Tag: sacrament

• Place Matters

  Acts 18:24-28 – 8/7/2026 Now there came to Ephesus a Jew named Apollos from Alexandria. He was an eloquent man, well-versed in the scriptures. Acts 18:24 (NRSVue) The opening verse from today’s New Testament reading reminded me of something I re-learned recently. Alexandria was the center of the Mediterranean world, the Greek-speaking world, for almost…

  Justin R Marquis

  August 13, 2026

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  acts, Acts of the Apostles, Alexandria, Apollos, baptism, bible, christianity, culture, existentialism, faith, Geography, god, history, jesus, lectionary, lutheran, place, sacrament, theology

• The Anti-Sacrament

  Proverbs 4:10-27 – 6/17/2026 For [evildoers] eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence. Proverbs 4:17 (NRSVue) Today’s Hebrew Bible reading in the Revised Common Lectionary has a verse reminiscent of the Sacrament of Holy Communion. In a section that exhorts the reader to follow the path of good and reject the…

  Justin R Marquis

  June 14, 2026

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  bible, christianity, communion, eucharist, faith, jesus, lectionary, lutheran, proverbs, sacrament, theology

• The Embodied Ritual of the Christian Life

  Leviticus 9:1-11, 22-24 – 5/18/2026 Draw near to the altar and sacrifice your purification offering and your burnt offering and make atonement for yourself and for the people, and sacrifice the offering of the people and make atonement for them, as the Lord has commanded. Leviticus 9:7 (NRSVue) Before I left the life of the…

  Justin R Marquis

  May 16, 2026

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  bible, christianity, christology, faith, god, high-church, jesus, low-church, ritual, sacrament, theology