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The Rev. Dr. Ronald Peters
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The Uriah Factor

2 Samuel 11:1-21

Proper 12 (17) - Year B

October 09, 2011

The Rev. Dr. Ronald Peters (PCUSA)

Unless we are careful, it is easy to miss or dismiss what I call The Uriah Factor. By way of defining what I mean by The Uriah Factor, let me review the context from which it emerges in scripture: in the well-known Biblical tale of David and Bathsheba.

Because of human nature's popular fascination with the trappings of wealth, privilege, and power, whenever the biblical story of David and Bathsheba is read or discussed, most attention is quickly drawn to the Hollywood-style glamour or soap opera intrigue that surrounds the salacious, the unfettered license, and the corruption in high places that adorns this tragedy. Yet, in so doing, we miss one of the most important aspects of this rather sad tale: the significance and the importance of the man Uriah.

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The Rev. Dr. Anna Carter Florence
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The Woman Who Just Said No

Esther 1:1--2:4

November 11, 2007

The Rev. Dr. Anna Carter Florence (PCUSA)

I would be willing to bet good money that most of you listening have never heard of Vashti. If that is the case, don't feel that you have flunked the latest biblical literacy test. No one knows about Vashti. And the reason, I think, is that her story is what I would call a dangerous memory.

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The Rev. James F. Bracher (UCC)

Rev. Bracher was ordained in 1980 by the UCC and served ten years as a chaplain and pastor of United Church of Christ (Congregational) churches before creating the Bracher Center for Integrity in Leadership in 2002 in Monterey, CA.