Weekly reflections and insights grounded in the lectionary to support preaching and study.
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…
Lectionary for Jan. 12, 2025 Baptism of Our Lord First Sunday after Epiphany Isaiah 43:1-7; Psalm 29; Acts 8:14-17; Luke 3:15-17, 21-22 I’m reading Laura Smith’s Holy Care for the…
Lectionary for Jan. 5, 2025 Second Sunday of Christmas Jeremiah 31:7-14; Psalm 147:12-20; Ephesians 1:3-14; John 1:10-18 I’m writing this reflection while nestled in the Wasatch Mountains just south of…
Lectionary for Dec 29, 2024 First Sunday of Christmas 1 Samuel 2:18-20, 26; Psalm 148; Colossians 3:12-17; Luke 2:41-52 My three kids are still little but are growing up quickly….
Lectionary for Dec. 22, 2024 Fourth Sunday of Advent Micah 5:2-5a; Luke 1:46b-55; Hebrews 10:5-10; Luke 1:39-45 When I first started dating my wife, she lived in a tiny one-bedroom…
Lectionary for Dec. 15, 2024 Third Sunday of Advent Zephaniah 3:14-20; Isaiah 12:2-6; Philippians 4:4-7; Luke 3:7-18 Is there anything better than reconciling after a fight? Whether with a spouse,…
Lectionary for Dec. 8, 2024 Second Sunday of Advent Malachi 3:1-4; Luke 1:68-79; Philippians 1:3-11; Luke 3:1-6 My wife, who has been moving toward remission from cancer this year, has…
Lectionary for Dec. 1, 2024 First Sunday of Advent Jeremiah 33:14-16; Psalm 25:1-10; 1 Thessalonians 3:9-13; Luke 21:25-36 I write these reflections several weeks early so that the wonderful folks…
Lectionary for Nov. 24, 2024 Christ the King Sunday Last Sunday after Pentecost 2 Samuel 23:1-7; Psalm 132:1-12; Revelation 1:4b-8; John 18:33-37 I’ve never been arrested, but I have been…
Lectionary for Nov. 17, 2024 26th Sunday after Pentecost 1 Samuel 1:4-20; 1 Samuel 2:1-10; Hebrews 10:11-14, 19-25; Mark 13:1-8 A couple decades ago, my good friend, Brian Williams, and…
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