Philippians 2:1-13; Matthew 21:23-32 Ordinary 26A; Proper 21 The sense of urgency is ramped up at this point in Matthew’s Gospel. Jesus..
Exodus 16:2-15; Matthew 20:1-16 Ordinary 25A; Proper 20 Are you envious because I am generous? That’s the final question of this parable..
Romans 14:1-12; Matthew 18:21-35 Ordinary 24A; Proper 19 What is it about human beings that we like keeping score? We don’t just..
Exodus 12:1-14; Romans 13:8-14; Matthew 18:15-20 Ordinary 23A; Proper 18 Church Conflict Management 101 is the order of the day for this..
Exodus 3:1-15 ; Romans 12:9-21; Matthew 16:21-28 Ordinary 22A; Proper 17 Look. See. Hear. Show. Listen. Observe. Both Moses and God do..
Exodus 1:8-2:10; Romans 12:1-8; Matthew 16:13-20 Ordinary 21A; Proper 16 “It’s who you know.” Ever heard that phrase? Numerous friends have shared..
Ordinary 20A; Proper 15 Genesis 45:1-15; Romans 11:1-2a, 29-32; Matthew 15:21-28 Emotions reverberate through both the Old and New Testament readings for..
Genesis 37:1-4, 12-28: Romans 10:5-15; Matthew 14:22-33 Ordinary 19A; Proper 14 I once had someone tell me that he didn’t believe in..
Genesis 32:22-31; Matthew 14:13-21 Ordinary 18A; Proper 13 Jesus tries to get away, at least for a short time. He gets in..
Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52 Ordinary 17A; Proper 12 What is the kingdom of heaven like? A) A mustard seed B) Yeast C) Buried..
Genesis 28:10-19a; Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43 Ordinary 16A; Proper 11 “Let me sleep on it.” That’s the phrase we use when we aren’t..
Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23 Ordinary 15A; Proper 10 Jesus’ parable of the sower would not make it into a self-help book. Nor would..
Genesis 24:34-38, 42-49, 58-67; Romans 7:15-25a; Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30 Ordinary 14A; Proper 9 Sometimes you just can’t win. Sometimes anything you say..
Genesis 22:1-14; Matthew 10:40-42 Ordinary 13A; Proper 8 Discipleship is not all about rejection and persecution. Here, in the last two verses..
Genesis 21:8-21; Romans 6:1b-11; Matthew 10:24-39 Ordinary 12A; Proper 7 I do not like biblical door number one or biblical door number..
Matthew 9:35-10:23 Ordinary 11A Proper 7 I have never before noticed how a few of these verses from this long lectionary passage..
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..
Acts 2:1-21 Language is more than words. Last week on Morning Edition there was a segment on the challenges of translating President..
John 17:1-11 Easter 7A Jesus prays for his disciples – then, now and always. If we let that truth come to consciousness..
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..
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..
Psalm 23; John 10:1-10 Easter 4A The gatekeeper, the Good Shepherd leads the sheep out. He calls them by name, they recognize..
Luke 24:13-35 Easter 3A And now, a word from Luke. We will be back to John next week and then return to..
John 20:19-31 Easter 2A I decided to do some digging on Jesus’ greeting, “Peace be with you.” He repeats it three times..
Matthew 28:1-10 Year A Let’s pause for a moment – before we get to earthquakes and the angel and, yes, even the..
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