Looking into the lectionary 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Proper 10 – July 12, 2015 Mark 6:14-29 I tell people that I never believed in the demonic until I started to work in the church. This quip..
Looking into the lectionary 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Proper 9 – July 5, 2015 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..
Looking into the lectionary 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time – June 28, 2015 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..
Hymns They Met to Read the Bible (A hymn-prayer lamenting Charleston church murders) Many people of faith are praying for the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, Charleston, South Carolina and the United States after the murder of nine people by..
Prayers for the moment Prayer for Sunday worship in the wake of the Charleston massacre Almighty God, our gathering together for worship and prayer is, this day, both an offering of praise and a show of courage...
Looking into the lectionary 12th Sunday of Ordinary Time – June 21, 2015 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..
Looking into the lectionary 11th Sunday of Ordinary Time – June 14, 2015 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..
Looking into the lectionary 2nd Sunday after Pentecost – June 7, 2015 2nd Sunday after Pentecost – Mark 3:20-35 If I had been Mark’s editor, I would have sent this passage back to him...
Looking into the lectionary Trinity Sunday – May 31, 2015 It is Trinity Sunday! I know you’ve been waiting all liturgical year for this day. You have your analogies ready: water, ice,..
Prayers for the moment Memorial Day I live so close to an army base that I can hear reveille in the morning and taps at night. If I..