R. T. TippettMay 29, 20208 min readSmall homily for 1 Corinthians 12 (Pentecost 2020)After I published a nearly 4200-word homily about Pentecost 2020, I realized I forgot to make comments about the optional reading from...
R. T. TippettMay 27, 202012 min readPentecost Sunday 2020 – Part IV (John 20:19-23)The two options for Gospel readings both come from John. One is John 20:19-23 and the other is John 7:37-39. The John 20 reading is also...
R. T. TippettMay 27, 202011 min readPentecost Sunday 2020 – Part II (Numbers 11 & 1 Corinthians 12)The optional readings are the following: Numbers 11:24-30 Moses went out and told the people the words of the Lord; and he gathered...
R. T. TippettMay 26, 202013 min readPentecost Sunday 2020 – Part I (Episcopal Lectionary & Acts 2:1-21)I was raised in a religion that is “Pentecostal.” I stopped going to the church of my mother at the age of fifteen, not having a clue...
R. T. TippettMar 19, 201817 min readActs 2:1-21 – The Feast of Fifty DaysWhen the day of Pentecost had come, the disciples were all together in one place. And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the...
R. T. TippettJun 4, 20175 min readDay of PentecostActs 2:7-8 says, “Amazed and astonished, they asked, “Are not all these who are speaking Galileans? And how is it that we hear, each of...
Bus Stop BobMay 15, 201610 min readHearing about God’s deeds of powerMy mother worked at Sears when I was growing up. It seems that everything we owned came from Sears. Many things my mother would bring...
Bus Stop BobMay 24, 201510 min readProphesying to dried bonesThe Counting of the Easter Omer is over. We have reached Shavuot – the Festival of Weeks – traditionally representative of when the...
Bus Stop BobOct 26, 20147 min readThe fiftieth day is not ordinary unless you passed the examI wish we had programmed the organ to play Pomp and Circumstance, because today is graduation day. The high schools in Marion County...