Can We Kill Our Way Into Heaven? Pentecost 10 – Proper 15, Year C Becky Robbins-Penniman Shall we kill our way into the Reign of God? In Monday’s Tampa Bay Times, there’s a link to an essay by Jesse Kelly, a Marine Corps veteran from Texas who asserts that all “good Americans” (a term he […]
Choosing the Better Part Pentecost 6, Year C Becky Robbins-Penniman Poor Martha. Year after year, some preacher shakes a finger at her, giving her a hard time for being in the kitchen making dinner rather than sitting at Jesus’ feet like Mary was doing. As much as I dislike cooking and would like to justify […]
The Devil is on the Prowl Pentecost 4, Year C Becky Robbins-Penniman Demons. Satan. The Devil. Evil spirits. What a lesson for a summer morning! Remember, though, 1 Peter says that the devil is on the prowl like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. [1 Peter 5:8] In other parts of scripture, Jesus, Paul, […]
Bless or Blast? Pentecost 3, Year C Becky Robbins-Penniman Last time I spoke with you, I implored you to get up! go do some frolicking because the nature of our Triune God, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit begins with Wisdom, and the Divine Wisdom is that the origin and destiny of […]
Frolicking Trinity Sunday, Year C Becky Robbins-Penniman Bishops have expectations of the priests that serve the parishes in a diocese. One of the expectations is that we will take time away to go on retreat, re-grounding ourselves in our faith; the other is that we will continue learning stuff, get continuing education like any […]
UBUNTU 6th Sunday after Easter, Year C Becky Robbins-Penniman Are you “liberal” or “conservative”? Are you pro-choice or pro-life? Are you Evangelical or Progressive? Are you a Yankee or a Southerner? Are you pro-NRA or pro-gun control? Are you about Black lives or Blue lives mattering? Anti-vaxer or vaccinator? Is climate destabilization real or […]
Jesus Loves Me, This I Know 4th Sunday after Easter, Year C Becky Robbins-Penniman If you hang out with academic theologians – something I’m not going actually recommend to you, but I used to love doing it – and ask them who THE most important theologian of the 20th Century was, Swiss theologian Karl Barth will […]
The Knock on the Door 3rd Sunday after Easter, Year C Becky Robbins-Penniman Discipline. What notions come into our minds when I say that word? Mostly, it’s about giving up things we like or our comfortable with, like french fries or doing things we’d rather not do, like exercising. The word “disciple” has a slightly different […]
Do You Love Me? 2nd Sunday after Easter, Year C Becky Robbins-Penniman The core of Christianity is the life, death and resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth. The church year has two basic parts: the Christmas cycle, when we hear the prophecies about the coming Messiah, the birth of that Messiah, the Christ, and the revelation that […]
An Alleluia From Head to Toe Easter Sunday, Year C Becky Robbins-Penniman I don’t like surprises. I like to know what’s happening. On the evening of my 17th birthday, my boyfriend picked me up from work. I worked at Ponderosa Steak House. They worked hard to keep it very clean, but at the end […]
