Lectionary blog: All people
Lectionary Blog

Lectionary blog: All people

Lectionary for May 18, 2025 Fifth Sunday of Easter Acts 11:1-18; Psalm 148; Revelation 21:1-6; John 13:31-35 I was just talking with a new friend about commemoration days for auspicious…

Lectionary blog: Enlarging the flock
Lectionary Blog

Lectionary blog: Enlarging the flock

Lectionary for May 11, 2025 Fourth Sunday of Easter Acts 9:36-43; Psalm 23; Revelation 7:9-17; John 10:22-30 Have you seen those videos of sheep being corralled by three or four…

Lectionary blog: Is he worthy?
Lectionary Blog

Lectionary blog: Is he worthy?

Lectionary for May 4, 2025 Third Sunday of Easter Acts 9:1-6; Psalm 30; Revelation 5:11-14; John 21:1-19 One of my wife’s favorite songs to blast on the speakers in our…

Lectionary blog: Opening doors
Lectionary Blog

Lectionary blog: Opening doors

Lectionary for April 27, 2025 Second Sunday of Easter Acts 5:27-32; Psalm 118:14-29; Revelation 1:4-8; John 20:19-31 I spend a fair amount of time as a volunteer “pray-er” on a…

Lectionary blog: Foundational Gospels
Lectionary Blog

Lectionary blog: Foundational Gospels

Lectionary blog for April 20, 2025 Resurrection of our Lord, Easter Day Acts 10:34-43; Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24; 1 Corinthians 15:19-26; John 20:1-18 As a teenager, I worked as a bank…

Lectionary blog: Worthless words
Lectionary Blog

Lectionary blog: Worthless words

Lectionary blog for April 13, 2025 Sunday of the Passion/Palm Sunday Isaiah 50:4-9a; Psalm 31:9-16; Philippians 2:5-11; Luke 22:14–23:56 (Palms, Luke 19:28-40) In preparing to write this reflection, I reread…

Lectionary blog: “Do not remember the former things”
Lectionary Blog

Lectionary blog: “Do not remember the former things”

Lectionary for April 6, 2025 Fifth Sunday in Lent Isaiah 43:16-21; Psalm 126; Philippians 3:4b-14; John 12:1-8 Have you ever tried to forget something? It doesn’t usually work very well….

Lectionary blog: Making all things new
Lectionary Blog

Lectionary blog: Making all things new

Lectionary for March 30, 2025 Fourth Sunday in Lent Joshua 5:9-12; Psalm 32; 2 Corinthians 5:16-21; Luke 15:13, 11b-32 One of the details that always sticks out to me in…

Lectionary blog: Repent or perish!
Lectionary Blog

Lectionary blog: Repent or perish!

Lectionary for March 23, 2025 Third Sunday in Lent Isaiah 55:1-9; Psalm 63:1-8; 1 Corinthians 10:1-13; Luke 13:1-9 It seems like adults face a lot of ultimatums, some of them…

Lectionary blog: The vixen and the hen
Lectionary Blog

Lectionary blog: The vixen and the hen

Lectionary for March 16, 2025 Second week of Lent Genesis 15:1-12, 17-18; Psalm 27; Philippians 3:17–4:1; Luke 13:31-35 I don’t like to get partisan, because it seems like it generates…

Lectionary blog: In praise of repetition
Lectionary Blog

Lectionary blog: In praise of repetition

Lectionary blog for March 9, 2025 First Sunday in Lent Deuteronomy 26:1-11; Psalm 91:1-2, 9-16; Romans 10:8b-13; Luke 4:1-13 My father-in-law just retired, and we hosted a banquet to celebrate…

Lectionary blog: Unveiling
Lectionary Blog

Lectionary blog: Unveiling

Lectionary for March 2, 2025 Transfiguration of our Lord Last Sunday after Epiphany Exodus 34:29-35; Psalm 99; 2 Corinthians 3:12–4:2; Luke 9:28-36 Do you have a garment that makes you…