A Looking into the Lectionary reflection by Barbara Chaapel.
On Sunday, May 22, at Unity Presbyterian Church we will celebrate our high school and college graduates.
Easter 5C Revelation 21:1-6 “Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth..
Easter 4C Acts 9:36-43 “Women hold up half the sky.” I was first introduced to this Chinese proverb through Nicholas Kristof and..
Easter 3C John 21:1-19 Recently, a friend called to ask me to preach at a large event. I received the call in..
“Southern trees bear a strange fruit/ Blood on the leaves and blood at the root.” These chilling lyrics from Billie Holiday’s 1939..
Resurrection of the Lord Luke 24:1-12 In her book, The Source of Self-Regard: Selected Essays, Speeches, and Meditations, Toni Morrison ponders how..
Lent 6C Palm Sunday Luke 19:28-40 It may be Palm Sunday, but there’s no sign of leafy branches in Luke’s account of..
Psalm 126 Lent 5C “Each of us yearns to belong. Within each human body is this deep, raw, aching desire” writes author..
Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32 Lent 4C Do you know where the “far country” is? I serve a city church. Almost every morning, I..
Luke 13:1-9 Lent 3C “In the spring of 1936, a writer planted roses.” Orwell’s Roses, Rebecca Solnit’s recently published book, is as..
Psalm 27 Lent 2C As I write this lectionary reflection, Russian troops are waiting on the border of Ukraine for Putin’s order..
Luke 4:1-13, Deuteronomy 26:1-11 Lent 1C Many years ago, I was asked to facilitate a congregation’s fundraising effort. The church had a..
Luke 9:28-36 Transfiguration of the Lord “You can tell when someone is really listening to you,” writes Amanda Ripley in High Conflict:..
Luke 6:27-38 Epiphany 7C An initial read of Luke 6:27-38 can leave us more than a bit baffled. Jesus has just chosen..
Jeremiah 17:5-10 Epiphany 6C Walking in and among the trees has always been a preferred form of meditation for me. These tall,..
Luke 5:1-11 Epiphany 5C My father loves to take his grandkids deep-sea fishing when we visit him in Florida. A former Navy..
When confronted with anger that stings, what would it look like to choose agape?
Nehemiah 8:1-3, 5-6, 8-10, Psalm 19, Luke 4:14-21, 1 Corinthians 12:12-31 Epiphany 3C In his latest novel Cloud Cuckoo Land, Pulitzer Prize-winning..
John 2:1-11 Epiphany 2C My friend, who is an Episcopal priest, posted on her Facebook page the Sunday after Christmas: “Just had..
Baptism of the Lord Luke 3:15-17, 21-22 My children’s need for love astounds me. When they were younger, I would lie down..
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..
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..
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..
Isaiah 12:2-6 Advent 3C Many of us distrust our physical selves, focusing too much on our minds, too much on our ability..
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