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Here is a short summary of last Sunday and a brief preview of this upcoming Sunday.
Wind, Sea and Sails by Charles Sheeler
Last Sunday’s Conversation:
August 31, 2025 — Ordinary Time (10) — John 6:15-24
Throughout the Gospel of John, the character of Jesus takes the form and shape of many images. From its very beginning, Jesus is “the Word,” an image offered to help readers better understand this character.
In John 6:15-24, readers find themselves between two stories. However, this passage is not a biblical travel itinerary. It is not simply about how they got from Tiberias to Capernaum across the Sea of Galilee as they did… It is about the wind on which they traveled.
How might we go where we are going, journeying as we journey, if we knew the wind was at our back?
Coming up this Sunday:
September, 2025 — Ordinary Time (12) — Philemon:1:1-21
After needing to reschedule his previous visit, my dear friend John D. Blackshire, PhD will be joining us this coming Sunday as our proclaimer, guest, and Grant Park Church’s new friend. I’m thrilled for John to meet you all and for you all to meet John!
John plans to offer a sermon from Philemon titled “Charge it to Me!”