Looking into the lectionary 18th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Proper 13 – August 2, 2015 Ephesians 4:1-16; John 6:24-35 Some of the crowd who were fed on the mountainside search for Jesus. They are seekers. People who..
Looking into the lectionary 17th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Proper 12 – July 26, 2015 2 Samuel 11:1-15; Ephesians 3:14-21; John 6:1-21 Break out your record player and old Rolling Stones albums… because this week, we’re going..
Looking into the lectionary 16th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Proper 11 – July 19, 2015 Ephesians 2:11-22; Mark 6:30-44, 53-56 I feel compelled this week to return to a meeting I mentioned in an earlier lectionary reflection...
Looking into the lectionary 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Proper 10 – July 12, 2015 Mark 6:14-29 I tell people that I never believed in the demonic until I started to work in the church. This quip..
Looking into the lectionary 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Proper 9 – July 5, 2015 2 Samuel 5:1-5, 9-10, Psalm 48, 2 Corinthians 12:2-10, Mark 6:1-13 These two stories, while not parables in the traditional sense, are..
Looking into the lectionary 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time – June 28, 2015 2 Samuel 1:1, 17-27; Mark 5:21-43 – June 28, 2015 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Proper 8 This is the week to..
Looking into the lectionary 12th Sunday of Ordinary Time – June 21, 2015 1 Samuel 17:1a-49 and Mark 4:35-41 - June 21 12th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Proper 7 Power is the topic du jour this..
Looking into the lectionary 11th Sunday of Ordinary Time – June 14, 2015 11th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Proper 6 – 1 Samuel 15:34-16:13 and Mark 4:26-34 My friend is an artist. In fact, if you..
Looking into the lectionary 2nd Sunday after Pentecost – June 7, 2015 2nd Sunday after Pentecost – Mark 3:20-35 If I had been Mark’s editor, I would have sent this passage back to him...
Looking into the lectionary Trinity Sunday – May 31, 2015 It is Trinity Sunday! I know you’ve been waiting all liturgical year for this day. You have your analogies ready: water, ice,..