Lectionary Sermons for the Eighth Sunday after Pentecost | Year C (July 31, 2022) The Texts for the Sunday Hosea 11:1-11 and Psalm 107:1-9, 43 Ecclesiastes 1:2, 12-14; 2:18-23 Psalm 49:1-12 Colossians 3:1-11 Luke 12:13-21 Sermons from the Texts Your Story (Psalm 107:1-3) Set Your Mind on Things Above (Colossians 3:1-4) Heavenly Things (Colossians 3:1-4) […]

The U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations meets with Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Molly Phee, Assistant to the Administrator, Bureau for Conflict Prevention and Stabilization Robert Jenkins and Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for African Affairs Chidi Blyden regarding the state of democracy in the Sahel. The Sahel is the ecoclimatic and […]

Washington Foreign Press Center Briefing with EUR, EB, and ISN officials on U.S. sanctions on Russia. Transcript Good morning and welcome to this Washington foreign Press center briefing about U. S. Sanctions against Russia. My name is Bill Martin and I’ll be the moderator and now it’s my pleasure to welcome Our three Distinguished Briefers […]

Lectionary Sermons for the Seventh Sunday after Pentecost | Year C (July 24, 2022) The Texts for the Sunday Hosea 1:2-10 and Psalm 85 Genesis 18:20-32 and Psalm 138 Colossians 2:6-15, (16-19) Luke 11:1-13 Sermons from the Texts Hosea’s Mugshots (Hosea 1:2-9) The Teaching Whore (Hosea 1:2-9) Knocking on Heaven’s Door (Luke 11:5-10)

A Serious Famine At the moment, according to the U.S Drought Monitor, Harris County, Texas, is in a moderate to severe drought. Parts of Texas, however, are either in an extreme or even what the Drought Monitor calls an “exceptional drought.” As we all now, droughts seriously affect crop production. While crops are affected in […]