Lectionary blog: Confounding expectations
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Lectionary blog: Confounding expectations

Lectionary for June 16, 2024 Fourth Sunday after Pentecost 1 Samuel 15:34–16:13; Psalm 20; 2 Corinthians 5:6-10, 14-17; Mark 4:26-34 One of my favorite dad hacks when I need to…

Lectionary blog: A tale of disappointing sons
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Lectionary blog: A tale of disappointing sons

Lectionary for June 9, 2024 Third Sunday after Pentecost 1 Samuel 8:4-20; Psalm 138; 2 Corinthians 4:13–5:1; Mark 3:20-35 I’m grateful for extended family these days and for grandparents who…

Lectionary blog: Missing God’s actions
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Lectionary blog: Missing God’s actions

Lectionary for June 2, 2024 Second Sunday after Pentecost 1 Samuel 3:1-10; Psalm 139:1-6, 13-18; 2 Corinthians 4:5-12; Mark 2:23–3:6 The lectionary passages this week are about times when people…

Lectionary blog: Seeing God rightly
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Lectionary blog: Seeing God rightly

Lectionary for May 26, 2024 The Holy Trinity and First Sunday after Pentecost Isaiah 6:1-8; Psalm 29; Romans 8:12-17; John 3:1-17 Have you ever read your Bible and come to…

Lectionary blog: The good news of Pentecost
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Lectionary blog: The good news of Pentecost

Lectionary for May 19, 2024 Day of Pentecost Acts 2:1-21; Psalm 104:24-34, 35b; Romans 8:22-27; John 15:26-27, 16:4b-15 The Jerusalem Pentecost, as detailed in Acts 2, is one of my…

Lectionary blog: Answering Jesus’ prayer
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Lectionary blog: Answering Jesus’ prayer

Lectionary for May 12, 2024 Seventh Sunday of Easter Acts 1:15-17, 21-26; Psalm 1; 1 John 5:9-13; John 17:6-19 I have a few core convictions. The theology of Scripture is…

Lectionary blog: Love isn’t optional
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Lectionary blog: Love isn’t optional

Lectionary for May 5, 2024 Sixth Sunday of Easter Acts 10:44-48; Psalm 98; 1 John 5:1-6; John 15:9-17 When I was an undergrad (a very long time ago) the father…

Lectionary blog: “Cleaning” branches
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Lectionary blog: “Cleaning” branches

Lectionary for April 28, 2024 Fifth Sunday of Easter Acts 8:26-40; Psalm 22:25-31; 1 John 4:7-21; John 15:1-8 Do you ever have those moments when you, after years of studying…

Lectionary blog: Knowing and giving
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Lectionary blog: Knowing and giving

Lectionary for April 21, 2021 Fourth Sunday of Easter Acts 4:5-12; Psalm 23; 1 John 3:16-24; John 10:11-18 For this lectionary we continue last week’s theme of recognizing someone and…

Lectionary blog: Recognizing & repenting
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Lectionary blog: Recognizing & repenting

Lectionary for April 14, 2024 Third Sunday of Easter Acts 3:12-19; Psalm 4; 1 John 3:1-7; Luke 24:36b-48 Have you seen or heard those modern morality tales about acting right…

Lectionary blog: Fellowship through sharing
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Lectionary blog: Fellowship through sharing

Lectionary for April 7, 2024 Second Sunday of Easter Acts 4:32-35; Psalm 133; 1 John 1:1–2:2; John 20:19-31 We have a rule in our family—after a birthday or Christmas, the…

Lectionary blog: Resurrection Day
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Lectionary blog: Resurrection Day

Lectionary for March 31, 2024 Resurrection of Our Lord, Easter Day Isaiah 25:6-9; Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24; 1 Corinthians 15:1-11; Mark 16:1-8 Christ is risen! He is risen, indeed! This has…