Looking into the lectionary November 13, 2016 – 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time Isaiah 65:17-25; Luke 21:5-19 Ordinary 33C Proper 28 I am writing this before the election results are revealed. You will be preaching..
Looking into the lectionary November 6, 2016 – 32nd Sunday in Ordinary time Haggai 1:15b-2:9; 2 Thessalonians 2:1-5, 13-17; Luke 20:27-38 Ordinary 32C Proper 26 Just in time: On the Sunday before the election, the..
Looking into the lectionary October 30, 2016 – 31st Sunday of Ordinary Time Habakkuk 1:1-4; 2:1-4; Luke 19:1-10 Ordinary 31C Proper 26 What are we watching for? What are we trying to see as we..
Looking into the lectionary October 23, 2106 — 30th Sunday of Ordinary Time Joel 2:23-32; 2 Timothy 4:6-8; Luke 18:9-14 Ordinary 30C Proper 25 What is being poured out? The Spirit? Us? Our hearts? There..
Looking into the lectionary October 16, 2016 – 29th Sunday of Ordinary Time Jeremiah 31:27-34 2, Timothy 3:14-4:5, Luke 18:1-8 Ordinary 29C I don’t know what to do with these texts. In some ways, they..
Looking into the lectionary October 9, 2016 – 28th Sunday of Ordinary Time Jeremiah 29:1, 4-7; 2 Timothy 2:8-15; Luke 17:11-19 Ordinary 28C Proper 23 We are to live in hope, looking toward the future..
Looking into the lectionary October 2, 2016 – 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time Lamentations 1:1-6; Psalm 137; Luke 17:5-10 Ordinary 27C Proper 22 There are times in our lives when lament is the only response..
Looking into the lectionary September 25, 2016 – 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time Jeremiah 32:1-3a, 6-15; 1 Timothy 6:6-19; Luke 16:19-31 Ordinary 26C Proper 21 The subject line read: “The sweet smell of self love.”..
Looking into the lectionary September 18, 2016 — 25th Sunday of Ordinary Time Luke 16:1-13 Ordinary 24C; Proper 20 Money, money, money. Why is Luke always going on about money and possessions? Can’t we move..
Looking into the lectionary September 11, 2016 — 24th Sunday of Ordinary Time Luke 15:1-10 Ordinary 24C; Proper 19 “The world never looks as big as when someone is lost.” This is the last sentence..