Deuteronomy 6:1-9 Ordinary 23B; Proper 26 Thanks to this week’s guest writer! Gail Henderson-Belsito is the associate minister at Caldwell Presbyterian Church..
Mark 10:46-52 Ordinary 22B; Proper 25 Thanks to this week’s guest writer! John Wurster is pastor at St. Philip Presbyterian Church in..
Mark 10:35-45 Ordinary 21B; Proper 24 Thanks to this week’s guest writer! Shelli Latham is pastor at Druid Hills Presbyterian Church in..
Psalm 22:1-15 Ordinary 20B; Proper 23 Thanks to this week’s guest writer! Shelli Latham is pastor at Druid Hills Presbyterian Church in..
Hebrews 1:1-4, 2:5-12 Ordinary 19B; Proper 22 Thanks to this week's guest writer! Shelli Latham is pastor at Druid Hills Presbyterian Church..
Numbers: 11:4-6, 10-16, 24-29 Ordinary 18B; Proper 21 “The rabble among them had a strong craving; and the Israelites also wept.” What..
Mark 9:30-37 Pentecost 17B; Proper 20 Who was this child lingering around Jesus and his disciples? What was he doing in the..
James 3:1-12 Pentecost 16B; Proper 19 In January of 2020, Clemency Burton-Hill — a BBC classical music host and lover of Bach..
Mark 7:24-37 Pentecost 15B; Proper 18 Mark 7:24-37 is a text to avoid if you’re not ready to confront and examine your..
James 1:17-27 Pentecost 14B; Proper 17 One of my favorite group activities focuses on active listening. I split the group into pairs..
Joshua 24:1-2a, 14-18 Pentecost 13B; Proper 16 In a scene from Richard Wagamese’s poignant novel, “Indian Horse,”13-year-old Saul is kicked off his..
A Looking into the Lectionary reflection by Whitney Wilkinson Arreche.
A Looking into the Lectionary reflection by Whitney Wilkinson Arreche.
Ephesians 4:1-16 Pentecost 10B; Proper 13 “I’m baffled,” one of my pastor friends recently wrote on Facebook. “Worship attendance and church engagement..
John 6:1-21 Pentecost 9B; Proper 12 Unique among the Gospels, John replaces the scene of the last supper with a foot washing...
Mark 6:30-34, 53-56 Pentecost 8B; Proper 11 “Anyone else experiencing ‘The Great Resignation’ in your church?” I read this question and the..
Amos 7:7-15 Pentecost 7B; Proper 10 Who are the prophets in your life? Whose critique do you listen to? Who do you..
2 Corinthians 12:2-10 Pentecost 6B; Proper 9 There have been times over this past pandemic year, when I’ve found myself wishing we..
Mark 5:21-43 Pentecost 5B; Proper 8 One of my college professors, James Edwards, first introduced me to the concept of a “Markan..
Job 38: 1-11; Mark 4:35-41 Pentecost 4B; Proper 7 Following a carefully set out structure, Mark’s narrative begins with three chapters that..
1 Samuel 15:34-16:13; Mark 4:26-34 Pentecost 3B; Proper 6 The Word and the world have never lacked for reasons to be in..
Mark 3:20-35 Pentecost 2B; Proper 5 After a couple of months of presenting passages from the Gospel of John, the lectionary returns..
Romans 8:12–17; John 3:1–17 Part of my spiritual practice during the week before Memorial Day is to reread Tim O’Brien’s short story..
Acts 2:1-21; Ezekiel 37:1-14 Pentecost Sunday is a gift. Pastors extend much intellectual and imaginative work each week to discover and articulate..
John 17:6-19 Easter 2B Occasionally, when it seems to be the appropriate question on a pastoral visit, or more recently a pastoral..
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