Looking into the lectionary 2nd Sunday after Christmas — January 2, 2022 Second Sunday after Christmas John 1:1-18 Preachers say they don’t like preaching the Gospel of John for the same reasons people say..
Looking into the lectionary 1st Sunday after Christmas — December 26, 2021 Colossians 3:12-17 Christmas 1C This will be the first Christmas in 23 years that I won’t lead worship. I always worked extra..
Looking into the lectionary 4th Sunday of Advent — December 19, 2021 Luke 1:39-45 (46-55) Advent 4C My husband and I met some of our best friends, Nancy and Mark, in our hospital’s birthing..
Looking into the lectionary 3rd Sunday of Advent — Dec. 12, 2021 Isaiah 12:2-6 Advent 3C Many of us distrust our physical selves, focusing too much on our minds, too much on our ability..
Looking into the lectionary 2nd Sunday of Advent — Dec. 5, 2021 Luke 3:1-6 Advent 2C Thanks to this week’s guest writer! Brian Christopher Coulter is pastor at First Presbyterian Church in Fort Worth,..
Looking into the lectionary 1st Sunday of Advent — Nov. 28, 2021 Luke 21:25–36 Advent 1C Thanks to this week’s guest writer! Andrew Taylor-Troutman is pastor of Chapel in the Pines Presbyterian Church in..
Looking into the lectionary 26th Sunday after Pentecost — Nov. 21, 2021 John 18:33-37 Ordinary 25B; Proper 28 Thanks to this week’s guest writer! John Wurster is pastor at St. Philip Presbyterian Church in..
Looking into the lectionary 25th Sunday after Pentecost — Nov. 14, 2021 Mark 13:1-8 Ordinary 25B; Proper 28 “We are in an imagination battle,” writes adrienne maree brown in her book “Emergent Strategy: Shaping..
Looking into the lectionary 24th Sunday after Pentecost — November 7, 2021 Ruth 3:1-5; 4:13-17 Ordinary 24B; Proper 27 “I put myself back in the narrative” sings Eliza in the closing song of the..
Looking into the lectionary 23rd Sunday after Pentecost — October 31, 2021 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..