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		<title>Living Waters of Lent &#8211; Commentary for Third Sunday of Lent</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2026 13:01:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Adventurous Lectionary -The Third Sunday in Lent – March 8, 2026 Exodus 17:1-7; Psalm 95; Romans 5:1-11;. John 4:1-42 There is a tradition of banning the word, “Hallelujah,” during Lent.  Lent is perceived, should be a time of confession, self-examination, sacrifice, and repentance for our evil ways, materialism, and ego. A time of lamentation in [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>The World-Loving God &#8211; Lectionary Commentary for Lent 2</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2026 21:41:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Adventurous Lectionary – The Second Sunday in Lent – March 1, 2026 Genesis 12:1-4a (4b-9); Psalm 121; Romans 4:1-5; 13-17; John 3:1-17 Lent is a time of mindfulness, self-awareness, and sacrifice to be more attentive to God’s movements in our lives. In every season of the Christian year and every season of life, and [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>The First Sunday in Lent &#8211; February 22, 2026</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bruce Epperly]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Feb 2026 22:06:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Adventurous Lectionary – The First Sunday in Lent – February 22, 2026 Genesis 2:15-17; 3:1-7; Psalm 32; Romans 5:12-19; Matthew 4:1-11 Lent is a complicated season, a time of mindfulness and awareness of both the better and worse angels of our nature. It is a time of reflection and penitence, of spiritual decluttering, inspiring [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Be Transfigured &#8211; Transfiguration Sunday &#8211; February 15</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Feb 2026 21:45:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Transfiguration Sunday Exodus 24:12-18, Psalm 2  2 Peter 1:16-21 Matthew 17:1-9 BE TRANSFIGURED. On Transfiguration Sunday, the mandate is to be transfigured and transformed!  To let the mountaintop radiance of Christ flood your cells and soul, transfiguring and transmogrifying your whole being. Today’s scriptures suggest that transformation is possible for us, anytime and anywhere. The [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Restoring and Resisting &#8211; Lectionary for February 8, 2026</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bruce Epperly]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2026 13:12:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Epiphany season]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany – February 8, 2026 Isaiah 58:1-12, Psalm 112:1-10, 2 Corinthians 1-16, Matthew 5:13-20 The Season of Epiphany is for big thinkers and big actors and those who go from self-interest to world loyalty. Epiphany is the season of global spirituality which invites us to see divine revelation as both [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>In a Time of Crisis &#8211; Lectionary Commentary for February 1</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bruce Epperly]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jan 2026 14:44:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Adventurous Lectionary – Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany – February 1, 2026 Micah 6:1-8 Psalm 15 I Corinthians 1:18-31 Matthew 5:1-12 My reflections on the Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany began as I preparing for a snowstorm to sweep through the Maryland suburbs I call home.  Services for Sunday were already cancelled and I [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Third Sunday After the Epiphany &#8211; Lectionary January 25</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Jan 2026 21:47:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Adventurous Lectionary – The Third Sunday after the Epiphany – January 25, 2026 Bruce G. Epperly Isaiah 9:1-4 ; Psalm 27:1, 4-9; I Corinthians 1:10-18; Matthew 4:12-23 Today’s readings continue the spirit of the magi, followers of Zoroaster, non-Jews who experience God’s revelation when the rightful religious leaders are oblivious to God’s light of [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Pondering Martin Luther King a Year After the Inauguration</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bruce Epperly]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Jan 2026 01:20:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Pondering Martin Luther King A Year after Trump’s Inauguration One evening after a particularly stressful and conflict-ridden day, Martin Luther King retired for the night. On the verge of falling asleep, he received an angry phone call, threatening his life and the lives of his wife and children.  Unable to sleep, King went downstairs to [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Second Sunday After the Epiphany &#8211; January 18, 2026</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2026 12:42:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Adventurous Lectionary – Second Sunday after the Epiphany – January 18, 2026 Isaiah 49:1-7; Psalm 41:1-11; I Corinthians 1:1-9; John 1:29-42 The Second Sunday after the Epiphany focuses on the nature of call, personally and communally. Life is a moment-by-moment call and response in which God speaks to us in our gifts and in [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Baptism of Jesus &#8211; Lectionary Commentary for January 11</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bruce Epperly]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2026 01:10:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Baptism of Jesus – January 11, 2026 Isaiah 42:1-9; Psalm 29; Acts 10:34-43; Matthew 3:13-17 Epiphany is all about revealing the divine in expected and unexpected places. The season of the magi is the season that joins the universal and the individual and the infinite and intimate. Today’s revelation is all about water, one [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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