Weekly reflections and insights grounded in the lectionary to support preaching and study.
Lectionary for May 29, 2022 Seventh Sunday of Easter Acts 16:16-34; Psalm 97; Revelation 22:12-14, 16-17, 20-21; John 17:20-26 What is the most annoying thing you can think of? For…
Lectionary for May 22, 2022 Sixth Sunday of Easter Acts 16:9-15; Psalm 67; Revelation 21:10, 22–22:5; John 14:23-29 I’m writing this in Egypt on the first night of the first…
Lectionary for May 15, 2022 Fifth Sunday of Easter Acts 11:1-18; Psalm 148; Revelation 21:1-6; John 13:31-35 Sometimes the human drama of Bible stories is missing in our reading and…
Lectionary for May 8, 2022 Fourth Sunday of Easter Acts 9:36-43; Psalm 23; Revelation 7:9-17; John 10:22-30 This question has vexed people for ages: “If God can heal people, why…
Lectionary for May 1, 2022 Third Sunday of Easter Acts 9:1-6; Psalm 30; Revelation 5:11-14; John 21:1-19 On a day off from teaching Egyptian pastors (I’m an ELCA missionary professor…
Lectionary for April 24, 2022 Second Sunday of Easter Acts 5:27-32; Psalm 118:14-29; Revelation 1:4-8; John 20:19-31 Acts is one of my absolute favorite books of the New Testament. I…
Lectionary for April 17, 2022 Easter Sunday Acts 10:34-43; Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24; 1 Corinthians 15:19-26; Luke 24:1-12 It’s been a tough year since last Easter, right? After two years of…
Lectionary for April 10, 2022 Sunday of the Passion/Palm Sunday Isaiah 50:4-9a; Psalm 31:9-16; Philippians 2:5-11; Luke 22:14–23:56 Looking around the world, how many troubles begin with someone trying to…
Lectionary for April 3, 2022 Fifth Sunday in Lent Isaiah 43:16-21; Psalm 126; Philippians 3:4b-14; John 12:1-8 Have you ever been part of something profoundly special that was nearly spoiled…
Lectionary for March 27, 2022 Fourth Sunday in Lent Joshua 5:9-12; Psalm 32; 2 Corinthians 5:16-21; Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32 When the study group I was leading turned to the passage…
Lectionary for March 20, 2022 Third Sunday in Lent Isaiah 55:1-9; Psalm 63:1-8; 1 Corinthians 10:1-13; Luke 13:1-9 Lent is frequently thought of as a sort of wilderness period as…
Lectionary for March 13, 2022 Second Sunday in Lent Genesis 15:1-12, 17-18; Psalm 27; Philippians 3:17–4:1; Luke 13:31-35 Genesis 15 is one of my favorite passages to teach because it…
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