Lamentations 3:19-26 (NRSV) 19 The thought of my affliction and my homelessness is wormwood and gall! 20 My soul continually thinks of it and is bowed downContinue reading

Editing Note: We mixed things up a bit, as we often do on “fifth Sundays” at CFC. This recording includes two different parts of Sunday’sContinue reading

Jeremiah 8:18-9:1 (NRSV): The Prophet Mourns for the People 18 My joy is gone, grief is upon me, my heart is sick. 19 Hark, the cry ofContinue reading

Psalm 51:1-10 (NRSV): 1 Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions. 2 Wash meContinue reading

Luke 12:49-53 (NRSV): Jesus the Cause of Division 49 “I came to bring fire to the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled! 50 I haveContinue reading

Hosea 11:1-11 (NRSV) 1 When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son. 2 The more I called them, the moreContinue reading

Ecclesiastes 1:2; 12-14; 2:18-23 (NRSV): 1:2 Vanity of vanities, says the Teacher, vanity of vanities! All is vanity. 1:12-14 I, the Teacher, when king over Israel in Jerusalem, appliedContinue reading

Luke 10:38-42 (NRSV): Jesus Visits Martha and Mary 38 Now as they went on their way, he entered a certain village, where a woman named Martha welcomedContinue reading

Galatians 5:13-25 13 For you were called to freedom, brothers and sisters; only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for self-indulgence, but throughContinue reading

I Kings 19:1-15a: 1 Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword. 2 Then Jezebel sent aContinue reading