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..
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..