymnal. Isaiah 40:21-31 Have you not known? Have you not heard?     Has it not been told you from the beginning?     Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth? It is he who sits above the circle of the earth,     and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers; w...

Send us Fan Mail Each weekday we will meditate on a prayer or a reading for the upcoming Sunday as assigned in the ELCA's hymnal. Everlasting God, you give strength to the weak and power to the faint. Make us agents of your healing and wholeness, that your good news may be made known to the ends of your creation, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen.

Send us Fan Mail Sermon for the 4th Sunday after the Epiphany - 1 Corinthians 8:1-13

Send us Fan Mail The Gospel Reading for the 4th Sunday after the Epiphany (Mark 1:21-28) Each weekday we will meditate on a prayer or a reading for the upcoming Sunday as assigned in the ELCA's hymnal. Mark 1:21-28 They went to Capernaum; and when the sabbath came, he entered the synagogue and taught. They were astounded at his teaching, for he taught them as one having authority, and not as...

Send us Fan Mail The 2nd Reading for the 4th Sunday after the Epiphany (1 Corinthians 8:1-13) Each weekday we will meditate on a prayer or a reading for the upcoming Sunday as assigned in the ELCA's hymnal. 1 Corinthians 8 Now concerning food sacrificed to idols: we know that “all of us possess knowledge.” Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up. Anyone who claims to know something does not ye...

Send us Fan Mail The Psalm of the Day for the 4th Sunday after the Epiphany (Psalm 111) Each weekday we will meditate on a prayer or a reading for the upcoming Sunday as assigned in the ELCA's hymnal. Psalm 111 Praise the Lord! I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart,     in the company of the upright, in the congregation. Great are the works of the Lord,     studied by all who del...

Send us Fan Mail Each weekday we will meditate on a prayer or a reading for the upcoming Sunday as assigned in the ELCA's hymnal. Deuteronomy 18:15-20 The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your own people; you shall heed such a prophet. This is what you requested of the Lord your God at Horeb on the day of the assembly when you said: “If I hear the voice of the...

Send us Fan Mail Each weekday we will meditate on a prayer or a reading for the upcoming Sunday as assigned in the ELCA's hymnal. Compassionate God, you gather the whole universe into your radiant presence and continually reveal your Son as our Savior. Bring wholeness to all that is broken and speak truth to us in our confusion, that all creation will see and know your Son, Jesus Christ, our...

Send us Fan Mail Sermon for the 3rd Sunday after the Epiphany - Mark 1:14-20; Jonah 3:1-5, 10

Send us Fan Mail Daily Meditation with Pr. Smee The Gospel Reading for the 3rd Sunday after the Epiphany (Mark 1:14-20) Each weekday we will meditate on a prayer or a reading for the upcoming Sunday as assigned in the ELCA's hymnal. Mark 1:14-20 Now after John was arrested, Jesus came to Galilee, proclaiming the good news of God, and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God has...

Send us Fan Mail Each weekday we will meditate on a prayer or a reading for the upcoming Sunday as assigned in the ELCA's hymnal. 1 Corinthians 7:29-31 I mean, brothers and sisters, the appointed time has grown short; from now on, let even those who have wives be as though they had none, and those who mourn as though they were not mourning, and those who rejoice as though they were not rejoic...

Send us Fan Mail Each weekday we will meditate on a prayer or a reading for the upcoming Sunday as assigned in the ELCA's hymnal. Psalm 62:5-12 For God alone my soul waits in silence,     for my hope is from him. He alone is my rock and my salvation,     my fortress; I shall not be shaken. On God rests my deliverance and my honor;     my mighty rock, my refuge is in God. Trust in him at all t...

Send us Fan Mail Each weekday we will meditate on a prayer or a reading for the upcoming Sunday as assigned in the ELCA's hymnal. Jonah 3:1-5, 10 The word of the Lord came to Jonah a second time, saying, “Get up, go to Nineveh, that great city, and proclaim to it the message that I tell you.” So Jonah set out and went to Nineveh, according to the word of the Lord. Now Nineveh was an exceeding...

Send us Fan Mail Each weekday we will meditate on a prayer or a reading for the upcoming Sunday as assigned in the ELCA's hymnal. Almighty God, by grace alone you call us and accept us in your service. Strengthen us by your Spirit, and make us worthy of your call, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen. Go to www.treadweary.com for other articles, resources, videos, etc.

Send us Fan Mail Sermon for the 2nd Sunday after Epiphany - January 17, 2021 John 1:43-51 The next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee. He found Philip and said to him, “Follow me.” Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. Philip found Nathanael and said to him, “We have found him about whom Moses in the law and also the prophets wrote, Jesus son of Joseph from Nazareth.” Nathan...

Send us Fan Mail Each weekday we will meditate on a prayer or a reading for the upcoming Sunday as assigned in the ELCA's hymnal. John 1:43-51 The next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee. He found Philip and said to him, “Follow me.” Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. Philip found Nathanael and said to him, “We have found him about whom Moses in the law and also the...

Send us Fan Mail Each weekday we will meditate on a prayer or a reading for the upcoming Sunday as assigned in the ELCA's hymnal. 1 Corinthians 6:12-20 “All things are lawful for me,” but not all things are beneficial. “All things are lawful for me,” but I will not be dominated by anything. “Food is meant for the stomach and the stomach for food,” and God will destroy both one and the other....

Send us Fan Mail Each weekday we will meditate on a prayer or a reading for the upcoming Sunday as assigned in the ELCA's hymnal. Psalm 139:1-18 O Lord, you have searched me and known me. You know when I sit down and when I rise up;     you discern my thoughts from far away. You search out my path and my lying down,     and are acquainted with all my ways. Even before a word is on my tongue,...