Proper 24 – Mark 10:35-45 Jesus agrees to give James and John that which they request and the admonition “be careful what..
Proper 23 – Mark 10:17-31 Are you ever taken aback by your own ignorance or obliviousness? Lately, I find this happening a lot...
Job 1:1, 2:1-10; Hebrews 1:1-4, 2:5-12; Mark 10:2-16 The Pharisees know the answer to the question they pose to Jesus. Hence, this..
Esther 7:1-6, 9-10, 9:20-22; James 5:13-20; Mark 9:38-50 “My Jesus, My Savior” do you know the song? It is nice, catchy. It..
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..
This Sunday we see Jesus the master teacher in action. There is back-and-forth, questions and answers, exposition and application. Clearly, there is..
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..
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 –..
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..
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..
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..
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..
2 Samuel 11:1-15; Ephesians 3:14-21; John 6:1-21 Break out your record player and old Rolling Stones albums… because this week, we’re going..
Ephesians 2:11-22; Mark 6:30-44, 53-56 I feel compelled this week to return to a meeting I mentioned in an earlier lectionary reflection...
Mark 6:14-29 I tell people that I never believed in the demonic until I started to work in the church. This quip..
2 Samuel 5:1-5, 9-10, Psalm 48, 2 Corinthians 12:2-10, Mark 6:1-13 These two stories, while not parables in the traditional sense, are..
2 Samuel 1:1, 17-27; Mark 5:21-43 – June 28, 2015 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Proper 8 This is the week to..
1 Samuel 17:1a-49 and Mark 4:35-41 - June 21 12th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Proper 7 Power is the topic du jour this..
11th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Proper 6 – 1 Samuel 15:34-16:13 and Mark 4:26-34 My friend is an artist. In fact, if you..
2nd Sunday after Pentecost – Mark 3:20-35 If I had been Mark’s editor, I would have sent this passage back to him...
It is Trinity Sunday! I know you’ve been waiting all liturgical year for this day. You have your analogies ready: water, ice,..
Ah, Pentecost, every year the same story, and only one account of it at that. How does the preacher or Sunday school..
Starting May 18 (in time for Pentecost), Jill Duffield will be crafting study aids based on the lectionary Scripture for the coming Sunday...
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