Just another day: A prayer
Another day, Lord God, just another day. Today faith leaders met to plan to a response to the upcoming KKK rally in..
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Trinity Sunday — June 11, 2017
2 Corinthians 13:11-13; Matthew 28:16-20 For many years I considered Trinity Sunday a blip on the church calendar radar. I made a..
Prayer for the day after Pentecost
Gracious God, as I look out my window I see the beauty of your beloved creation exploding in colorful blooms, raining down..
Day of Pentecost – June 4, 2017
Acts 2:1-21 Language is more than words. Last week on Morning Edition there was a segment on the challenges of translating President..
Cancer care in the church
As I worked on this issue dedicated to how faith communities can best support those facing cancer, I read a lot of..
Prayer for Memorial Day
Lord God, until there is war no more and you wipe every tear from every eye, we will remember. We will remember..
Prayer for our brothers and sisters in Egypt
Almighty God, keep us from despair. Forbid that we become numb to violence and the suffering that comes in its vicious wake...
7th Sunday of Easter — May 28, 2017
John 17:1-11 Easter 7A Jesus prays for his disciples – then, now and always. If we let that truth come to consciousness..
Lord, teach us to pray on days like today
Lord, teach us how to pray on days like today when senseless violence has once again destroyed innocent people and shattered the..
6th Sunday of Easter – May 21, 2017
Acts 17:22-31; John 14:15-21 Easter 6A “If you love me you will keep my commandments.” In this brief passage from John, Jesus..
Can cyber-space be sacred space?
I read Jacques Ellul’s “The Technological Society” while in seminary in the 1990s. His prescience blew my mind. First published in 1954,..
5th Sunday of Easter – May 14, 2017
John 14:1-14 Easter 5 What was Jesus’ tone in these 14 verses of John’s Gospel? That’s one of the challenges of a..
4th Sunday of Easter – May 7, 2017
Psalm 23; John 10:1-10 Easter 4A The gatekeeper, the Good Shepherd leads the sheep out. He calls them by name, they recognize..
Weird and normal Christianity
I have had the pleasure of hearing Philip Jenkins, the noted professor of history, lecture on a number of different occasions –..
3rd Sunday of Easter – April 30, 2017
Luke 24:13-35 Easter 3A And now, a word from Luke. We will be back to John next week and then return to..
2nd Sunday of Easter — April 23, 2017
John 20:19-31 Easter 2A I decided to do some digging on Jesus’ greeting, “Peace be with you.” He repeats it three times..
Good Friday prayer
How many times have we denied being disciples of Jesus Christ? Let us pray.
Easter Sunday – April 16, 2017
Matthew 28:1-10 Year A Let’s pause for a moment – before we get to earthquakes and the angel and, yes, even the..
Servants’ tools: A Maundy Thursday meditation
“Let me take your place,” Jesus says, behind the broom, in front of the hot stove, beside the assembly line, underneath the crushing weight of sin.
Palm/Passion Sunday — April 9, 2017
Isaiah 50:4-9a; Philippians 2:5-11; Matthew 26:14-27 Palm/Passion Sunday – Year A The first decision to make about this Sunday is: Palm or..
Save history?
Given that lately the “recent calls” list on my phone consists of, in this order, three calls from telemarketers, a wrong number..
5th Sunday in Lent – April 2, 2017
Ezekiel 37:1-14; John 11:1-45 Lent 5A Hopeless. Bereft. Defeated. Heartbroken. When I read both Ezekiel and John this week, a feeling of..
Resurrection instructions
Have you ever noticed how matter-of-fact Risen Jesus is with those who first encounter him? He says to the women in Matthew,..
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Don’t you sell ads? Doesn’t the cost of my subscription pay for the magazine? Doesn’t the denomination partially fund the Outlook? The..
4th Sunday in Lent – March 26, 2017
1 Samuel 16:1-13; Ephesians 5:8-14; John 9:1-41 Lent 4A What do you see? Whom do you notice or dismiss? Are you wide-awake..