Worship Guide - Year B, Ordinary 33 (Proper 28)

For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; there will be earthquakes in various places; there will be famines. This is but the beginning of the birth pangs.
~Mark 13:8

Does anyone really long for destruction and degradation? It is hard to imagine this to be the case, if the alternative is renewal, longevity, and the fullness of life for all.

Jesus sees the signs, though, of unrest, of relationships and governance so broken that they are already crumbling. It is not an end, though, as much as a beginning when God is in the mix. Or, as the preacher to the Hebrew congregation said it (Hebrews 10:23-25): “Let us hold fast to the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who has promised is faithful.” Indeed there is more good, practical advice for us today as well in this ancient wisdom: “And let us consider how to provoke one another to love and good deeds, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day approaching.”

​Enter into worship. 

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