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..
Prayers for the moment Today we remember Today is one of those days when we individually, collectively, remember where we were when. God admonishes us to remember. Remember you..
Prayers for the moment In memory of Aylan, Galip and Rehen (A prayer for worship by Jill Duffield) What can we do but weep, Lord God? We cry out with Hagar for all the children whose mothers cannot provide them..
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..