“The Ministry of Freedom” – Mark 6:1-13 (Year B, The Seventh Sunday after Pentecost)
Read the Lectionary Texts Reflecting upon this week's celebration of Independence Day, it would be good to remember these words: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.” So begins the Declaration of Independence, signed on July 2nd, 1776. Two days later, the Continental Congress approved the wording of this Declaration, and so the 4th of July is celebrated as the beginning of our independence from Britain, and the birthday of the United [READ MORE]