Lectionary blog: Not quite ready for Palm Sunday
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Lectionary blog: Not quite ready for Palm Sunday

Lectionary for March 24, 2024 Sunday of the Passion/Palm Sunday Procession with palms: Mark 11:1-11 Other readings for the day: Isaiah 50:4-9a; Psalm 31:9-16; Philippians 2:5-11; Mark 14:1—15:47 Palm Sunday…

Lectionary blog: Divine pathos
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Lectionary blog: Divine pathos

Lectionary for March 17, 2024 Fifth Sunday in Lent Jeremiah 31:31-34; Psalm 51:1-12; Hebrews 5:5-10; John 12:20-33 My central theological commitment is that God is a God of divine emotions,…

Lectionary blog: Salvation for the whole world
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Lectionary blog: Salvation for the whole world

Lectionary for March 10, 2024 Fourth Sunday in Lent Numbers 21:4-9; Psalm 107:1-3, 17-22; Ephesians 2:1-10; John 3:14-21 I was recently privileged to celebrate a community worship service with faculty…

Lectionary blog: <i>Almost</i> laughable
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Lectionary blog: Almost laughable

Lectionary for March 3, 2024 Third Sunday in Lent Exodus 20:1-17; Psalm 19; 1 Corinthians 1:18-25; John 2:13-22 While catching up with a colleague, I asked about his children. He…

Lectionary blog: On victory
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Lectionary blog: On victory

Lectionary for Feb. 25, 2024 Second Sunday in Lent Genesis 17:1-7, 15-16; Psalm 22:23-31; Romans 4:13-25; Mark 8:31-38 I’ve never heard the word “victory” used so much in one talk….

Lectionary blog: Confused disciples and white robes
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Lectionary blog: Confused disciples and white robes

Lectionary for Feb. 11, 2024 Transfiguration of Our Lord Last Sunday after Epiphany 2 Kings 2:1-12; Psalm 50:1-6; 2 Corinthians 4:3-6; Mark 9:2-9 Almost a decade ago I nervously walked…

Lectionary blog: “Have you not heard?”
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Lectionary blog: “Have you not heard?”

Lectionary for Feb. 4, 2023 Fifth Sunday after Epiphany Isaiah 40:21-31; Psalm 147:1-11, 20c; 1 Corinthians 9:16-23; Mark 1:29-39 One of my favorite features of the New Testament is the…

Lectionary blog: Test the spirits
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Lectionary blog: Test the spirits

Lectionary for Jan. 28, 2024 Fourth Sunday after Epiphany Deuteronomy 18:15-20; Psalm 11; 1 Corinthians 8:1-13; Mark 1:21-28 There’s a drive-in movie theater not far from my house. A bus…

Lectionary blog: The call that makes no sense!
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Lectionary blog: The call that makes no sense!

Lectionary for Jan. 21, 2023 Third Sunday after Epiphany Jonah 3:1-5, 10; Psalm 62:5-12; 1 Corinthians 7:29-31; Mark 1:14-20 One of the greatest adventures of my life was the time…

Lectionary blog: Appearances can be deceptive
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Lectionary blog: Appearances can be deceptive

Lectionary for Jan. 14, 2024 Second Sunday after Epiphany 1 Samuel 3:1-10 (11-20); Psalm 139:1-6, 13-18; 1 Corinthians 6:12-20; John 1:43-51 When God introduced the young, pretty David to Samuel…

Lectionary blog: The water has <i>always</i> been ready!
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Lectionary blog: The water has always been ready!

Lectionary for Jan. 7, 2023 Baptism of Our Lord Genesis 1:1-5; Psalm 29; Acts 19:1-7; Mark 1:4-11 As the story goes, someone once asked the famed 20th-century theologian Karl Barth…