Our texts this week are here.
We frequently discuss the practices of reading the Bible from the margins, and a “dislocated exegesis.” For further reading, see Reading the Bible from the Margins by Miguel A de La Torre, The Word Before the Powers by Charles Campbell, and Preaching as Testimony, by Anna Carter Florence.
A companion text from Paul’s epistle: “You can be sure that no immoral, impure, or greedy person will inherit the Kingdom of Christ and of God. For a greedy person is an idolater, worshiping the things of this world.” - Ephesians 5:5, NLT
Megan quotes Stanley P. Saunders from Preaching the Gospel of Matthew: Proclaiming God’s Presence.
You can read more from the Solentiname Island community in Lake Nicaragua in The Gospel in Solentiname by Ernesto Cardenal.
Our prayer this week is adapted from the Beatitudes. Read the entire prayer here.
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