Weekly reflections and insights grounded in the lectionary to support preaching and study.
Lectionary blog for Dec. 15, 2019 Third Sunday of Advent Isaiah 35:1-10; Psalm 146:5-10; James 5:7-10; Matthew 11:2-11 With all the celebration, family time and joy, it’s easy to forget…
Lectionary blog for Dec 8, 2019 Second Sunday of Advent Isaiah 11:1-10; Psalm 72:1-7, 18-19; Romans 15:4-13; Matthew 3:1-12 As a relatively new Lutheran Christian, I didn’t grow up with…
Lectionary blog for Dec 1, 2019 First Sunday of Advent Isaiah 2:1-5; Psalm 122; Romans 13:11-14; Matthew 24:36-44 There is something deeply comforting about the fixedness of the liturgical calendar….
Lectionary blog for Nov 24, 2019 Christ the King Sunday Jeremiah 23:1-6; Luke 1:68-79; Colossians 1:11-20; Luke 23:33-43 Friends, we have done it together: we made it through another liturgical…
Lectionary blog for Nov. 17, 2019 23rd Sunday after Pentecost Isaiah 65:17-25; Isaiah 12:2-6; 2 Thessalonians 3:6-13; Luke 21:5-19 Like many of my age group, when the “Left Behind” books…
Lectionary blog for Nov. 10, 2019 22nd Sunday after Pentecost Haggai 1:15b–2:9; Psalm 145:1-5, 17-21; 2 Thessalonians 2:1-5, 13-17; Luke 20:27-38 While talking with some Christian friends a few months…
Lectionary blog for Nov. 3, 2019 21st Sunday after Pentecost Habakkuk 1:1-4, 2:1-4; Psalm 119:137-144; 2 Thessalonians 1:1-4, 11-12; Luke 19:1-10 As we celebrate Reformation Day this week, we think…
Lectionary blog for Oct 27, 2019 20th Sunday after Pentecost Joel 2:23-32; Psalm 65; 2 Timothy 4:6-7, 16-18; Luke 18:9-14 Whenever I teach Bible for seminary classes, my primary goal…
Lectionary blog for Oct 20, 2019 19th Sunday after Pentecost Jeremiah 31:27-34; Psalm 119:97-104; 2 Timothy 3:14-4:5; Luke 18:1-8 I feel that among Christians the law gets a bad rap—especially…
Lectionary blog for Oct 13, 2019 18th Sunday after Pentecost Jeremiah 29:1, 4-7; Psalm 66:1-12; 2 Timothy 2:8-15; Luke 17:11-19 It seems like, in every moment, humans are especially divided….
Lectionary blog for Oct. 6, 2019 17th Sunday after Pentecost Lamentations 1:1-6; Psalm 137; 2 Timothy 1:1-14; Luke 17:5-10 Suffering and mourning are unavoidable parts of being human—and of being…
Lectionary for Sept. 29, 2019 16th Sunday after Pentecost Jeremiah 32:1-3, 6-15; Psalm 91:1-6, 14-16; 1 Timothy 6:6-19; Luke 16:19-31 I don’t have a cutesy introduction story this week. In…
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