Isaiah 50:4-9a; Philippians 2:5-11; Matthew 26:14-27 Palm/Passion Sunday – Year A The first decision to make about this Sunday is: Palm or..
Ezekiel 37:1-14; John 11:1-45 Lent 5A Hopeless. Bereft. Defeated. Heartbroken. When I read both Ezekiel and John this week, a feeling of..
1 Samuel 16:1-13; Ephesians 5:8-14; John 9:1-41 Lent 4A What do you see? Whom do you notice or dismiss? Are you wide-awake..
“Give me something to drink,” Jesus says to the Samaritan woman at the well. The writer of John’s Gospel has noted..
Genesis 12:1-4a; Romans 4:1-5, 13-17; John 3:1-17 Lent 2A Nicodemus is still in the dark, unable to see the kingdom of God..
Genesis 2:15-17; Romans 5:12-19; Matthew 4:1-11 Lent 1A Limits or limitlessness, these are the options before us this first Sunday of Lent...
Exodus 24:12-18; 2 Peter 1:16-20; Matthew 17:1-9 Transfiguration of the Lord God’s data is, apparently, in the cloud. Is it securely stored..
Leviticus 19:1-2, 9-18; 1 Corinthians 3:10-11, 16-23; Matthew 5:38-48 Ordinary 7A Proper 2 You shall be holy. You are God’s temple. Be..
Deuteronomy 30:15-20; 1 Corinthians 3:1-9; Matthew 5:21-37 Ordinary 6A Proper 1 Earthly actions have heavenly repercussions… Or so it seems to say..
Isaiah 58: 1-9a; Matthew 5:13-20 Ordinary 5A In Matthew’s version of this sermon Jesus is on the mountaintop, talking to his disciples...
Micah 6:1-8; 1 Corinthians 1:18-31; Matthew 5:1-12 Ordinary 4A Jesus recognizes a teachable moment with his new disciples. Jesus has been gathering..
Isaiah 9:1-4; 1 Corinthians 1:10-18; Matthew 4:12-23 Ordinary 3A This is one of those Sundays when everyone in the pew will be..
John 1:29-42 Is John as surprised as everyone else that Jesus of Nazareth is the Messiah, the Son of God? It would..
Isaiah 42:1-9; Acts 10:34-43; Matthew 3:13-17 On this Baptism of the Lord Sunday, all three appointed texts present us with accounts of..
Isaiah 63:7-9; Hebrews 2:10-18; Matthew 2:13-23 Well, we can’t say we don’t have lots of teaching and preaching choices this Sunday. We..
Isaiah 52:7-10; John 1:1-18 This year we have the joy of Christmas falling on a Sunday. My husband grew up Episcopalian and..
Isaiah 9:2-7; Luke 2:1-20 All the world and this one couple with a baby on the way collide in Luke’s Gospel. Events..
Isaiah 7:10-16; Romans 1:1-7 ; Matthew 1:18-25 Advent 4A The ways in which we sinful human beings can misunderstand God, faith and..
Isaiah 35:1-10; James 5:7-10; Matthew 11:2-11 Advent 3A The texts for this third Sunday of Advent brought to my mind a recording..
Isaiah 11:1-10; Romans 15:4-13; Matthew 3:1-12 Advent 2A I am just contrary enough to look forward to John the Baptist’s disruptive Advent..
Isaiah 2:1-5; Romans 13:11-14; Matthew 24:36-44 Advent 1A These Advent texts offer a series of contrasts this week: light and dark, awake..
Colossians 1:11-20; Luke 23:33-43 This is the Sunday we make explicit what is true every Sunday and every day: Christ is King...
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..
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..
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..
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