Third Sunday after Pentecost, Lect. 11 B

The mustard seed becomes a great shrub that shelters the birds, recalling ancient images of the tree of life. We’d expect a cedar (as in Ezekiel’s prophecy from this morning), but Jesus finds the power of God better imaged in a tiny, no-account seed. It’s not the way we expect divine activity to look. Yet the tree of life is here, into which we are grafted through baptism. It may not appear all that impressive, but while nobody’s looking it grows with a power beyond our understanding.

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Presiding: Pr. Joseph Crippen

Preaching: Vicar Andrea Bonneville

Readings and prayers: Peggy Hoeft, lector; Steve Berg, Assisting Minister

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Second Sunday after Pentecost, Lect. 10 B

“A house divided against itself cannot stand.” Jesus makes this observation in light of charges that he is possessed. He is possessed, not by a demon, but by the Holy Spirit. We who have received the Holy Spirit are joined to Christ’s death and resurrection and knit together in the body of Christ.

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Presiding and Preaching: Pr. Joseph Crippen

Readings and prayers: Eric Manuel, lector; Lora Dundek, Assisting Minister

Organist: Cantor David Cherwien

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