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Lectionary blog: Knowing who you are
Lectionary blog for March 5 The first Sunday in Lent Genesis 2:15-17, 3:17; Psalm 32; Romans 5:12-19; Matthew 4:1-11 A few years ago, a young man I know found himself…
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Lectionary blog: A transforming love
Lectionary blog for Feb. 26 The Transfiguration of Our Lord Exodus 24:12-18; Psalm 2 or Psalm 99; 2 Peter 1:16-21; Matthew 17:1-9 I tell a lot of stories. Some are…
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Lectionary blog: ‘Love one another. Period’
Lectionary blog for Feb. 19 The seventh Sunday after the Epiphany Leviticus 19:1-2,9-18; Psalm 119:33-40; 1 Corinthians 3:10-11, 16-23; Matthew 5:38-48 Not too many years ago, a mother of two…
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Lectionary blog: The minimum isn’t enough
Lectionary blog for Feb. 12 The sixth Sunday after the Epiphany Deuteronomy 30:15-20; Psalm 119:1-8; 1 Corinthians 3:1-9; Matthew 5:21-37 In the 1980s, I was a pastor in Rowan County,…
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Lectionary blog: The simple message
Lectionary blog for Feb. 5 The fifth Sunday after the Epiphany Isaiah 58:1-9; Psalm 122:1-9; 1 Corinthians 2:1-12; Matthew 5:13-20 When I came to you, brothers and sisters, I did…
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Lectionary blog: The haves and have-nots
Lectionary blog for Jan. 29 The fourth Sunday after the Epiphany Micah 6:1-8; Psalm 15; 1 Corinthians; Matthew 5:1-12 All parents have things they say so often that, eventually, their…
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Lectionary blog: Fishing for people
Lectionary blog for Jan. 22 The third Sunday after the Epiphany Isaiah 9:1-4; Psalm 27:1, 4-9; 1 Corinthians 1:10-18; Matthew 4:12-23 Every time I read this section of Paul’s letter…
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Lectionary blog: A light to be shared
Lectionary blog for Jan. 15 The Second Sunday after the Epiphany Isaiah 49:1-7; Psalm 40:1-11; 1 Corinthians 1:1-9; John 1:29-42 His name was David. His last name was something decidedly…
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Lectionary blog: Baptism and life with God
Lectionary blog for Jan. 8 The Baptism of Our Lord Isaiah 42:1-9; Psalm 29; Acts 10:34-43; Matthew 3:13-17 Before there was Jeff Foxworthy there was Jerry Clower, a Mississippi Baptist…
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Lectionary blog: Is it now ‘back to normal’?
Lectionary blog for Jan. 1 The First Sunday of Christmas/Holy Innocents Isaiah 63:7-9; Psalm 148; Hebrews 2:10-18; Matthew 2:13-23 When my boys were little, they loved Richard Scarry’s Christmas Book….
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Lectionary blog: Adjusting to reality
Lectionary blog for Dec. 24, 25 Christmas Eve/Christmas Day Isaiah 62:6-12; Psalm 97; Titus 3:4-7; Luke 2:1-20 “Life is a series of adjustments to reality.” Who said that? I did—over…
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Lectionary blog: Our response to the gift?
Lectionary blog for Dec. 18 The Fourth Sunday of Advent Isaiah 7:10-16; Psalm 80:1-7, 17-19; Romans 1:1-7; Matthew 1:18-25 I don’t know when the idea of “re-gifting” became common, but…
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