Weekly reflections and insights grounded in the lectionary to support preaching and study.
Lectionary blog for June 16, 2019 First Sunday after Pentecost Proverbs 8:1-4, 22-31; Psalm 8; Romans 5:1-5; John 16:12-15 Growing up in a mainline tradition, I never learned much about…
Lectionary blog for June 6, 2019 June 9: Pentecost Day Acts 2:1-21; Psalm 104:24-34; Romans 8:14-17; John 14:8-17 Pentecost is an under-celebrated holiday. I love Pentecost! God sent the permanent…
Lectionary blog for June 2, 2019 Acts 16:16-34; Psalm 97; Revelation 22:12-14, 16-17, 20-21; John 17:20-26 I write these lectionaries about a month before they are posted so they can…
Lectionary blog for May 26, 2019 Sixth Sunday of Easter Acts 16:9-15; Psalm 67; Revelation 21:10, 22-22:5; John 5:1-9 This week’s lectionary texts are all about the uncontainable word, work…
Lectionary blog for May 19, 2019 Fifth Sunday of Easter Acts 11:1-18; Psalm 148; Revelation 21:1-6; John 13:31-35 I broke my cellphone today. It was an older phone, and the…
Lectionary blog for May 12, 2019 Fourth Sunday of Easter Acts 9:36-43; Psalm 23; Revelation 7:9-17; John 10:22-30 Shepherds are some of the most frequently depicted figures in the Bible….
Lectionary blog for May 5, 2019 Third Sunday of Easter Acts 9:1-6; Psalm 30; Revelation 5:11-14; John 21:1-19 Growing up, I was always a little jealous of people who had…
Lectionary blog for April 28, 2019 Second Sunday of Easter Acts 5:27-32; Psalm 118:14-29; Revelation 1:4-8; John 20:19-31 When we think about the enormity of what God has done in…
Lectionary blog for April 21, 2019 Resurrection of our Lord Isaiah 65:17-25; Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24; Acts 10:34-43; John 20:1-18 Resurrection Sunday is a day of unalloyed triumph for the church….
Lectionary blog for April 14, 2019 Palm Sunday Isaiah 50:4-9a; Psalm 31:9-16; Philippians 2:5-11; Luke 19:28-40; Luke 22:15-23:56 When I was completing the coursework for my doctorate, I read an…
Lectionary blog for April 7, 2019 Fifth Sunday in Lent Isaiah 43:16-21; Psalm 126; Philippians 3:4b-14; John 12:1-8 I came to Lutheran Christianity and the ELCA only in my late…
Lectionary blog for March 31, 2019 Fourth Sunday in Lent Joshua 5:9-12; Psalm 32; 2 Corinthians 5:16-21; Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32 The lectionary passages this week focus on one thing:…
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