Weekly reflections and insights grounded in the lectionary to support preaching and study.
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 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 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 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 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 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…
Lectionary for Feb. 23, 2025 Seventh Sunday after Epiphany Genesis 43:3-11, 15; Psalm 37:1-11, 39-40; 1 Corinthians 15:35-38, 42-50; Luke 6:27-38 My kiddos watch a lot of Star Wars and…
Lectionary for Feb. 16, 2025 Sixth Sunday after Epiphany Jeremiah 17:5-10; Psalm 1; 1 Corinthians 15:12-20; Luke 6:17-26 One thing my wife absolutely does not tolerate in our home is…
Lectionary for Feb. 9, 2025 Fifth Sunday after Epiphany Isaiah 6:1-8; Psalm 138; 1 Corinthians 15:1-11; Luke 5:1-11 Immanuel Kant once said, “Out of timber so crooked as that from…
Lectionary for Feb. 2, 2025 Fourth Sunday after Epiphany Jeremiah 1:4-10; Psalm 71:1-6; 1 Corinthians 13:1-13; Luke 4:21-30 Christmas is not so far in the rearview mirror yet. For those…
Lectionary for Jan. 26, 2025 Third Sunday after Epiphany Nehemiah 8:1-11; Psalm 19; 1 Corinthians 12:12-31a; Luke 4:14-21 Have you ever had to tell someone that what they just heard…
Lectionary for Jan. 19, 2024 Second Sunday after Epiphany Isaiah 62:1-5; Psalm 36:5-10; 1 Corinthians 12:1-11; John 2:1-11 Have you ever tried to give a persuasive presentation? Maybe you were…
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