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Sunday, September 4, 2016

September 4, 2016 - Proper 18C


In the name of God – Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Amen.
            One of the challenging aspects in preaching is that we often only get a handful of verses read from each book or letter in the Bible on a Sunday. Often, we miss the larger context of the writing when we only focus in on a small section of it. Today though is different, as our second reading is the entire letter of Paul to Philemon. So let’s take this opportunity to consider a full book of the Bible.