Weekly reflections and insights grounded in the lectionary to support preaching and study.
Lectionary for May 26, 2024 The Holy Trinity and First Sunday after Pentecost Isaiah 6:1-8; Psalm 29; Romans 8:12-17; John 3:1-17 Have you ever read your Bible and come to…
Lectionary for May 19, 2024 Day of Pentecost Acts 2:1-21; Psalm 104:24-34, 35b; Romans 8:22-27; John 15:26-27, 16:4b-15 The Jerusalem Pentecost, as detailed in Acts 2, is one of my…
Lectionary for May 12, 2024 Seventh Sunday of Easter Acts 1:15-17, 21-26; Psalm 1; 1 John 5:9-13; John 17:6-19 I have a few core convictions. The theology of Scripture is…
Lectionary for May 5, 2024 Sixth Sunday of Easter Acts 10:44-48; Psalm 98; 1 John 5:1-6; John 15:9-17 When I was an undergrad (a very long time ago) the father…
Lectionary for April 28, 2024 Fifth Sunday of Easter Acts 8:26-40; Psalm 22:25-31; 1 John 4:7-21; John 15:1-8 Do you ever have those moments when you, after years of studying…
Lectionary for April 21, 2021 Fourth Sunday of Easter Acts 4:5-12; Psalm 23; 1 John 3:16-24; John 10:11-18 For this lectionary we continue last week’s theme of recognizing someone and…
Lectionary for April 14, 2024 Third Sunday of Easter Acts 3:12-19; Psalm 4; 1 John 3:1-7; Luke 24:36b-48 Have you seen or heard those modern morality tales about acting right…
Lectionary for April 7, 2024 Second Sunday of Easter Acts 4:32-35; Psalm 133; 1 John 1:1–2:2; John 20:19-31 We have a rule in our family—after a birthday or Christmas, the…
Lectionary for March 31, 2024 Resurrection of Our Lord, Easter Day Isaiah 25:6-9; Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24; 1 Corinthians 15:1-11; Mark 16:1-8 Christ is risen! He is risen, indeed! This has…
Lectionary for March 24, 2024 Sunday of the Passion/Palm Sunday Procession with palms: Mark 11:1-11 Other readings for the day: Isaiah 50:4-9a; Psalm 31:9-16; Philippians 2:5-11; Mark 14:1—15:47 Palm Sunday…
Lectionary for March 17, 2024 Fifth Sunday in Lent Jeremiah 31:31-34; Psalm 51:1-12; Hebrews 5:5-10; John 12:20-33 My central theological commitment is that God is a God of divine emotions,…
Lectionary for March 10, 2024 Fourth Sunday in Lent Numbers 21:4-9; Psalm 107:1-3, 17-22; Ephesians 2:1-10; John 3:14-21 I was recently privileged to celebrate a community worship service with faculty…
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