August 15, 2021 The Rev. Canon Marianne Wells Borg Trinity Episcopal Church, Bend, Oregon John 6: 51-58 So what do we think is meant by eating the flesh and drinking the blood of Jesus. John writes “Unless you eat the […]
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July 18, 2021 Mark 6: 30-34, 53-56 The Rev. Canon Marianne Wells Borg Trinity Episcopal Church, Bend, Oregon The apostles had been coming and going. No time to even eat. And they gathered around Jesus to tell him all that
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June 20, 2021 Trinity Episcopal Church Bend, Oregon Mark 4: 35-41 The Rev. Canon Marianne Wells Borg It is evening in the story by Mark in the Gospel today. The day had been filled with Jesus telling parables. Parables about
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Matthew 25:1-13 November 8, 2020 The Rev. Canon Marianne Wells Borg Trinity Episcopal Church, Bend Oregon The Sunday after Election I am going to reflect on the Gospel reading for this Sunday, November 8. It has no relation to the
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In the Western Church the Gospel story assigned for the last Sunday of the Epiphany, the last Sunday before the beginning of the season of Lent, is always the story of the transfiguration, whether from Mark (9:2-8), Matthew (17:1-8,) or
Discussing mysticism in the season of Epiphany seems fitting. I suggest epiphanies are mystical experiences. Experiences usually something simple and striking, mediated through our senses that give us an intuitive sense of reality. When we have a “mystical” experience it
One of the imaginative contributions of the Christian tradition, which we appropriated from the Jewish tradition, is the development of liturgical or worship “seasons.” The liturgical seasons identify key “events” in our shaping narratives and invite us to reflect on
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October 21, 2018St. Mark’s Sheffield EnglandMark 10: 35-45The Rev. Canon Marianne Wells Borg (Note: for those who read my November 14 sermon given in St. Louis, there is duplicate material here.) “Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever
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Second Church PresbyterianSt. Louis, MissouriOctober 14, 2018Rev. Marianne Wells BorgMark 10:17-31 Thank you Travis [Winckler] and Jane Smith for the invitation to be with you this morning. It is an honor. I am glad to be here. I am an
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Marcus and Dom Crossan collaborated on a book in 2007, The First Christmas: What the Gospels Really Teach About Jesus’s Birth. They help us see with clarity the differences between the two birth narratives, one in Matthew and one in Luke. (Neither
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