Bruce Epperly
Growing in Wisdom and Stature
By Bruce G. Epperly Date Delivered: December 31, 2006 Christmas 1, Year C I Samuel 2:18-20, 26 Psalm 148 Colossians 3:12-17 Luke 2: 41-52 Theme: Spiritual growth Location: Disciples United Community…
Read MoreFrom Self-Centeredness to World Loyalty
By Bruce G. Epperly Date Delivered: March 8, 2009 Lent 2, Year B Mark 8:31-38 “The Son of Man must undergo great suffering, and be rejected by the elders, the chief…
Read MoreEveryone Who Calls on the Name of God Shall be Saved
By Bruce G. Epperly Lent 1, Year C Deuteronomy 26:1-11 Romans 10:8-13 Luke 4:1-13 Lent is a time for reflection and discernment—holistic in nature, Lent embraces body, mind, spirit, and relationships.…
Read MoreDeepening Faith
By Bruce G. Epperly Epiphany 5 Deepening Faith Isaiah 6:1-8 Psalm 138 Luke 5:1-11 Listen a moment to the Isaiah passage again. Hear Isaiah 6 imaginatively as if God spoke to…
Read MoreBreathing Space
By Bruce G. Epperly 2nd Sunday of Easter Psalm 150 John 20:19-31 Today’s reading joins Easter and Pentecost in one brief moment of time. It is the day after the Sabbath,…
Read MoreAn Empty Tomb and an Open Future
Contributed by Bruce G. Epperly Easter 2009 (Year B) I Corinthians 15:1-11 Mark 16;1-8 In one way or another, eventually all of us ask the question articulated by the weary and…
Read MoreA Trick Question or Invitation to Immortality
By Bruce G. Epperly Date Delivered: November 11, 2007 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time Luke 20:27-38 It seemed like a trick question at the time. The Sadducees, a Jewish religious group, skeptical…
Read MoreADVENTUROUS SPIRITUALITY IN REAL LIFE
By Bruce G. Epperly One of my spiritual teachers Gerald May saw the heart of spirituality as involving the following practices: pausing, noticing, opening, yielding and stretching, and responding. Such…
Read MoreWHY NOT YOU? REFLECTIONS ON VOCATION AND POSSIBILITY
By Bruce G. Epperly The Super Bowl is seldom seen as a goldmine for theological reflection. But, one phrase leaped out at me in the coverage of this year’s game.…
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