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The Adventurous Lectionary – Sixth Sunday of Easter – May 14, 2023 Bruce G. Epperly Acts 17:22-31 Psalm 66:18-20 I Peter 3:13-22 John 14:15-21 My teacher

The first woman tried to get free of God. But in welcoming motherhood, she became his ally against death.

God of compassion, direct our hearts by the action of your mercy, for without your help we cannot please you; through Jesus Christ who is alive with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

O God,  the joy of union with you is your gift, may your compassion direct our hearts; through Jesus Christ who is alive with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

God of power and might, source of all good, graft in our hearts the love of your name, and bind us more closely to you so that you nourish the goodness you sow in us and, by your watchful care, you tend and guard the good you have nourished; through Jesus Christ who is alive with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

“My dad had no soul. But I think he got one when he died. I really do," Frank Calabrese Jr. said with an accent from Chicagos south side.

Almighty God, whose blessed apostles Peter and Paul glorified you by their martyrdom: Grant that your Church, instructed by their teaching and example, and knit together in unity by your Spirit, may ever stand firm upon the one foundation, which is Jesus Christ our Lord; who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

The Church Year is a mess - for the majority of Christians ultimately a nourishing feast of scripture and tradition. But, by the time this filters down to the way it is used by NZ Anglicanism, the Anglican Church of Or has reworked it to a confused chaos that, in some communities, is worse than the BCP system that it replaces.

“If the gospel isn’t good news to the women in the passage, is it still good news?”

Former jailbird, teacher Sally Wright, played by Katherine Kelly “I’ve always been of the attitude that I would rather be a smaller part in something good, than the lead in something crap. I just don’t have that ego,” says Kelly, talking about the second series of the crime drama which airs this week on ITV and rather than a small part, she’s playing the lead, and can be assured that her new show is far from “something crap”. Innocent, from writers and co-creators Chris Lang and M...