Weekly reflections and insights grounded in the lectionary to support preaching and study.
Lectionary for Nov. 7, 2021 24th Sunday after Pentecost Ruth 3:1-5, 4:13-17, Psalm 127 Hebrews 9:24-28, Mark 12:38-44 Once again the Gospel of Mark and book of Ruth fit together…
Lectionary for Oct 31, 2021 23rd Sunday after Pentecost Ruth 1:1-18, Psalm 146 Hebrews 9:11-14, Mark 12:28-34 This week is simply all about love: how we are called to love…
Lectionary for Oct 24, 2021 22nd Sunday after Pentecost Job 42; Psalm 34 Hebrews 7:23-28; Mark 10:46-52 This week’s Gospel passage is all about Jesus’ power to remove social disgrace…
Lectionary for Oct. 17, 2021 21st Sunday after Pentecost Job 38:1-7, Psalm 104 Hebrews 5:1-10, Mark 10:35-45 This week’s theme is humility. God asked Job where he was while God…
Lectionary blog for Oct 10, 2021 20th Sunday after Pentecost Job 23:1-9, Psalm 22:1-15 Hebrews 4:12-16, Mark 10:17-31 This week’s passage on “the rich man who walks away” has been…
Lectionary for Oct 3, 2021 19th Sunday after Pentecost Job 2:1-10; Psalm 26 Hebrews 1:1-4; 2:5-12; Mark 10:1-16 Author’s note: Friends, today’s lectionary blog is much longer and wider ranging…
Lectionary for Sept. 26, 2021 18th Sunday after Pentecost Esther 7:1-10, Psalm 124 James 5:13-20, Mark 9:38-50 This week’s texts all focus on some sort of drastic effort to save…
Lectionary for Sept. 19, 2021 17th Sunday after Pentecost Proverbs 31:10-31; Psalm 1; James 3:13-18, Mark 9:30-37 Real wisdom is displayed not in being coldly intelligent but in acting out…
Lectionary for Sept 12, 2021 16th Sunday After Pentecost Proverbs 1:20-33; Psalm 19; James 3:1-12; Mark 8:27-38 This week’s Gospel passage is one of my favorites for considering how Jesus…
Lectionary for Sept 5, 2021 15th Sunday after Pentecost Proverbs 22:1-2, 8-9, 22-33; Psalm 125 James 2:1-10, 14-17; Mark 7:24-37 This week, both the Hebrew Bible passage and the Gospel…
Lectionary for Aug. 29, 2021 14th Sunday after Pentecost Songs 2:8-13, Psalm 45 James 1:17-27, Mark 7:1-23 This week the lectionary presents stories of exiting from human-made enclosures—a castle and…
Lectionary blog for Aug 22, 2021 13th Sunday after Pentecost 1 Kings 8, Psalm 84, Ephesians 6:10-20, John 6:56-69 It’s a fact: Sometimes following God is difficult, unpleasant and confusing….
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