Susan Butterworth
Susan Butterworth, M.A., M.Div, is a writer, teacher, singer, and lay minister. She leads Song & Stillness: Taizé @ MIT, a weekly ecumenical service of contemplative Taizé prayer at the interfaith chapel at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). She teaches writing and literature to college undergraduates and writes book reviews, essays, and literary reference articles.
Sermons and Bible Studies
Bible Study: Proper 21 (A) – 2014
Exodus 17:1-7 In this passage, the Israelites seem to be ungrateful to both God and to Moses for delivering them from slavery in Egypt. However, they are not mere petulant, […]
Bible Study: Easter 3 (A) – 2014
Acts 2:14a, 36-41 This passage, which appears in Acts 2 after the people in Jerusalem have witnessed the manifestation of the Holy Spirit in the speaking of many languages, is […]
Estudio Bíblico: Adviento 3 (B) – 2014
Isaías 61:1-4, 8-11 En este pasaje del Tercer Isaías, los exiliados han regresado de Babilonia. Su tarea es la de reconstruir la ciudad: la creación de una nueva Jerusalén. El […]
Estudio Bíblico: Propio 21 (A) – 2014
Éxodo 17:1-7 En este pasaje, los israelitas parecen ser ingratos tanto a Dios como a Moisés por liberarlos de la esclavitud en Egipto. Sin embargo, ellos no son petulantes que […]
The Paradox of Faith, Proper 17 (A) – 2014
[NOTE TO READER: Ehyeh asher Ehyeh is pronounced “EH-hyah ah-SHARE EH-hyah”] “God forbid it, Lord! This must never happen to you.” These words from today’s reading from Matthew are Peter’s impulsive response […]
Estudio Bíblico: Pascua 3 (A) – 2014
Hechos 2:14 a, 36-41 Este pasaje, que aparece en Hechos 2 después que el pueblo de Jerusalén ha sido testigo de la manifestación del Espíritu Santo en el habla de […]
Bible Study: Proper 20 (C) – 2013
Jeremiah 8:18-9:1 This passage comes from the section of Jeremiah that contains a series of poetic oracles of God’s judgment in the form of conquest and destruction by Babylon, the […]
Bible Study: Proper 10 (C) – 2013
Amos 7:7-17 At the time of the prophet Amos, the people of Israel were in a time of peace and prosperity. However, prosperity had led them to forget their covenant […]
Bible Study: Easter 5 (C) – 2013
Acts 11:1-18 The Acts of the Apostles depicts Jesus’ early followers as observant Jews and the beginnings of the church as rooted within Judaism, yet is concerned with the expansion […]
Bible Study: Epiphany 3 (C) – 2013
Nehemiah 8:1-3, 5-6, 8-10 Ezra the priest and Nehemiah the governor were the leaders of the Jewish community in the post-exilic period, after the return of the Jewish people to […]
Estudio Bíblico: Propio 20 (C) – 2013
Jeremías 8:18-9:1 Este pasaje viene de la sección de Jeremías, que contiene una serie de oráculos poéticos del juicio de Dios en la forma de conquista y destrucción de Babilonia, […]
Estudio Bíblico: Propio 10 (C) – 2013
Amos 7:7-17 En el tiempo del profeta Amos, el pueblo de Israel estaba en una época de paz y prosperidad. Sin embargo, la prosperidad les había hecho olvidar su pacto […]
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