6th Sunday after Pentecost Year A

Join Rev. Emily E. Ewing (they) and Rev. Kay Rohloff (she) to explore new and nerdy connections to the scripture for the 6th Sunday after Pentecost, also known as Lectionary 14 or Proper 9, which falls on July 9th this year, including our deep dive into disarmament! 

The scripture we refer to for this episode can be found here.  We talked about this article on nuclear missile near misses.  We talked about how the nuclear bomb developed and functions, particularly in the u.s. context. Wikipedia’s nuclear disarmament page is particularly insightful.  For more on challenges to disarmament, check out this article.  The Poor People’s Campaign has done a lot of work around the budget as a moral document.  For more on military spending in the context of the full u.s. budget, check out this article.

We mentioned this season’s episode on the 3rd Sunday after Epiphany, diving into the military and ministry with Rev. Adam Dowd, who is part of Veterans for Peace.  We also mentioned last season’s episode on the 2nd Sunday after Epiphany with Rev. Ingrid Brown, diving into alcoholism, addiction, and sobriety.  Kay mentioned this episode of Homebrewed Christianity.

CN: we talk about war in the deep dive and state violence in the first reading.

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