Weekly reflections and insights grounded in the lectionary to support preaching and study.
Lectionary blog for Nov. 4, 2018 All Saints Sunday Isaiah 25:6-9; Psalm 24; Revelation 21:1-6a; John 11:32-44 While flipping channels one night, I came across a Holly Hunter movie. I’m…
Lectionary blog for July 15 Eighth Sunday after Pentecost Amos 7:7-15; Psalm 85:8-13; Ephesians 1:3-14; Mark 6:14-29 Paul Harvey had a long-running radio program called The Rest of the Story….
Lectionary blog for July 8 Seventh Sunday after Pentecost Ezekiel 2:1-5; Psalm 123; 2 Corinthians 12:2-10; Mark 6:1-13 My younger son was playing coach-pitch baseball. They weren’t a very good…
Lectionary blog for July 1 The Sixth Sunday after Pentecost Lamentations 3:22-33; Psalm 30; 2 Corinthians 8:7-15; Mark 5:21-43 The Scriptures call us to trust in God, a thing much…
Lectionary blog for June 24 The Fifth Sunday after Pentecost Job 38:1-11; Psalm 107:1-3, 23-32; 2 Corinthians 6:1-13; Mark 4:35-41 “Teacher—do you not care that we are perishing?” (Mark 4:38)….
Lectionary blog for June 17 The Fourth Sunday after Pentecost Ezekiel 17:22-24; Psalm 92:1-4, 12-15; 2 Corinthians 5:6-10 (11-13) 14-17; Mark 4:26-34 “for we walk by faith, not by sight”…
Lectionary blog for June 10 The Third Sunday after Pentecost Genesis 3:8-15; Psalm 130; 2 Corinthians 4:13-5:1; Mark 3:20-35 “For this slight momentary affliction is preparing us for an eternal…
Lectionary blog for June 3 The Second Sunday after Pentecost Deuteronomy 5:12-15; Psalm 81:1-10; 2 Corinthians 4:5-12; Mark 2:23-3:6 “But we have this treasure in clay jars, so that it…
Lectionary blog for May 27 Holy Trinity Sunday Isaiah 6:1-8; Psalm 29; Romans 8:12-27; John 3:1-17 In Soul on Ice, Eldridge Cleaver tells a story about his first encounter with Christianity….
Lectionary blog for May 20 Pentecost Sunday Ezekiel 37:1-14; Psalm 104:24-34; 35b; Acts 2:1-21; John 15:26-27; 16:4b-15 Today is a day that the church sets aside to pay particular attention…
Lectionary blog for May 13 The Seventh Sunday of Easter Acts 1:15-17, 21-26; Psalm 1; 1 John 5:9-13; John 17:6-19 “… so that they may be one, as we are…
Lectionary blog for May 6 The Sixth Sunday of Easter Acts 10:44-48; Psalm 98; John 5:1-6; John 15:9-17 Writing in USA Today (May 8, 2006), Presbyterian Pastor Henry G. Brinton made…
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