Looking into the lectionary 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time – October 11, 2015 Proper 23 – Mark 10:17-31 Are you ever taken aback by your own ignorance or obliviousness? Lately, I find this happening a lot...
Looking into the lectionary 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time – October 4, 2015 Job 1:1, 2:1-10; Hebrews 1:1-4, 2:5-12; Mark 10:2-16 The Pharisees know the answer to the question they pose to Jesus. Hence, this..
Looking into the lectionary 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Proper 21 – September 27, 2015 Esther 7:1-6, 9-10, 9:20-22; James 5:13-20; Mark 9:38-50 “My Jesus, My Savior” do you know the song? It is nice, catchy. It..
Looking into the lectionary 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Proper 20 – September 20, 2015 Proverbs 31:10-31; James 3:13-4:3, 7-8a; Mark 9:30-37 I am having a psychological conundrum around this week’s texts. There is Proverbs 31, that ode..
Looking into the lectionary 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Proper 19 – September 13, 2015 This Sunday we see Jesus the master teacher in action. There is back-and-forth, questions and answers, exposition and application. Clearly, there is..
Looking into the lectionary 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Proper 18 – September 6, 2015 Proverbs 22:1-2, 8-9, 22-23; James 2:1-10, 14-17; Mark 7:24-37 Sandwiched (pun intended) between the feeding of the five thousand and the..
Looking into the lectionary 22nd Sunday of Ordinary Time, Proper 17 – August 30, 2015 Song of Solomon 2:8-13; Psalm 45:1-2, 6-9; James 1:17-27; Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23 At first read, I didn’t notice many –..
Looking into the lectionary 21st Sunday of Ordinary Time, Proper 16 – August 23, 2015 Ephesians 6:10-20; John 6:56-69 We have finally come to the end of John chapter 6 – from the feeding of the 5,000..
Looking into the lectionary 20th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Proper 15 – August 16, 2015 Ephesians 5:15-20; John 6:51-58 This is just strange, isn’t it? Talk of eating flesh and drinking blood brings to mind..
Looking into the lectionary 19th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Proper 14 – August 9, 2015 2 Samuel 18:5-9, 15, 31-11 Ephesians 4:25-5:2 John 6:35, 41-51 More about the bread. And there is still more next..