Tag: Proper 14B
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Living Bread Or Manna? – A Sermon On John 6:35, 41-51
My parents have some life-long friends named Nick and JoBeth. They all grew up together and married about the same time. Their kids were friends with my sister and me. Nick died a few years ago but my mom still tells the bread story. Shortly after they married JoBeth started making Nick homemade bread every Read more
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“But I’m Really Hungry!” – A Sermon On John 6:35, 41-51
When my younger son was about three or four he came into the kitchen one evening and said he was hungry. I told him I was working on supper and it would be a little bit longer. “But I’m really hungry,” he said. Then he opened the pantry, pointed, and said, “Just open a box!” Read more
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Could We Be The Bread of Life? – A Sermon On John 6:35, 41-51
We so often hear Jesus say, “I am the bread of life,” and we assume he is the only loaf in the basket. But what if that is not what he is saying? What if he is not claiming to be the exclusive loaf of bread in this world? What if he is teaching us… Read more
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Holy Bread for Holy Hunger – A Sermon on John 6:35, 41-51; Proper 14B
The collect and reading for the Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost, Proper 14B, may be found here. The following sermon is based on John 6:35, 41-51. It was supposed to be another feeding, or so they thought. That’s why everyone showed up in today’s gospel. Instead of more bread they got Jesus and conflict. The two Read more
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I Am the Bread of Life
Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty. 41Then the Jews began to complain about him because he said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.” 42They were saying, “Is not this Jesus, the Read more
Interrupting the Silence 