Weekly reflections and insights grounded in the lectionary to support preaching and study.
Lectionary for May 23, 2021 Day of Pentecost Acts 2:1-21, Psalm 104:24-34, 35b; John 15:26-27; 16:4b-15 I love Pentecost. It’s my second favorite holiday in the ecclesial calendar. I just…
Lectionary for May 16, 2021 Seventh Sunday of Easter Acts 1:15-26; Psalm 1 (6) 1 John 5:9-13; John 17:6-19 This week’s readings describe huge transitions on both sides of the…
Lectionary blog for May 9, 2021 Sixth Sunday of Easter Acts 10:44-48; Psalm 98 (4); 1 John 5:1-6; John 15:9-17 The good news is blunt this week: Jesus’ friendship is…
Lectionary for May 2, 2021 Fifth Sunday of Easter Acts 8:26-40; Psalm 22:25-31 (27) 1 John 4:7-21; John 15:1-8 For me, the narrative of the Ethiopian eunuch is one of…
Lectionary for April 25, 2021 Fourth Sunday of Easter Acts 4:5-12; Psalm 23; 1 John 3:16-24; John 10:11-18 We often think of Jesus as the good shepherd, but most of…
Lectionary for April 18, 2021 Third Sunday of Easter Acts 3:12-19; Psalm 4; 1 John 3:1-7; Luke 24:36b-48 The biblical narrative doesn’t go directly from the crucifixion to Paul’s letters…
Lectionary for April 11, 2021 Second Sunday of Easter Acts 4:32-35; Psalm 133; 1 John 1:1-2:2; John 20:19-31 My day job (when not writing these reflections) is to help train…
Lectionary for April 4, 2021 Easter Sunday Isaiah 25:6-9; Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24; 1 Corinthians 15:1-11; Mark 16:1-8 The last word in the earliest manuscripts of the Gospel of Mark is…
Lectionary for March 28, 2021 Palm Sunday Isaiah 50:4-9a; Psalm 31:9-16; Philippians 2:5-11; Mark 14:1—15:47 One of the images of Jesus that speaks most to my heart is that of…
Lectionary for March 21, 2021 Fifth Sunday in Lent Jeremiah 31:31-34; Psalm 51:1-12; Hebrews 5:5-10; John 12:20-33 My wife likes to say that an adventure is when you don’t know…
Lectionary for March 14, 2021 Fourth Sunday in Lent Numbers 21:4-9; Psalm 107:1-3, 17-22; Ephesians 2:1-10; John 3:14-21 This week’s passage from John uses a fairly obscure story from Israel’s…
Lectionary for March 7, 2021 Third Sunday in Lent Exodus 20:1-17; Psalm 19; 1 Corinthians 1:18-25; John 2:13-22 Jesus’ rampage in the temple complex to drive out sellers and money…
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