Lectionary blog: Jesus came to preach
Lectionary for Feb 7, 2021 Fifth Sunday after Pentecost Isaiah 40:21-31; Psalm 147:1-11; 1 Corinthians 9:16-23; Mark 1:29-39 At first glance, this week’s passages could not be more different in…
Weekly reflections and insights grounded in the lectionary to support preaching and study.
Lectionary for Feb 7, 2021 Fifth Sunday after Pentecost Isaiah 40:21-31; Psalm 147:1-11; 1 Corinthians 9:16-23; Mark 1:29-39 At first glance, this week’s passages could not be more different in…
Lectionary for Jan. 31, 2021 Fourth Sunday after Epiphany Deuteronomy 18:15-20; Psalm 111; 1 Corinthians 8:1-13; Mark 1:21-28 At the beginning of the Gospel of Mark, the author is quick…
Lectionary for Jan. 24, 2021 Third Sunday after Epiphany Jonah 3:1-5, 10; Psalm 62:5-12; 1 Corinthians 7:29-31; Mark 1:14-20 How was the calling of Jesus’ first Galilean disciples related to…
Lectionary blog for Jan. 17, 2021 Second Sunday after Epiphany 1 Samuel 3:1-10; Psalm 139:1-6, 13-18; 1 Corinthians 6:12-20; John 1:43-51 This week’s readings offer two contrasting tales of family…
Lectionary for Jan. 10, 2021 Baptism of Our Lord/First Sunday after Epiphany Genesis 1:1-5; Psalm 29; Acts 19:1-7; Mark 1:4-11 I love the resonance between this week’s Hebrew Bible reading…
Lectionary for Jan 3, 2021 Second Sunday of Christmas Jeremiah 31:7-14; Psalm 147:12-20; Ephesians 1:3-14; John 1:10-18 During Christmas, I like to focus on the Hebrew Bible readings, and this…
Lectionary for Dec. 27, 2020 First Sunday of Christmas Isaiah 61:10-62:3; Psalm 148; Galatians 4:4-7; Luke 2:22-40 For the first Sunday of Christmas, a time when we live into and…
Lectionary for Dec. 20, 2020 Fourth Sunday of Advent 2 Samuel 7:1-11, 16; Psalm 89:1-4, 19-26; Romans 16:25-27; Luke 1:26-38 I don’t know about you, but I have felt a…
Lectionary blog for Dec 13, 2020 Third Sunday of Advent Isaiah 61:1-4, 8-11; Psalm 126; 1 Thessalonians 5:16-24; John 1:6-8, 19-28 Sometimes I notice a kind of buzz among my…
Lectionary blog for Dec 6, 2020 Second Sunday of Advent Isaiah 40:1-11; Psalm 85:1-2, 8-13; 2 Peter 3:8-15a; Mark 1:1-8 When reading the Gospel of Mark, I’m always struck by…
Lectionary for Nov. 29, 2020 First Sunday of Advent Isaiah 64:1-9; Psalm 80:1-7, 17-19; 1 Corinthians 1:3-9; Mark 13:24-37 Welcome to the year of the Gospel of Mark! I’ll be…
Lectionary for Nov 22, 2020 Christ the King Sunday Ezekiel 34:11-16, 20-24; Psalm 95:1-7a; Ephesians 1:15-23; Matthew 25:31-46 Well, friends, we made it. God faithfully brought us through another liturgical…
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