{"id":859,"date":"2019-10-30T10:00:47","date_gmt":"2019-10-30T10:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bobjanet.org.uk\/bobsblog\/?p=859"},"modified":"2019-10-30T10:00:47","modified_gmt":"2019-10-30T10:00:47","slug":"this-sunday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bobjanet.org.uk\/bobsblog\/2019\/10\/30\/this-sunday\/","title":{"rendered":"This Sunday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The lectionary is here&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/lectionary.library.vanderbilt.edu\/texts.php?id=287\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"https:\/\/lectionary.library.vanderbilt.edu\/texts.php?id=287 (opens in a new tab)\">https:\/\/lectionary.library.vanderbilt.edu\/texts.php?id=287<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I know the two old testament readings are not supposed to be used together, but they seem to address a similar situation from opposite sides. In habbakuk, the prophet speaks of the pain of those who suffer injustice and long for God&#8217;s intervention.  Isaiah addresses the corrupt people and spells out what God needs if justice is to happen. Don&#8217;t waste time on worship if you are unwilling to fix your lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the gospel reading, jesus approaches the outcast zaccheus. That in itself conveys the message, all the more because jesus needs zaccheus and his hospitality. That is kingdom community living, give and take, mutual dependence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are in Canterbury at the moment, and the phone is eating battery whenever it&#8217;s on mobile data. Here is yesterday&#8217;s walk from Broadstairs to margate&#8230; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/bobjanet.org.uk\/bobsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/wp-15724293276062622541109498586946-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-862\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bobjanet.org.uk\/bobsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/wp-15724293276062622541109498586946-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/bobjanet.org.uk\/bobsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/wp-15724293276062622541109498586946-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/bobjanet.org.uk\/bobsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/wp-15724293276062622541109498586946-768x1365.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bobjanet.org.uk\/bobsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/wp-15724293276062622541109498586946.jpg 864w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230; and the previous from Canterbury to Shepherdswell&#8230; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"http:\/\/bobjanet.org.uk\/bobsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/wp-15724292741361862918750586225985-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-860\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bobjanet.org.uk\/bobsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/wp-15724292741361862918750586225985-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bobjanet.org.uk\/bobsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/wp-15724292741361862918750586225985-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bobjanet.org.uk\/bobsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/wp-15724292741361862918750586225985-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bobjanet.org.uk\/bobsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/wp-15724292741361862918750586225985.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230; and this is some random crepuscular stuff&#8230; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"http:\/\/bobjanet.org.uk\/bobsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/wp-15724292988552165601005516438662-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-861\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bobjanet.org.uk\/bobsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/wp-15724292988552165601005516438662-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bobjanet.org.uk\/bobsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/wp-15724292988552165601005516438662-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bobjanet.org.uk\/bobsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/wp-15724292988552165601005516438662-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bobjanet.org.uk\/bobsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/wp-15724292988552165601005516438662.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The walks have been good. And it&#8217;s been good to see Hannah and Toby. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The lectionary is here&#8230; https:\/\/lectionary.library.vanderbilt.edu\/texts.php?id=287 I know the two old testament readings are not supposed to be used together, but they seem to address a similar situation from opposite sides. In habbakuk, the prophet speaks of the pain of those who suffer injustice and long for God&#8217;s intervention. Isaiah addresses the corrupt people and spells &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bobjanet.org.uk\/bobsblog\/2019\/10\/30\/this-sunday\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;This Sunday&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobjanet.org.uk\/bobsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/859","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobjanet.org.uk\/bobsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobjanet.org.uk\/bobsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobjanet.org.uk\/bobsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobjanet.org.uk\/bobsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=859"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bobjanet.org.uk\/bobsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/859\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":863,"href":"https:\/\/bobjanet.org.uk\/bobsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/859\/revisions\/863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobjanet.org.uk\/bobsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobjanet.org.uk\/bobsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobjanet.org.uk\/bobsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}